It wasn't until this season, after the Bruins won an NCAA title, that the program was reinstated by the Athletic Department. These seven seniors, and the team as a whole, are a tight group. They enjoy hacking, live music, relaxing and jamming musical instruments. They enjoy much of the same activities, including surfing, snow-boarding and sleeping. The only inherent problem is that these guys have no free time.
Water polo is their life.
Not only do they refrain from activities that put them at risk of an injury, but they also must balance their intense practice schedule with school work. They all keep up respectable grades, which is an accomplishment in itself. Porter, a mechanical engineering student, has recently been accepted to Stanford's Graduate Engineering School that starts this coming January. Unlike sports such as basketball or football, water polo holds little future in the way of professional play. Jim Toring, the target of every opponent, is the only senior that has serious aspirations of making the Olympic team in the year 2000.