Head Coach Bill Henderson enters his seventh season with the Falcons with great hopes for the future.

He is anticipating another record turnout for this year's team. Henderson has coached for over 30 years and has worked at every level of competition from summer recreation to NCAA Div. I.

Before coming to UWRF he worked as a volunteer assistant at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with his old friend, Rich Firman. Before that positon, Henderson served as head coach of men's and women's swimming and diving and head coach of women's water polo teams at Foothill College in the south San Francisco bay area. He led the Owl women swimmers to their first league title in 10 years and the polo team to two conference championships and their first appearance in the state tournament.

As a competitor, Henderson was an age group national champion, high school, junior college and Div. II All-American. He served as captain of the Cal State University at Sacramento swimming and diving team in his senior season and helped the Hornets to an 11th place finish at the Div. II nationals.

Since coming to UWRF Henderson has helped bring the numbers of the team up to record turn-outs. This year's team sees many returning finalists from last year's WIAC Championships including Katie Zappa, Jill Lambach, Danielle Mandich and Alyssa Adair on the women's side and Mike Brudzinski, Dave Johnson and Tony Orlando on the men's side.

Top newcomers for the team include Stazi Anderson, Tori Jambritz and Megan Murphy for the women, and Nate Glover, Travis Dunnell and Tony Carrillo on the men's side.

\This is an Alumni Meet year and the Falcons welcome their alumni to campus on Friday, Oct. 3 for the Homecoming festivities and a fun meet. The Falcons will also host the second UWRF Falcon Invite at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center. The invite will be the largest collegiate invite in the nation this year with 18 teams participating.

Bill Henderson