• Comment: Sorry, you need independent sources to show notability. asilvering (talk) 03:05, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: The LMU sources do not demonstrate notability. Needs at least two say newspaper articles on him to avoid being deleted in mainspace. SportingFlyer T·C 22:11, 27 June 2023 (UTC)
  • Comment: See WP:COI. See also WP:CIRCULAR, and note too that the Wikipedia article used as a source makes no mention of the subject's date of birth. All statements need to be sourced. WP:External links also need to be removed. Greenman (talk) 08:42, 1 April 2023 (UTC)

Ryan Eisberg (born in Fresno, California) is an American water polo player and the first All-American to come out of the LMU Water Polo Program. The first water polo athlete to be inducted into the LMU Hall of Fame, he later competed for the UNSW Wests Water Polo Club in Sydney Australia. His position is center forward.

Playing Career edit

Ryan Eisberg, LMU Water Polo Hall of Fame

Ryan Eisberg attended Merced High School where he competed on the basketball, water polo and swim teams. The Merced High School Water Polo team competed in the CIF Championship in both 1992 and 1993, winning the title in 1992..[1] Prior to his collegiate career, he competed as a member of the USA Junior National Team in 1993-94.

Eisberg went to college at Loyola Marymount University where he was a member of the men's Water Polo team.

A three-time team captain and Most Valuable Offensive Player, he holds three of the top-10 individual season point totals, including 95 points in a breakout season as a freshman in 1994[2]. That total places him second all-time in the record books, while his 83 points in 1995 ranks fourth. His freshman scoring mark placed him in the top-two in the nation amongst his freshmen counterparts that season. Eisberg remains one of the All-Time leading scorers for the program with 304 points.[3][4]

Eisberg garnered Honorable Mention All-American Recognition[5] and was named LMU Student-Athlete of the Year in 1995[6]. He holds three of the Top-10 Individual Season Point Totals, amassing 95 in 1994, 83 in 1995 and 80 in 1997. He also coached the LMU Women's Water Team in their final year as a club program before attaining Division I status.

Eisberg was invited to tryout for the U.S. National Team in 1996 and 1997. After completing his career at LMU, he went on to play professional water polo in Sydney, Australia for the UNSW Sydney Magpies. While competing for the Magpies, he played alongside his brother Aaron Eisberg (2000 WWPA All League Player[7]), Pietro Figliolo and Former Australian National Team Captain Nathan Thomas. A U.S. Masters All-American in 2002, 2003 and 2004, he has coached at C.K. McClatchy High School and currently serves as assistant coach for the River City High School water polo teams in West Sacramento, California.

References edit

  1. ^ "CIF Sac-Joaquin Section" (PDF). CIF Sac-Joaquin Section. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  2. ^ "The Road to the Hall: Ryan Eisberg". Loyola Marymount University Athletics News. 20 January 2009. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
  3. ^ "Issuu". Water Polo Record Book. p. 7.
  4. ^ "Witt earns third All-America honor". Glendale News-Press. 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  5. ^ "All-American water polo squad named" (PDF). The NCAA News. National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 22, 1996. p. 9. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Collegiate Water Polo: Men's Varsity All-America" (PDF). Collegiate Water Polo Association. 2017.
  7. ^ "LMU Men's Water Polo History/Record Books". Loyola Marymount University Athletics. Retrieved 2023-03-24.