Boys Water Polo
Team Information
Team Information
Cut/No-Cut Sport? Cut sport with Varsity and Frosh/Soph levels (possibly JV -- student interest dependent)
Levels: Varsity / Junior Varsity / Frosh/Soph
Start Date: Mar. 3, 2025
Head Coach: Sean Wimer (swimer@d125.org)
Varsity Assistant Coach: Joe Gibson
JV Coach: Brigitte Kusevskis
Volunteer Coach: Mike Kusevskis
Tryout Information
Tryout Information
*For the most up-to-date tryout information, click here.
Informational Meetings
- Monday, Feb. 3 @ 3:45 p.m. in Aquatic Center Balcony
Tryout Date
*Attend both dates below.
- Monday, Mar. 3 | 3:45 - 5:30 p.m. | Aquatic Center
- Tuesday, Mar. 4 | 3:45 - 5:30 p.m. | Aquatic Center
- Teams announced at the end of the tryout on Tuesday
Registration
- Every athlete is required to register before they can participate in a tryout.
Records/History
Records and History
Team Championships
IHSA State Championships
2021, 2017
IHSA State Finals Trophies
1st Place: 2021, 2017
2nd Place: 2024, 2023, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2004
3rd Place: 2003, 2002
4th Place: 2022, 2014
IHSA Sectional Championships
2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2004, 2003, 2002
SHS Boys Water Polo Season Summaries
Season results as reported on the IHSA website
| Season | Overall | Coach | Notes |
| 1990-91 | 0-22 | Mike Leissner | |
| 1991-92 | 11-16 | Mike Leissner | |
| 1992-93 | 17-12 | Mike Leissner | |
| 1993-94 | 14-19-2 | Mike Leissner | |
| 1994-95 | 22-14 | Mike Leissner | |
| 1995-96 | 25-10 | Mike Leissner | |
| 1996-97 | 9-16 | Joe Trickey | |
| 1997-98 | 21-11 | Joe Trickey | |
| 1998-99 | 21-8 | Irvin Csillag | |
| 1999-00 | 30-5 | Irvin Csillag | |
| 2000-01 | 28-6 | Garrin Kapecki | |
| 2001-02 | 22-10-1 | Katie Wetteland | IHSA state finals - 3rd Place; sectional champion |
| 2002-03 | 25-10 | Dave Auston | IHSA state finals - 3rd Place; sectional champion |
| 2003-04 | 25-7 | Dave Auston | IHSA state finals - 2nd Place; sectional champion |
| 2004-05 | 20-12 | Dave Auston | |
| 2005-06 | 17-14 | Dave Auston | |
| 2006-07 | 20-12 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state qualifier; sectional champion |
| 2007-08 | 18-15 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state qualifier; sectional champion |
| 2008-09 | 19-13 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state qualifier; sectional champion |
| 2009-10 | 12-19 | Sean Wimer | |
| 2010-11 | 5-25 | Sean Wimer | |
| 2011-12 | 24-9 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state qualifier; sectional champion |
| 2012-13 | 25-10-1 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 2nd Place; sectional champion |
| 2013-14 | 27-9 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 4th Place; sectional champion |
| 2014-15 | 28-7 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 2nd Place; sectional champion |
| 2015-16 | 28-7 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 2nd Place; sectional champion |
| 2016-17 | 36-0 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state champion; sectional champion |
| 2017-18 | 29-5 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state qualifier; sectional champion |
| 2018-19 | 23-11 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state qualifier; sectional champion |
| 2019-2020 | 1-0 | Sean Wimer | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 |
| 2020-21 | 30-0 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state champion; sectional champion |
| 2021-2022 | 23-11 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 4th Place; sectional champion, NSC champion |
| 2022-23 | 34-2 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 2nd Place; sectional champion, NSC champion |
| 2023-24 | 24-9 | Sean Wimer | IHSA state finals - 2nd Place; sectional champion, NSC champion |
| All-Time | 712-357-4 | Sean Wimer |
Coaching Records
| Name | Seasons | Record |
| Mike Leissner | 6 | 89-93-2 |
| Joe Trickey | 2 | 30-27 |
| Irvin Csillag | 2 | 51-13 |
| Garrin Kapecki | 1 | 28-6 |
| Katie Wetteland | 1 | 22-10-1 |
| Dave Auston | 4 | 87-43 |
| Sean Wimer | 18 | 406-165-1 |
Head Coach Bio
Head Coach Bio
Sean Wimer
18th Season
swimer@d125.org
Sean Wimer, a 2001 Stevenson graduate, is the winningest coach in program history, with a record of 382-156-1 through 17 seasons. He has guided the Patriots to the IHSA state tournament 11 times, winning the championship with a 36-0 record in 2017. He also has three runner-up state finishes (2013, 2015 and 2016) and one fourth-place showing (2014). Wimer’s teams have won 11 sectional championships, including eight in a row through the 2019 season. Stevenson also has won the last eight North Suburban Conference titles.
As a student-athlete at Stevenson, Wimer earned All-America during his junior and season seasons, and was named 2001 Illinois Water Polo Player of the Year. He earned four varsity letters in water polo and swimming. After graduation, Wimer played for Loyola Marymount University for four seasons.
Coach
Sean Wimer
Varsity Boys Water Polo Head Coach
swimer@d125.org