Nearly 43,000 high school athletes played water polo in the 2016-17 school year, the most ever among states that officially sanction the sport, according to the National Federation of High Schools (NFHS). The increase continues a trend in which the sport has grown by an average of 2.3% year-to-year since
NCAA: Water Polo Athletes with Highest Graduation Rates Among D-I Athletics
More than 96% of female, and nearly 94% of male Division I water polo athletes who entered school and received athletic scholarships in 2006 graduated, making the sport the most successful in doing so among all DI athletic offerings, according to the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Those findings were reported








