SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sivan Pardon has been named the assistant coach for the women's water polo team during the 2023 season. She comes from Wittenberg University where she was head coach since 2017.
"Coach Sivan brings a tremendous amount of coaching experience. She has worked with a lot of different age groups and developmental factors so her ability to identify talent is great for our recruiting purposes. But she also is a fierce competitor which is one of her biggest strengths. She is able to come here and get our team strong enough to go out and compete within the MPSF. Her playing level and ability to match adversity is something that is able to fit into our program really well." said SJSU head coach Beth Harberts
Wittenberg University, 2017 - 2022
Head Women's Water Polo Coach
- 2022 CWPA Top 3 Finish, 3 ACWPC All- Americans, 2 CWPA All-Tournament Team, 2 CWPA West Regional Team Honors, 9 CWPA Weekly Conference Recognitions, RV Top 10 in National Polls, 5 Anticipated Academic All- Americans
- 2021 CWPA Conference Runners Up, 3 ACWPC All- Americans, 4 Academic All-Americans, 10 Team Members w/ CWPA Conference Recognitions, ACWPC Team GPA recognition, CWPA Rookie of the Year, CWPA Rookie of the Tournament, Nationally Ranked Top 10
- 2020 Shortened Season (COVID), 1 ACWPC All-American, 7 Academic All-Americans
- 2019 Wittenberg University Women's Coach of the Year, 2 All-Tournament, 3 All- Conference, 6 Academic All-Americans, ACWPC Team GPA National Recognition, Special Olympics Volunteer Partnership
- 2018 Wittenberg University New Organization of the Year, Founded Wittenberg Club/Varsity Water Polo Programs
- Head Swimming and Diving Coach, July 2017- October 2019
- Support and ran all aspects of the Wittenberg Men's & Women's Swimming & Diving
- Multiple NCAC Academic Honor Roll Awards, 2018 Multiple School Record Holders and Personal Bests
- SAAC Advisor, 2021 Organization of the Year
- DEI Chair, Bias Incident Response Team, LGBTQ+ Task Force
- 2022 NGWSD Field Day, 2021 NGWSD Symposium, 2021 and 2022 Swim for Diversity, Get Up and Go Free Afterschool Clinics,
University of Hawaii at Manoa, August 2012 – May 2013
- 5th Year Women's Water Polo Assistant
- 2013 Big West Champions
- NCAA Championship Appearance- 4th Place Finish
UP NEXT: The Spartans will head to Palo Alto, Calif. for the Stanford invitational, Feb. 5.
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