Alex Figueras concluded his first year as Head Women's Water Polo Coach. He spent the last year-and-a-half as Assistant Water Polo Coach for both the McKendree University men's and women's varsity programs.
• August 15, 2023 – Hired as Assistant Men's and Women's Water Polo Coach for varsity and Head Men's Water Polo Coach for club (click
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• January 24, 2025 – Named Interim Head Men's and Women's Water Polo Coach (click
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• April 22, 2025 – Appointed to full-on Head Women's Water Polo Coach (click
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• USA Water Polo
• Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC)
PLAYER IMPACT:
• Coached one ACWPC Division II Player of the Year selection as women's head coach
• Coached three ACWPC Division II First Team All-American selections as women's head coach and four total in his time at McKendree
• Coached one ACWPC Division II All-American Honorable Mention in his time at McKendree
• Coached 11 ACWPC All-Academic honorees as women's head coach and 48 total in his time at McKendree
• Coached six WWPA Player of the Week selections as women's head coach and 16 total in his time at McKendree
• Coached one WWPA Player of the Year selection as women's head coach
• Coached one WWPA Newcomer of the Year selection as women's head coach
• Coached three WWPA First Team All-Conference selections as women's head coach and four total in his time at McKendree
• Coached one WWPA Second Team All-Conference selection in his time at McKendree
• Coached one WWPA All-Conference Honorable Mention selection as women's head coach and three total in his time at McKendree
• Coached two WWPA All-Defensive Team selections as women's head coach
• Coached one WWPA All-Freshman Team selection as women's head coach
• Coached four WWPA Championship All-Tournament Team selections (including one Most Outstanding Player) as women's head coach and seven total in his time at McKendree
• Coached 14 WWPA All-Academic honorees as women's head coach and 37 total in his time at McKendree
TEAM IMPACT:
• Earned his first head-coaching career win over the University of California, Merced on January 25th, 2025, with a score of 15-5
• Gave the team their best start in program history in the 2025 season with a 13-3 record until February 28th.
• Lead the program to its historic 100th win over Carthage College on March 22nd, 2025
• Earned the 1-seed in the East Region of the WWPA Championships tournament (2025)
• Gave the program their first-ever WWPA major award winners, with goalkeeper Sydney Kane and center Bella Morquecho snagging Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year, respectively (2025)
• Gave the program its first-ever WWPA Championship title, defeating two-time defending champion Biola University 7-5 (2025)
• Put the program in its first-ever NCAA National Collegiate Water Polo Championships (2025)
• Earned himself the 2025 WWPA Coach of the Year via unanimous selection in his first season as headman... First-ever such honor in the program's history
• Gave the program its first-ever ranking inside the CWPA Women's Varsity Top 25 national poll, coming at No.23 (April 30, 2025)
• Earned ACWPC Division II Coach of the Year honor (2025)
• Gave the program their first-ever ACWPC major award honors with his Coach of the Year recognition, along with the goalkeeper Sydney Kane winning Player of the Year and Breno Tebet winning Assistant Coach of the Year as a graduate assistant
• Coach – St. Louis Area Polo (SLAP) High School Girls (2022-present)
• Assistant Coach – 18U Boys Junior Olympic Team (2023)
• Co-Head Coach – 18U Girls Junior Olympic Team (2024)
• St. Louis Area Polo (10-plus years prior to 2018)
• Pomona-Pitzer College Sagehens (2018)
• Washington University in St. Louis Bears (2019-2022)
*captain*
• SCIAC All-Academic (2018)
• ACWPC Academic All-American (2018)
• CWPA All-American honorable mention (2021)
• USA Water Polo Junior Olympics: Gold Medal Boys 18U (2023)
• USA Water Polo Doc Hunkler Scholastic Women's Coach – Midwest Zone (2024)
• WWPA Coach of the Year (2025)
*unanimous*
• ACWPC Division II Coach of the Year (2025)
• Earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration for majoring in marketing and in English from Washington University in St. Louis in 2022
Last Updated on 07/16/2025
