E-Board, Captains, and Coach

Tom Anderson - Coach
From sunny Southern California, Coach Tom Anderson spent his youth surfing and swimming for the Seal Beach Swim Club which led him straight into water polo as a freshman at Los Alamitos High School. He led his team in goals his senior year in 1987 and won ​the Orange County-based Empire League for the first time. He later attended USC and earned a spot on the 16-member varsity squad as a sophomore. The following year, he put water polo to rest. Decades later Anderson became an assistant coach for St. Xavier High School varsity boy’s water polo team, co-head coach for the Moose girls 18U team, coached Mid-Michigan Raptor Club, and head coach for the Sycamore High School girls varsity team where he won the Girl's Ohio HS Coach of The Year in 2022. Outside of water polo, Coach Anderson is a Los Angeles-based advertising executive and small business operations consultant, He now resides in DeWitt, MI with healthcare marketing superstar, and Purdue Boilermaker, wife Kara, and middle school twin daughters Rae and Gus. Coach Anderson looks forward to calling the Spartans and Michigan State University his new water polo home as the men’s head coach this fall 2023.

Cooper Randall - President (Captain)
Cooper Randall is currently a sophomore at Michigan State. A forestry major from Hudsonville, Michigan, Randall started swimming in elementary school and has played water polo since he was in seventh grade. Being a goaltender for his high school team from 2018 to 2022, he helped lead them to three State Championships. Randall was named team captain during his senior year and has also stepped into a leadership position on the MSU water polo team. Post undergraduate, Cooper hopes to work in the fields of geology and ecology at a National Park. He wholeheartedly loves the sport of water polo and cannot wait to get back in the pool with his team.

Leo Varitek - Vice President
Leo Varitek is currently a junior at Michigan State. A fisheries and wildlife major from Dexter, Michigan, Varitek has been playing for seven years now. He started playing water polo his freshman year at Dexter High School after his friends convinced him to and since then, he’s fallen in love with the sport. While at Dexter, he became captain his senior year, 2-time State Runner-Up, 2-time Regional Champion, and 1-time District Champion, and was named All-State and All-Region teams his senior year. Varitek is looking forward to making memories with the team and working hard to bring home another national championship.

Ben Deininger - Treasurer

Nate Chalmers - Secretary

Matt Welmerink - Social Chair
Social Chair, Matt Welmerink from Hudsonville, Michigan, is currently a sophomore at Michigan State. A marketing major, Welmerink first started swimming in 8th grade where he grew a deep passion for aquatic sports and was introduced to water polo his sophomore year by his friends. Since then, he helped lead the Hudsonville Eagles to win State Champions in both 2021 and 2022. Matt hopes to lead the Spartans to another National Championship, but in doing so, building relationships and strengthening the team along the way.
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Josh Bergdolt - Team Apparel Chair
Apparel Chair Josh Bergdolt is from East Lansing, Michigan, and is currently a junior at Michigan State majoring in mechanical engineering. Bergdolt followed his older brother's footsteps in playing water polo and has been playing for eight years now. While playing in high school, he was 2-time swim captain and 1-time water polo captain. Bergdolt goals are to win Big Ten Champions back-to-back and go back to nationals!

Connor Moritz - Fundraising Chair
Connor Moritz from Erie, Pennsylvania is currently a sophomore at Michigan State majoring in biosystems engineering. Moritz has been around the pool for the majority of his life and started to swim competitively at a very young age. However, he did not start playing water polo until 8th grade and found himself taking up a huge liking to the sport. In high school, he was a Team Captain, earned the most valuable player award for his team, and was awarded 3rd Team All-State in PA. He was also a Swim Team Captain and a part of Cathedral Prep’s 2022 Pennsylvania (PIAA) State Swim Team Title. Moritz is looking forward to spending some quality time with the fellas and for stepping up to work on the eboard. He also wants to help run it back to nationals and get a natty with the team.