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Local water polo player takes the Olympic world stage
By Jon Kingdon
Goalie Drew Holland Photo provided When Drew Holland made this year s United States Olympic Water Polo team as their goalie, he continued a much venerated tradition for Miramonte High School. Following in the footsteps of Drew McDonald, Rick McNair, Kirk Everest (Cal s Water Polo coach), John Stenson, Heather Petri and Peter Schnugg, Holland became the seventh Miramonte graduate to be a member of the United States water polo team at the Olympics. I got a nice congratulatory text from Kirk Everest?that was along those lines of carrying on the tradition and I m happy to be able to do so, Holland said. When I was young, I remember former players coming back to Miramonte and helping Coach James Lathrop with the team and I m looking forward to helping with the next wave of Miramonte players, so it all comes full circle.