Athletic Accomplishments from 1992-1996
4 Men’s Water Polo Letters (92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96)
4 Men’s Golf Letters (92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96)
Whittier College Freshman Male Athlete of the Year (92-93)
Men’s Water Polo:
First Team All-SCIAC (94-95,95-96)
Second Team All SCIAC (93-94)
Honorable Mention, All SCIAC (92-93)
Team Most Valuable Player (93-94,94-95,95-96)
Honorable Mention, All Western Water Polo Association (94-95)
College Water Polo Coaches of America All-Academic Team (95-96)
Team Captain (94-95,95-96)
Men’s Golf:
First Team All-SCIAC (92-93,93-94,95-96)
Second Team All SCIAC (94-95)
3rd Place, College Division Intercollegiate Championships (92-93)
Team Most Valuable Player (93-94, 94-95,95-95)
Golf Coaches of America All District 6 Selection (93-94,95-96)
NCAA Division III Championship Participant (93-94)
Individual Champion. College Division.
Southern California Intercollegiate Championship (95-96)
Purple & Gold Male Individual Sport Athlete of the Year (95-96)
Team Captain (92-93,93-94, 94-95, 95-96)
As his statistics indicate, Mitch had an incredible sports career at Whittier College. Not only was he an accomplished student-athlete, but he has gone on to become one of the top water polo coaches in the country. During the particularly memorable 2004 season, he guided the Poets to the Men’s Water Polo SCIAC Championship and was named the Division III Water Polo Coach of the Year. Mitch resides in La Habra Heights with his wife, Lyn (Dobrzycki) ‘96, and daughter Tessia.
