2006 - Scott Schulte - Bucknell University

Former Bucknell University standout Scott Schulte '81 was an All-East water polo selection four straight years (1977-80), led Bucknell to four Eastern Championships and set an all-time NCAA water polo career scoring record with 586 goals.

The high scorer in four straight NCAA Tournaments (the only player to accomplish this feat) and holder of the career record of 50 goals in NCAA Championships, Schulte played on Bucknell teams that had a combined record of 114-15-3, and he was a Second Team All-America in 1979 and 1980. He was the only player outside of California selected to those All-America squads.

Despite the ongoing prejudice exhibited towards the East Coast players, he was selected to the All-America team in 1979 and 1980, at a time when voting process was controlled by the west coast schools, An example of this prejudice is found in the fact that he was never selected to an NCAA all-tournament team even though he was the leading scorer in every NCAA Championship he participated in.

In non-collegiate play, he was twice selected to the USWP All-America First Team in water polo, and seven times in his career finished in the top six of an East Coast Conference Swimming Championship event. He won Bucknell’s Christy Mathewson Award, which recognizes the top athlete in the senior class, in 1981.

Schulte was a member of the U.S. National Team from 1980-84, was a First Team Indoor All-America from 1981-85, was Most Valuable Player at the Indoor Nationals in 1981 and 1984, and competed in the World University Games in 1981. He was inducted into the Bucknell Hall of Fame in 1986.

-Holds Bucknell records for goals and points in a season

-Second on Bucknell single-season assist list

-First in career points, goals and assists at Bucknell

Year: Goals-Assists-Points

1977:154-62-216

1978: 127-50-177

1979:121-56-177

1980: 184-88-272

Totals: 586-256-842