Jim Ferguson (2007) - Hall of Fame

Jim Ferguson

Induction:
2007

Ferguson was a three-time All-American (1968-69-70) on the UCLA water polo team, led the Bruins to the 1969 NCAA championship and two 2^nd place national finishes. Ferguson came to UCLA highly recruited after being named the 1967 National High School Player of the Year and was one of UCLA’s greatest water polo players of all-time. As a Bruin driver, Ferguson set UCLA career marks for goals scored and assists and was twice awarded the Robert Lee Starr Memorial Award (1969, ’70) which recognized the MVP of the University of California system which teams predominantly won the National Championship. After graduation, Ferguson played for the U.S. National Team that won the gold medal at the 1971 Pan American games and the silver medal at the 1975 Pan American games. In 1972, Ferguson was a co-captain on the bronze medal winning U.S. Olympic water polo team. He was also an eight-time AAU All-American and two-time AAU MVP. Ferguson was inducted into the U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame in 1984 and, in 1992, he was inducted into the International Water Polo Hall of Fame. Ferguson continues to compete internationally at the master’s level and several years ago his team went undefeated at the World Master’s Cup in Munich and in August 2006, he led a group of former Bruins to a second place finish at the 2006 World Masters games in Palo Alto. He is currently vice-president of worldwide marketing for Superior Industries.

* Accomplishments listed above were at the time of induction.