Alamo Area Aquatics Association Water Polo at Alamo Heights
AAAA- Alamo Heights
Welcome!
We are a competitive and year-round water polo club for athletes ages 6-18, facilitated by Alamo Heights ISD.
All skill levels are welcome, we will be split into practice groups based on age/experience and grade level! Water polo age groups are based on your birthday as of August 1st, 2025.
Our athletes practice 2-3 days per week, and we travel to various tournaments throughout the year. Some of our athletes will compete at the end of the season at the annual National Junior Olympics, held in Dallas.
Game Days are intra-club and hosted at our home pool, they included in your dues.
Weekend Tournaments have additional costs. We have some at home, and many are in Dallas and Houston.
Practice Locations:
Alamo Heights Natatorium (AHISD): 705 Trafalgar Rd San Antonio, TX 78216
Josh David Natatorium (NEISD): 12002 Jones Maltsberger Rd San Antonio, TX 78216
The Alamo Area Water Polo Club Program is directed by Norm Collins. You can contact him or the staff at [email protected]
Groups, Tuition, and Practice Times
18-U and 16-U will train 4-5 days/week at a cost of $150/month.
M-W-Th Water 7-9 p.m., M & W at AH and 7-8:30 Th at NE
M & W Dryland/Video 6-7 p.m. at AH
1 Sun Game Day periodically
14-U and 12-U will train 3-4 days/week at a cost of $120 month
M, T & Th Water 7-8:30 p.m., M at NE and T & Th at AH
T Dryland 6:30-7 p.m.
1 Sun Game Day periodically
10-U will train 2-3 days/week at a cost of $100/month.
T & Th Water 7-8:30 p.m., T & Th at AH
1 Sun Game Day periodically
Swim Workshop - this is for athletes who need more swim skills before starting water polo!
This program will be offered on Sundays from 1-3 p.m. (1 hour or 45 min blocks).
Swim Workshop Info
Swim to Score -
STARTS 9/17!
This is for beginner 10u athletes to get their feet wet in water polo, they will be promoted to our more advanced competitive 10u team when they are ready to move up!
This program will be offered Tuesday & Thursday from 6:30 to 7:30 at a cost of $75/month
(registration will cover September, billed will start in October.)
Swim to Score Registration
In August of each year, athletes will pay an annual registration fee of $50 to help offset coaches travel costs and possible pool rental fees at NEISD. Payment will be processed September 1 for both monthly dues and the registration fee.
USA Water Polo Registration
A USA Water Polo membership is a once a year membership required of all athletes to practice/compete. For most athletes, Bronze is acceptable.
National Junior Olympic Athletes will need to have a Gold Membership before Junior Olympics in 2025.
To register with USA Water Polo or upgrade your membership, please go to https://usawaterpolo.org/ (if a new member, please choose Alamo Area Aquatics Association for the athlete's club affiliation when registering, Club #35186).
Coaching Staff
Norm Collins
Director
Coach Collins is in his 37th year in education. His teaching specialty is physics. He began teaching in Alamo Heights in 1992. He coached swimming, diving, and water polo for 10 years and established the Alamo Heights aquatic center in 1993. He brought water polo back to Alamo Heights in 1994. During that time, he coached several All-Americans and All-Staters in both swimming and water polo. His girls finished as high as 4th in the state in the UIL swimming and diving championships and 3rd in the state at the TISCA water polo championship.
Coach Collins was also a water polo assistant coach for the national youth boys team ages 16-17 in the late 90s. During the summer of 2023, he coached the AAAA Ducks 18&U boys to a 3rd place finish in the Junior Olympics held in North Texas. In 2020 his high school boys swimming and diving team placed 3rd in the state and his 2021 girls placed 4th at state. In 2022, the boys placed 5th. In 2022, the inaugural year of UIL water polo, the girls and boys teams both made it to the 3rd round of the playoffs. In the 2023 playoffs, both teams made it to the 4th round.
Coach Collins ran track and field and played basketball in high school (Idabel, OK) where he set the school record in the high jump of 6 '7". He high jumped and long jumped at Oklahoma State. He first coached track & field and football in Carrollton, Texas after graduating from Oklahoma State in 1985 with his bachelors in science education and 1989 with his Masters in Education Administration. At Alamo Heights, Coach Collins has been the high school swimming and diving coach, water polo coach, track and field coach, club swim coach, science teacher (physics), science department chair, assistant principal, and interim athletic director. He is currently the aquatic coordinator for the district and the head coach for swimming and water polo.
Coach Collins has a wife Nancy, a son Kelly, and a stepson James, a cat named Bonnie and two dogs Harry and Potter. His family is his greatest love.
Scott Harris
18U & 16U Girls and Boys Head Coach
Coach Scott Harris is an Eagle Scout, and earned a B.A. in History/Psychology from Texas State University in 1990. There, he played water polo for the university for one year, as well as being a key point scorer on the university cycling team, which won back-to-back South Central Conference Championships (Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas). He earned an M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership from Lamar University in 2009.
Harris coached swimming and water polo for 12 years at Judson High School, where his favorite team to compete against was Alamo Heights led by Coach Norm Collins. In 2002, Harris moved to Ronald Reagan High School, coaching swimming there for the next six years. Overall, Harris was a 7x District Coach of the Year, and once Regional Coach of the Year, producing: 7 District Champion swim teams, 3 Regional Champion swim teams and 2 Regional Champion teams in water polo. He was twice selected to coach the T.I.S.C.A. All-Star water polo team. Additionally, his teams produced 192 lettermen, 52 All-State athletes in Swimming, Diving & Water Polo, 65 All-Americans in Swimming & Diving, 6 Water Polo All-Americans, 28 Academic All-Americans, 4 Individual Swimming State Champions, 1 Mexican National age-group record, 5 swimmers with Olympic Trials cuts, and 1 Olympian.
Harris retired from coaching in 2008 to help his wife raise their two sons. Still teaching at Reagan, he begins his 35th year this fall, having taught World History, U.S. History, and International Baccalaureate’s Theory of Knowledge, he is currently teaching four courses: A.P. Macroeconomics, A.P. Psychology, Philosophy, and ‘Ethics, Economy, & Entrepreneurship.’
By 2021, Harris’ sons were 14 and 18 -- and therefore too cool to hang out with dad -- so he came out of coaching retirement to help build the AAAA Water Polo team with Joe Linehan and Norm Collins. Harris has coached 14u/16u/18u boys & girls, and for the past two years, specifically the 18u/16u girls. He is the Athlete Safety Officer for AAAA water polo club, and referees the high school water polo (87 games last season), and has taught referee clinics.
Harris is also a consultant to the Free to Choose Network, and an associate producer for izzit.org, both of which produce videos for PBS and high school classrooms advocating economic education, personal liberty, and the ethical pursuit of happiness. His wife of 27 years, Jeska, somehow tolerates all of this.
Steph McKay
14U, 12U, & 10U Girls and Boys Head Coach
Coach Steph McKay grew up in San Diego, CA and started playing water polo at age 13. She was a four year Varsity athlete in both swim and water polo, team captain, and set three CIF Division II records her senior year. She went on to play one year at Sonoma State University before returning back to SoCal for school. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, and a culinary degree! Coach Steph has a passion for nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and developing the whole athlete.
Previously, she coached at Del Mar Water Polo Club from 2021-2023 and helped grow their girls water polo program before making the move to Bulverde with her family. She stays active raising three boys, playing Masters water polo, taking care of her chickens and donkeys - and of course - teaching kids about the sport she loves - water polo!
Stephie Delostrinos
Age Group Coach
As a dedicated and passionate coach, I specialize in the development of athletes and the cultivation of a love for the sport of Water Polo. With a fresh perspective and innovative techniques garnered through my experience, I strive to share my knowledge with those entering the sport, as well as the next generation of athletes.
My involvement in Water Polo spans several years, encompassing playing, officiating, and coaching. Throughout my coaching career, I have primarily focused on working with youth and high school teams. I am recognized for my ability to connect with players and form strong, unified teams. My areas of focus while coaching include skill development, strategic play, and the creation of a positive, motivating environment for all athletes.
Reid Rinche
Age Group Coach
Hello, my name is Reid Rinche and I am currently a sophomore at UTSA majoring in Actuarial Science. I started playing water polo in highschool and made varsity all 4 years becoming the team captain my senior year. I joined club water polo my junior year and have attended 3 sessions of Junior Olympics achieving 3rd place in the Platinum Division in 2023. I am also a high school referee for water polo which helps me see the game from different perspectives.
