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Incoming University of Texas Recruit Peter Silkowski Earns Notice in Galveston County Daily News
July 9 Galveston County Daily News
GALVESTON, Texas -- Incoming University of Texas student-athlete Peter Silkowski earned notice in the Galveston County Daily News for his success in Texas high school water polo and upcoming participation in the Junior Olympics.
It’s safe to say Peter
Silkowski has stayed pretty busy in the month since his graduation
from Clear Creek High School.
Although his high school playing days are over, he’s a
rising name in water polo. He and former Creek teammate Bobby
Woolweaver will team up this summer to represent Texas Wildcat
Water Polo 18U team in the USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics
in Orange County, Calif. from July 30 to Aug. 2.
Silkowski and Woolweaver will play with other elite players
from the Clear Lake and Houston areas. The team will be warming up
by playing in two local men’s tournaments, July 16-17 at
Pearland and July 23-24 in Sugar Land.
Silkowski was honored by the National Interscholastic Swim
Coaches Association as a swimming and water polo Academic
All-American for the 2010-11 school year. To qualify, a
student-athlete must be a graduating senior who lettered in their
high school swimming or water polo programs while maintaining a GPA
of 3.75.
Silkowski graduated cum laude from Clear Creek and guided his
water polo team to a second-place finish in the Houston Regional
High School tournament, where he was named the region’s Most
Valuable Player. Creek finished fifth at the state championship
tournament in April, and Silkowski was named First Team
All-State.
He later was recognized by NISCA as a second team
All-American.
Silkowski will attend the University of Texas at Austin this
fall and major in design. He also plans to play for the UT Club
water polo team that finished second in the nation last year. He
will join several former Creek teammates on that team including
Woolweaver, Benny Berezinan and Jonathan Berezin.
“I’m really excited to play for them because I hear
they’re a pretty good team,” Silkowski said.
“It’s going to be a lot of fun.”
Story published in the
Galveston County Daily News
