Ottawa, June 9, 2025 - Water Polo Canada announces the winners of its 2025 18U National Championship League (NCL) individual awards following the conclusion of the 18U National Championships event on Saturday June 7 in Calgary, AB.

Following three days of competition, Water Polo Canada’s 2025 18U Men’s and 18U Women’s National Champions were crowned, Edmonton Tsunami and Fraser Valley, respectively.

The 18U National Championships was attended by six women’s and six men’s teams. These teams consisted of the top teams from each conference, East and West, following a series of regular season events and a qualification event, which started back in December.

Here are the final rankings of the 18U National Championships:

MEN

1. Edmonton Tsunami
2. Team Sask
3. Fraser Valley

WOMEN

1. Fraser Valley
2. Calgary Renegades
3. Team Sask

Here are the individual award winners following the conclusion of the 2025 NCL 18U season and 18U National Championships:

MEN

• Most Valuable Player: Nathan Bilodeau (Edmonton Tsunami)
• Most Valuable Goalie: Adriene Lapierre (Team Sask)
• Most Valuable Coach: Marina Radu-Johnson (Edmonton Tsunami)

WOMEN

• Most Valuable Player: Abigail Folk (Fraser Valley)
• Most Valuable Goalie: Alex Stoddard (Fraser Valley)
• Most Valuable Coach: Brooke Coburn (Calgary Renegades)

All individual award winners were selected by the technical delegate team at the 2025 18U National Championships.

The 18U National Championships are part of Water Polo Canada National Championship League (NCL), which was created in 2014 to bring the domestic club age group programs under a country wide umbrella that promotes the development of the sport. The NCL offers three categories of play: Senior, 18U, and 16U.

In addition, the Club Cup, which is awarded to the club(s) who have won the most championship events across all National Championships League age groups (16U, 18U and Senior) events in a particular season, was awarded to the Calgary Renegades and Calgary Torpedoes clubs.

Clubs receive six points for a gold medal at a National Event (16U Eastern/Western Championships, Senior National Championships and 18U National Championships), four points for a silver and two points for a bronze. They also receive three points for a gold medal at a Conference Championship Event, two points for silver and one point for bronze.

More details are available on Water Polo Canada website at https://waterpolo.ca.