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JORDAN CARMODY: Water polo was my sport
because I was never very good at land.
I wasn't the best runner.
I didn't like to sweat as a child.
I didn't really like to do any kind of physical activity,
whatsoever.
Going into high school, my mom says
you will be playing a sport.
You better choose something.
So water polo it was.
My brother does a water polo.
I'll do water polo.
And then ever since then, the rest is honestly history.
So for high school, I made MVP for my overall team,
and I made First Team All League my senior year.
I got recruited by Chaffey College out of high school.
I would say my time at Chaffey was life changing.
I wouldn't have been the person that I am without my experience
there.
I learned just how to go after my goals
and to never stop giving up and to keep
pushing no matter what happens.
You know, to keep going.
My goal was, at Chaffey, I wanted to graduate in two years
and receive a scholarship to a D1 school,
and I knew Iona College.
It was a school I wanted to go to.
I set my mind to it going into my sophomore year.
And I made First Team All Conference
and I also made All-American.
Even though I did go to Chaffey for water polo,
I developed a love for swimming as well.
Both my freshman and my sophomore year
we were conference champions.
It was almost as if all my hard work and blood, sweat,
and tears, for lack of better words,
was finally acknowledged, and I accepted my scholarship
to Iona.
I had become captain my senior year at Iona.
I mean, it was one of my goals that I had set out.
After my junior year, I wanted to lead the team
and leave an impact while I was there.
I graduated with my bachelor's in sociology, a minor mass
communication.
And then, I came back to California.
A coaching position actually fell into my lap
at Charter Oak High School, and the more and more I began
coaching, I realized this is something
I really want to actually continue
doing the rest of my life.
So today, I am the assistant women's water polo
coach and the assistant men's and women's swim coach
at Citrus College.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month in this month of October
is just so happens to be during our season
where we make a huge point to make people aware.
We wear these hot pink caps and we sell shirts
where we donate proceeds to a local organization.
I believe this year we did City of Hope.
I think something that a lot of kids need to understand
is a lot of us are privileged, and we have a lot of things
that many don't have.
So, along with maybe good health,
unlike people with breast cancer,
some people don't have food to fill their bellies at night.
We wanted to involve our girls at the food pantry,
and they provided food for the kids on campus.
So they get to learn you know the hardships of other people.
They get to learn that maybe you do have it that bad
or you don't have it that bad, but at the same time,
it makes you more aware of the people that are around you.
My biggest goal, as a coach, would be just
to change them and make them better people, prepare them
for the future as my coaches did.
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