| Nickname: | Schepp |
| Title: | Head Coach |
| Email: | geschepp@cabrillo.edu |
| Previous College Sports Played: | Swimming & Diving |
In Coach Scheppler's first season at the helm Women's Water Polo saw unprecedented sucsess placing 3rd overall in the North California Tournament with a roster built around 3 All-Americans (Sadie Bigler, Belene Rodriguez, Seirra Neilson).
Program Firsts in 2023
- 3rd Place NorCal Tournament
- 3 All-Americans
- 5 All-Conference Awardess
- 17 wins in a season
- 3CWPCA Player Of The Week | Week 2 (Belene Rodriguez)
Coach Schep and and his service dog Posey are proud to be the first Service Dog Team coaching in Cabrillo College history.
"Cabrillo first-year head coach George-Paul Scheppler has managed to assemble one of the largest water polo teams in the program’s history in just two months.
Scheppler said he’s been fortunate that water polo is in a great place locally in Santa Cruz County. He also believes it was a combination of having a great captain in Bigler, who was his first player committed to play.
“When you have a player like [Bigler], it makes it easier,” Scheppler said. “We have so many [NCAA Division I] level players on this team that we just kind of built that momentum and kept it going, and it’s been really fun. Really fun.”
Scheppler, 40, competed, worked and coached across a multitude of sports during his career including swimming and diving for Providence College, working as an ocean lifeguard on Cape Cod and serving as a surface rescue swimmer in the United States Navy.
He is accompanied poolside by his service dog Posey to become the first head coach/service dog duo to coach in the CCCAA. Scheppler said there’s no doubt that having his dog helps him cope with anxiety and tension during the games.
“Having Posey not only helps me, but she really helps the team, too,” Scheppler said. “I always tell the girls we can’t take this too seriously. At the end of the day, we have to have fun. And nobody has more fun than Posey.”
