California Baptist University

An internationally respected swimming coach, Lisa Siregar is in her twelfth and a half years as an assistant coach for Rick Rowland. She has also served as the National Team coach for her native Indonesia since 1985 and has led the team to such events as the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics, as well as the World Games, University Games and Asian Games. Siregar serves as the Secretary General for the Asian Swimming Federation, and is a Vice President/Chairman of Swimming Development for Indonesia. She was a swimmer on the Indonesian National Team from 1966-73 when Indonesia won the Asian Swimming Championships in the 70s. She set several Indonesian swimming records that have since been broken. Siregar earned a bachelor’s degree in international business from Cal State L.A. in 1981 and a master’s degree in business administration from Northrop in 1983. She and her husband, Chris, have three children (Rhesa, Chrisilla and Rhesi).

The architect behind all of California Baptist University’s success in aquatics, Rick Rowland started the swimming and water polo programs in 1999-2000 and is now entering his 16th season as head coach of the men’s water polo team and both the men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams. The CBU men's water polo team competes against the nation's top programs and is a part of the national ranking system that includes all NCAA schools. The men's team has regularly been ranked in the top 20 during Rowland's tenure, and the 2011 season's ranking of No. 13 was the highest in program history. This past year, the Lancers joined a conference, the Western Water Polo Association, for the first time in program history and finished 15-17 overall, with four wins over ranked opponents. In 15 seasons, Rowland has led the men's team to an overall record of 334-174 (.657) and a record of 284-158 (.642) against four-year varsity programs. He collected his 300th career win as the men's coach with a 12-7 win at Vanguard on Nov. 11, 2011. In 2007 and 2008, CBU hosted and claimed the NAIA Men's Water Polo Invitational Tournament. Rowland's women's teams went 162-106 (.604) overall and 147-101 (.593) against varsity teams in the first eight years he ran the program before handing the program over after the 2007 women's season. Combined, he has a career record of 496-280 (.639) overall and 431-259 (.624) against varsity teams. He has coached six AWPCA All-Americans on the men's side and eight AWPCA All-American honorable mentions (seven men, one woman); a list that includes the top players in the NCAA. He has had a total of 114 players (70 men, 44 women) be named to the AWPCA All-Academic Team and has also had four men's players named to the CoSIDA All-Academic All-District Team. In terms of combined wins he captured his 100th career victory Feb. 24, 2001 with a 13-9 overtime win against Redlands on the women’s side. His 200th win came three years later on the men’s side with a 12-6 win over Arizona, Oct. 22, 2004. Rowland won his 300th career game in 2006 against Iona (12-5), March 10. He notched his 400th career victory over Golden West Community College on October 6, 2009.