Cerritos College Women's Swimming

Macias has led his team to five South Coast Conference championships, including four of the last five seasons and the last two years. In 2012, the team posted a 28-5 record and finished in fourth place at the Southern California Championships. After opening the post-season with a win, the team dropped their final two games in the playoffs to end in fourth place. During the year, the team ran off an eight-game winning streak, as well as two seven-game and one six-game winning streak. Back in 2008, Macias took the program to the highest level, as he guided them to the schools only state championship. After the team won the state championship in 2008, he had his team right back in the hunt for another title, as they were ranked #1 in the state heading into the Southern California Regional Playoffs. However, they were upset in the first round, but finished the year with a 29-2 record. In 2011, Macias led his team to their fourth conference championship during his tenure, and advanced to the playoffs once again. After winning their first game of the post-season, the team dropped their next two games and finished the season with a 27-5 record. With their success over the years, the post-season awards have followed, as Angelica Hernandez was voted the conferences Most Valuable Player, as well as All-American and All-Southern California, while Katherine Gabayeron and Sharon Ku earned All-SoCal recognition. Previously, Shelby Gleason (2010-11) was named 1st Team All-American and 1st Team All-Southern California, as well as being voted the conferences Most Valuable Player, while Adriana Rodriguez also received All-American, All-Southern California and All-SCC recognition in 2011. It marked the fifth year in a row that a Cerritos player earned All-American recognition, joining Gleason (2010) and Grace Quintana (2010), Natalie Peng (2009) and Stephanie Rosero (2008). Macias also earned his fourth SCC Coach of the Year award in 2012. During the state championship season in 2008, Macias led his team to several school records including their 31 wins, while they strung together a 22-match winning streak, which was matched in 2009. Rosero, who was named the State Player of the Year, Southern California Player of the Year and South Coast Conference Players of the Year, was joined by Peng and Yvonne Ruvalacaba, with two others earning All-Southern California honors. For his efforts in guiding the team to the state championship, Macias was named the womens water polo State Coach of the Year and the South Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Since his arrival on campus, Macias has put together a remarkable 212-44 (.829) record and the program has won or shared four of the last five conference championships, while they have won four of the last six conference tournament championships. During the 2007 season, the Falcons won their first-ever Southern California Regional Playoff game in their first post-season appearance and Macias has guided his teams to over 20 wins in all eight of his years. Macias opened his career in 2005 by guiding the program to their first 20-win season (21-11) and a third place SCC finish. It also marked the first season a Falcon player had been named All-American (Berlyn Sanchez). They followed that with their first-ever SCC Tournament title in 2006, with Macias being named the Coach of the Year and three All-American selections. Joining Sanchez were Daisy Carrillo, who was the conferences MVP and Jeannette Diaz. They advanced to the Southern California Regional Tournament in 2006 and concluded the season with a 28-3 mark, while during the season they won 19 matches in a row and won their first four tournaments in school history. In 2007, Stephanie Rosero was the teams lone All-American selection, as the Falcons went 26-7 and shared the conference championship. Macias is also the colleges womens swim coach and has experienced a great deal of success. In the last five seasons alone, 11 individuals and eight relay teams have earned All-American honors, while all 19 of the schools swim records have been broken. The team won their first-ever conference championship in 2009 and had 11 entries in the state championships in 2012, as the team came in 11th place. They came in second place at the conference championships in 2012, while they won three individual and one relay championship. Macias came to Cerritos College with a successful background as both a coach and a player. He started his coaching career with one of the top club programs in the nation, Commerce Aquatics, where he also learned how to play water polo as a youngster. Macias then took over the Montebello High School water polo team who, at the time of his arrival, had only won one league championship for both the boys and girls varsity team. In a four-year span, Macias guided both the boys and girls water polo teams to three consecutive league championships. He led the boys water polo team to back-to-back CIF Div III Championships and become the first sport in the schools history to win back-to-back CIF championships titles. He also led his girls team to the CIF Division I semi-finals in 2005. Macias was named CIF Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004, Los Angeles Times Coach of the Year 2003 andWhittier Daily News Coach of the Year 2004. Macias played age-group club water polo with the City of Commerce where he had the privilege to participate in several Junior Olympics and Junior National Tournaments. At Bell Gardens High School, Macias helped lead his team to four consecutive league championships and back-to-back CIF championships in 1995 and 1996. As a player, he earned the leagues Most Valuable Player, CIF Most Valuable Player, 1st Team All- CIF, 1st Team All-Southern California and 1st Team All-American honors. Over his four-year high school career, Macias is still the all-time leading goal scorer in CIF history. While on the Bell Gardens High water polo team, one of his teammates was Brenda Villa, who was an assistant coach with the Falcons until 2010 and has competed in the last four Olympic Games. Macias was also a member of the USA National Youth Team in 1994. After graduating high school he attended Whittier College where he became the schools first-ever water polo player to receive SCIAC Conference Player of the Year as a sophomore. While at Whittier College, he was named 1st Team All-Conference, 1st Team WWPA, and 1st Team All-American. Macias graduated from Whittier College in 2001 with a Bachelors degree in Physical Education and Recreation.  He earned his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology at California State University of Los Angeles in 2005. SERGIO MACIAS YEAR-BY-YEAR WATER POLO COACHING RECORDS