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The biggest prize in college water polo will be decided at the Uytengsu Aquatic Center at USC live on ESPNU and ESPN+ on Sunday, December 3.

The biggest prize in college water polo will be decided at the Chris Kjeldsen Pool on campus at the University of the Pacific live on ESPNU and ESPN+.

Like most aquatic sports, water polo has historically had few players of color. Former professional U.S. water polo player Prince Asante is working to change that, training players in Ghana with a goal of one day sending an all-Black team to the Olympics.

Growing up in Coronado, California, former water polo pro Asante Prince was often the only Black face in the pool. Today, he's training young players in Ghana, a country where swimming pools are rare and the ocean is seen as dangerous. With roughly 80 players and seven teams, the Awutu Winton Water Polo Club could help bring more diversity to the Olympics' oldest team sport, which has wrestled with the issue for decades, much like aquatics in general. Egypt and South Africa are the only African countries that have played men’s water polo at the Olympics.

Back at the very beginning, right when a daring idea started swimming into reality, Asante Prince got out couple of water polo balls and caps in a front of a handful of curious kids in Ghana. Prince decided to try a scrimmage, but he had no nets. So they put a soccer bench on each side of the pool.