Don Tayenaka:  

After Norwalk High I traveled to Cerritos College where I picked up my AA while playing water polo and swimming, then continued my education at Chico State. I received my BA in Education and also got my teaching credential. I also played water polo and swam on the team at Chico where we won to National Championships in 73 and 74. Came home for the summer to Lifeguard at the beach and get ready to move out to Beaumont, CA where I taught 8th grade math for 3 years. After that I worked on a Masters degree at Northeast Missouri State University, where I was teaching and coaching swimming. After one year in Missouri, I move to Chicago and taught and coached swimming and water polo at a Palatine High School. That is where I meet my wife Rita who was from Michigan. After 3 years in Chicago I moved back to Whittier College, where I taught and Coached swimming and wate...Expand for more