Team Dan Berry
Helping Find a Cure for ALS
Since 2012 the TEAM DAN BERRY Waterpolo Tournament has been honoring Dan Berry and raising money to support the fight against ALS.
Finding a Cure for ALS
About ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
The ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that slowly robs a person of the ability to walk, speak, swallow and, eventually, breathe. With no known cause or cure, a person can typically expect to live 2 to 5 years from the time of diagnosis.
ALS has no racial, ethnic or socioeconomic boundaries, and in only 10% of cases there is a family history of ALS. Today, there are approximately 30,000 people in the US living with ALS and 5,600 people are diagnosed each and every year in the US.
The Oregon and SW Washington Chapter of The ALS Association provides support and resources for people living with ALS, their families, and caregivers living in the State of Oregon and the six counties of Southwest Washington.
High School Friends Helping Friends
1983 Oregon State Championship- 400 free relay
Eric Davenport, Daniel Berry, Matt Rankin, Carl Tuma
When Dan Berry was diagnosed with ALS, he shared with his friends/former teammates, Eric Davenport and Carl Tuma, that he'd like to see a waterpolo tournament come together for high school students to share in his love for the sport of waterpolo. TEAM DAN BERRY was created with the purpose of creating an invitational water polo tournament to honor a past player, Dan Berry, class of 1983, David Douglas High School Water Polo Team, who battled Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
All proceeds will be donated to ALS research and development facilities.
Dan Berry
Husband, Father, Brother, Son, Friend, Competitor, Veteran, Fighter, Coach
February 26, 1965- October 6, 2014
Dan Berry, pictured above with his wife Michelle, daughter Alyssa (right), and daughter Charlie (left), was a member of both the OSAA State Championship Water Polo Team and OSAA State Championship Swim Team at David Douglas High School during the 1982-1983 school year.
After High School Dan attended and swam for the University of Oregon. After the U of O Dan enlisted in the United States Navy, where later in his career he served in Afghanistan for one year. Dan was an Engineering Technician at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro, Oregon.
While working for Intel, and raising his family in Hillsboro, Dan was an assistant coach for the Hillsboro High School Water Polo team.
In 2011 Dan was diagnosed with ALS. Since his diagnosis, TEAM DAN BERRY formed. TEAM DAN BERRY was started by his teammates to join Dan in his fight against ALS. Dan passed away on October 6th, 2014.
We honor and remember him in many ways including playing the sport he loved!
Since 2012, the TEAM DAN BERRY tournament takes place every October. High school teams from across the state of Oregon have entered the tournament to play the sport they love while honoring Dan Berry and raising funds to donate to the Oregon ALS Chapter.
Team Dan Berry History .pdf
Tournament Directors
Carl Tuma & Eric Davenport
Email: TDBwaterpolo@gmail.com