Danny Scheraga

Danny Scheraga has devoted his career to nurturing polo players and improving the sport. He began playing at Cornell University and was named head coach in 1975. He built programs for Intercollegiate Women, taking Cornell to the finals nine years in a row and winning three championships. Working for the USPA, he focused on instructional clinics and Intercollegiate/Interscholastic (I/I) polo. Scheraga spent 25 years with the Polo Training Foundation, serving as its first Executive Director. He developed player and umpire programs and improved polo infrastructure, ran a polo center at Brushy Creek, and pushed for an expanded I/I tournament to improve opportunities for Intercollegiate players. Over his lifetime Danny Scheraga has made a great impact on the sport.