Upon arrival, he started as the 5th string goalkeeper, eventually becoming a member of the UC Santa Barbara men's water polo for the 1978 and 1979 seasons.

[9] Wilson joined the now-defunct Industry Hills club in 1981 and 1982, where he played alongside former Gaucho teammate Greg Boyer.

He also played for Harvard Water Polo Foundation, based out of Los Angeles, and was the goalkeeper for the club's first championship in 1989.

His first appearance was in the 1984 Summer Olympics, where the United States ultimately placed second to Yugoslavia despite not losing a match the entire Games.

[14] Despite the United States' past successes, the team failed to medal in 1992 and would mark the last Olympics Wilson would participate in.

Richard Corso, the former US National Team Goalkeepers Coach who assisted Wilson, noted that "We really changed the game in 1980 and '84.

"[16] After the 1992 Olympics, Wilson joined the private sector and worked in medical device and pharmaceutical sales and for Fortune 500 companies including Bristol-Myers Squibb and AmerisourceBergen.

[17][18] Wilson is a member of the Class of 1999 USA Water Polo Hall of Fame[19][20] and was inducted July 17, 1999.

[22] He's also in the UCSB Gaucho Athletic Hall of Fame twice, being named once individually and once as a member of the 1979 NCAA Championship men's water polo team, and is the only player in the history of the UC Santa Barbara men's water polo program to have his cap retired.