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Career Accolades

  • NCAA champion (2019)
  • Three-time MPSF champion (2018-20)
  • Three-time ACWPC All-American (2019-21)
  • Two-time All-NCAA Tournament Second Team (2019-20)
  • Two-time All-MPSF (2019, 2021)
  • MPSF All-Tournament Team (2021)
  • Four-time ACWPC All-Academic – Outstanding (2018-21)
  • Three-time MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete (2019-21)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)

As a Senior (2021)

  • ACWPC First-Team All-American
  • All-MPSF First Team
  • MPSF All-Tournament Team
  • ACWPC All-Academic – Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Ranked fifth on the team with 32 goals, scoring in 20 different games
  • Featured 10 multi-goal performances
  • Scored a season-high three goals twice: at Princeton (Sept. 11) and vs. USC (Sept. 25)

As a Junior (2020) • MPSF Champions

  • ACWPC First-Team All-American
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team - Second Team
  • ACWPC All-Academic – Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in all 10 games, ranking second in goals (16) and shots (41)
  • Led team in multi-goal games (7)

As a Sophomore (2019) • NCAA Champions • MPSF Champions

  • ACWPC Third-Team All-American
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team - Second Team
  • All-MPSF Second Team
  • ACWPC All-Academic – Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete
  • Ranked fifth in goals (29)
  • Scored career-high four goals against Long Beach State (Sept. 28)

As a Freshman (2018) • MPSF Champions

  • ACWPC All-Academic – Outstanding
  • Appeared in 23 games and scored 13 goals
  • Scored season-high three goals against Princeton (Sept. 7)

Club Competition

  • Played for the Orange County Water Polo club for three years, leading the club in scoring his final two seasons

Prior to Stanford

  • 2018 graduate from Santa Margarita Catholic High School
  • 2015 Washington State Boys High School State Tournament Defensive MVP
  • Two-time high school All-American
  • Two-time academic All-American
  • All-State and All-Trinity League selection
  • All-American swimmer in the 100 backstroke and 50 freestyle
  • School record holder in the 100 backstroke
  • Led the Eagles to the CIF Division II championship his junior season and a runner-up finish his senior campaign
  • Placed third in the 100 back and 11th in the 50 free at the Division I CIF Championships as a senior
  • Competed for the USA Water Polo Cadet National Team, participating in the Darko Cukic Memorial Tournament in Serbia in 2015

Personal

  • Son of John Rossman and Sarah Hoisington
  • Has an older brother, Zach
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