Player Bio: Tony Azevedo

Tony Azevedo Class: Senior Hometown: Long Beach, CA High School: Wilson Height / Weight: 6-1 / 185 Position: Driver Experience: 3V

2003 Season (Junior): Became Stanford's all-time leading scorer (252) ... That broke the previous mark of 235 by James Bergeson (1979-82) ... Winner of the Peter J. Cutino, the American Water Polo Coaches Association (AWPCA) and Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Player of the Year Awards for the third straight year ... Named to the NCAA Tournament and MPSF Championship all-tournament teams ... Scored eight goals in two games at the NCAA Tournament, including four in the NCAA title game against USC ... Stanford's leading scorer for a third straight season with 89 ... Led the MPSF in goals per game at 3.42 ... Played in 26 of Stanford's 27 games ... Scored two or more goals in 22 games ... The team's leading scorer in 23 of 26 games played ... Tied his career-high with seven goals against BYU Hawaii ... Scored six goals against UCSB ... Tallied five goals against LMU, UCSD, Pepperdine and UOP ... Scored four times in eight games ... Three times voted MPSF Player of the Week.

2002 Season (Sophomore): Winner of the Peter J. Cutino Award, which recognizes the country's best male collegiate water polo player ... Named the AWPCA Player of the Year ... Voted NCAA Tournament MVP after helping lead the Cardinal past California for the 2002 NCAA title ... Team captain ... Is the only player in Stanford history to record 95 goals in one season ... Voted the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Player of the Year for the second consecutive time ... Was the game's leading scorer for the Cardinal in 21 games ... Posted a four-goal performance to help the Cardinal down California, 7-6, in the NCAA Championship match ... Recorded a career-high seven goals against Loyola Marymount to advance Stanford to the NorCal semifinals ... Scored at least two goals in all but two games he played as a sophomore ... Scored eight goals in the 2002 MPSF Championship Tournament as the Cardinal took fourth place ... Averaged 3.4 goals per game ... Earned Mikasa MPSF Player of the Week and Cardinal of the Week honors after his eight-goal showing against UC Irvine and UCLA ... Winner of the Stanford Block "S" Sophomore Award.

2001 Season (Freshman): The winner of the Pete Cutino Award ... The NCAA Player of the Year ... Voted the NCAA Tournament MVP after helping lead the Cardinal to the NCAA title ... Also the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Player of the Year ... Voted co-MVP at the MPSF Tournament ... One of the nation's leading scorers with 68 goals ... His 68 goals is a freshman school record and tenth-best in school history ... Played in 22 of Stanford's 23 games, and scored at least two goals in all 22 games ... Had five goal games against UC Irvine and Pepperdine ... Recorded four goal games against UC Davis, Loyola Marymount, UC Irvine and Long Beach State ... Scored three goals in ten games ... Scored two goals each in games against UMass and UCLA in the NCAA Tournament ... Twice named MPSF Player of the Week ... Winner of the Stanford Block "S" Freshman Award .

Summer 2004: A member of the United States Olympic Team.

Summer 2003: A member of the U.S. National Teams that competed around the world as he represented the United States at the FINA World Championships and Pan American Games ... Helped lead the United States to the gold medal at the Pan Am Games.

Summer 2002: Spent the summer with the U.S. Men's Senior National Team along with former Stanford teammates Peter Hudnut and Jeff Nesmith ... Led the U.S. in scoring at the 2002 FINA World League.

High School: Considered the top high school water polo player in the last 50 years ... Was the youngest member on the 2000 United States Olympic team ... At the 2000 Olympics, he was chosen by international journalists to the All-World water polo team ... The leading scorer on the United States team at the 2001 World Championships in Japan ... Hails from Long Beach Wilson High School, where he led the team to four CIF championships ... A four-time All-American in high school and three-time CIF Player of the Year.

Cardinal Catalogue: International Relations major.