STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford head men's water polo coach John Vargas has announced the Cardinal's 2016 signing class, regarded as one of the nation’s best classes.
Stanford’s signing class includes the nation’s No. 1 high school player in Ben Hallock, along with fellow California standouts Andrew Chun, Dunacn Mactavish, Bennett Williams and Dylan Woodhead.
“This class checks all the water polo boxes,” Vargas said. “All positions will be filled from the goalie position, center defender, center and the drivers. This scholar-athlete class will make an immediate impact at Stanford.”
Below is a comprehensive look at each member of the Cardinal’s 2016 signing class.
Andrew Chun • Goalkeeper • 6-1 • 195 • La Jolla, Calif. • The Bishop's School All-CIF First Team (2014, 2015, 2016)
Member of USA Youth National Team (2015)
Member of USA Water Polo National League (2016)
Three-time Junior Olympics winner
Totaled 435 saves in 56 games junior and season seasons
254 saves as a senior
Member of the NISCA/Speedo Boys Water Polo All-America Team (2015)
Advanced Placement Scholar
Sister, Natalie Chun, is a member of the Stanford women's water polo team
Ben Hallock • Center • 6-6 • 240 • Studio City, Calif. • Harvard-Westlake Regarded as the nation’s top collegiate men’s water polo prospect in the 2016 class
Youngest member of the USA Senior National Team
Scored four goals and added two assists to help lead Team USA to a third-place finish in the 2015 FINA Intercontinental Tournament last April
Also competed in the 2015 Volvo Cup and the 2014-15 Senior Team Games for USA Water Polo
Three-time Junior Olympic Champion
Two-time CIF Division I Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
Los Angeles Daily News Player of the Year (2014, 2015)
Scored 97 goals and added 86 assists despite missing three weeks of his senior season
Guided Harvard-Westlake to a 24-3 record and its third straight appearance in the CIF Finals
Also starred for the Stars & Stripes Bruin Water Polo Club
Three-year member of Academic Honor Roll at Harvard - Westlake
Duncan Mactavish • Utility • 6-4 • 210 • Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. • Palos Verdes First Team All-CIF Water Polo Southern Section Division II (2015)
268 goals over four-year varsity career
USA Water Polo Youth National Team (2014)
Cadet National Team (2013)
Captained PVHS Water Polo Team as a junior and senior
Three-time All-Bay League pick
Bay League Most Outstanding Player (2015)
Two-time PVHS Water Polo Most Valuable Player (2014, 2015)
Palos Verdes Swim Team MVP (2014, 2015)
CIF SS Division II Finalist in 100 Freestyle (2015)
PVHS Athlete of the Semester Fall (2015)
Two-time USA Water Polo Academic All American (2014, 2015)
Bennett Williams • Attacker • 6-3 • 190 • Laguna Niguel, Calif. • Dana Hills Member of USA Water Polo Youth National Team (2014)
Gold Medal at UANA Junior Pan American (2014)
USA Water Polo Academy Team Co-Captain (2015 and 2016)
USA Water Polo All-American Honorable Mention Junior Olympics (2015)
ODP National Championships Nick Johnson Inspiration Award (2015)
All-CIF Southern California Boy’s Water Polo First Team selection (2015)
Co-MVP CIF-SS Division II
Orange County Register Player of the Year (2015)
Co-MVP South Coast League (2015)
All-California-Hawaii First Team
All-time leading scorer at Dana Hills with 113 goals, 47 assists
Ttaled nine saves, 61 steals and 88 ejections drawn
Varsity Captain
USA Water Polo National League 2016
USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American (2010, 2011, 2012)
Dylan Woodhead • Defender • 6-7 • 205 • San Anselmo, Calif. • Sir Francis Drake USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American (2014, 2015, 2016)
North Coast Section Scholar Athlete (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Member of the USA Cadet National Team (2014)
Member of the USA Youth National Team (2015, 2016)
Member of the USA Red National League Team (2016)
Player of the Year CIF North Coast Section Division I (2015)
Two-Time MCAL Champion (2013, 2015)
NCS Division 1 2015 Runner Up (88 Goals in Season)
Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) Player of the Year (2015)
Two-Time Varsity Captain (2014, 2015)
Named to the California-Hawaii All-America First Team (2015)
Two-time All-CIF NCS Div 1 First Team selection (2014, 2015)
U16 First team Junior Olympic All-American Team (2015)
Marin Independent Journal Player of the Year (2015)
Led team to 29-1 record behind a team-best 70 goals and 38 assists his senior season