Sam Pfeil Season 2013
PositionDRIVER
Weight190 lbs
Height6-4
ClassFreshman
HometownLaguna Niguel, Calif.
Career Accolades
- 2017 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- 2017 MPSF All-Academic
- 2016 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- 2016 MPSF All-Academic
- 2015 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- 2015 MPSF All-Academic
- 2014 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- 2014 MPSF All-Academic
As a Redshirt Senior (2017)
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- MPSF All-Academic
- Completed career with 59 goals
- Scored 12 goals on the season
- Posted a season-high four goals in the win over MIT
As a Redshirt Junior (2016)
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- MPSF All-Academic
- Fifth on team in scoring with 20 goals
- Scored in 13 games on the year, with multiple goals in three contests
- Recorded a career-best five goals in a win over No. 18 San Jose State in the Mountain Pacific Invitational
- Posted three scores against No. 4 Pacific in the Mountain Pacific Invitational
- Scored in each of the season's first four contests, totaling five goals in that span
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2015)
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- MPSF All-Academic
- Scored nine goals on the year
- Season-high three goals against Concordia
- Posted goals in six matches overall
- Recorded a pair of goals against Santa Clara
- Also scored single goals in two separate matches against Santa Clara
- Registered single goals in a separate match against Concordia and also Pepperdine
As a Redshirt Freshman (2014)
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- MPSF All-Academic
- Tied for eighth on the team with 23 goals, including three hat tricks as part of seven multi-goal games
- Tallied his first two collegiate goals against Pomona-Pitzer (9/14)
- Put up back-to-back hat tricks in consecutive wins over Redlands (9/14 and 9/20)
- Scored a season-high five in a 26-3 win against Chapman (9/27) to open the Aggie Shootout
- Final goal of the season came in the quarterfinals at the MPSF Tournament against Pepperdine (11/21)
As a Freshman (2013)
- Redshirted
High School
- A 2013 graduate of Dana Hills High School
- Earned three letters in water polo and four in swimming
- Helped lead water polo team to CIF Southern Section Division I quarterfinals
- Scored 71 goals as a senior en route to being named to the All-CIF Southern Section First Team, Orange County Register Second Team and South Coast League MVP
- Also named to California-Hawaii All-America Second Team and a first-team Southern California All-American
- Scored 66 goals as a junior
- Played club for CVAC Water Polo (2010-12) and SET Water Polo Club (2013)
Personal
- Born in San Diego, Calif.
- Parents are Robert and LeAnn
- Has two older brothers, Larson and Nick
- Mother played field hockey and softball at UC Davis
- Aunt, Denise Curry, was a two-time NCAA champion with the UCLA women's basketball team and was part of the gold medal-winning 1984 U.S. Olympic Women's Basketball Team
- Enjoys going to the beach
Men's Water Polo
Academic Honors
Men's Water Polo
Big Splash
Men's Water Polo
Top Four Showdown
Men's Water Polo
Nine Straight
Men's Water Polo
Off to SoCal
Men's Water Polo
Winning Streak Reaches Seven
Men's Water Polo
Busy Weekend at Avery
Men's Water Polo
Back at Avery Saturday
Men's Water Polo
Saturday Night Showdown
Men's Water Polo
Home Opener
Men's Water Polo
Card Topples Pomona-Pitzer
Men's Water Polo
Season-Opening Sweep
Men's Water Polo
2016 Season in Review
Men's Water Polo
Academic Honors
Men's Water Polo
MPSF Scholar-Athletes
Men's Water Polo
MPSF Finale
Men's Water Polo
Late Rally Not Enough
Men's Water Polo
UCLA Edges Stanford, 7-6
Men's Water Polo
Balanced Attack Leads to Win
Men's Water Polo
Win No. 300 for Vargas
Men's Water Polo
Stanford Downs Santa Clara, 21-7
Men's Water Polo
A Split of Top Ten Foes
Men's Water Polo
Triumph in Mountain Pacific Invite Opener
Men's Water Polo
Cardinal Cruises
Men's Water Polo
2015 Season In Review
Men's Water Polo
SoCal Invitational
Men's Water Polo
Bonanni Leads Cardinal
Men's Water Polo
Tournament Opening Win
Men's Water Polo
Waves Broken
Men's Water Polo
Stanford Silences Santa Clara
Men's Water Polo
Close Comeback
Men's Water Polo
Two Games, Two Wins
Men's Water Polo
Davis Downed
Men's Water Polo
Bonanni Joins Stanford Elite
Men's Water Polo
Vargas Wins 250th
Men's Water Polo
Stanford Second At NorCal
Men's Water Polo
Cardinal Advances To Semis
Men's Water Polo