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Career Accolades

  • 2017 ACWPC Third Team All-American
  • 2017 All-MPSF Second Team
  • 2017 MPSF Scholar-Athlete
  • 2015 ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American
  • 2015 MPSF Scholar-Athlete
  • 2014 ACWPC Third Team All-American
  • 2014 All-MPSF Second Team
  • 2014 MPSF/Kap7 All-Tournament Team
  • 2013 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
  • 2013 ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
  • MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 21, 2013; Oct. 6, 2014; Oct. 20, 2014; Nov. 2, 2015)

USA Water Polo

  • Played with the USA Men's Senior National Team at the Volvo Cup in Sznolnok, Hungary Feb. 7-9, 2014
    • Made 12 total saves in appearances against Serbia, Germany and Hungary

As a Redshirt Senior (2017)

  • 2017 ACWPC Third Team All-American
  • 2017 All-MPSF Second Team
  • 2017 MPSF Scholar-Athlete
  • Completed his career as Stanford's all-time saves leader with 925
  • Posted double-digit saves in a game in 11 different contests
  • Recorded season-best 17 saves against No. 2 USC and No. 8 UCSB
  • Registered 10.8 saves per game in 17 games
  • Finished the season with a 6.53 goals-against average

As a Senior (2016)

  • Redshirted the season

As a Junior (2015)

  • ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American
  • MPSF Scholar-Athlete
  • MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Nov. 2)
  • Owns 741 career saves, just three shy of Chris Aguilera's (1994-98) school-record total of 744
  • Ranked fourth in the MPSF in goal-against average (7.08) 
  • Tied for fifth in the MPSF in save (263) 
  • Recorded an MPSF single-game record 23 in held No. 7 UC Irvine scoreless in a 7-0 win over the Anteaters 
  • Shutout of UC Irvine was the first time the Anteaters were held scoreless in a game since at least 2002  
  • Shutout was one of two by an MPSF team all season 

As a Sophomore (2014)

  • ACWPC Third Team All-American
  • All-MPSF Second Team
  • MPSF/Kap7 All-Tournament Team
  • MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 6 and Oct. 20)
  • Made 267 saves in 102 quarters in the cage, allowing 168 goals
  • Finished second in the MPSF in goals against average (6.59) and seventh in saves per game (10.47)
  • Had 14 games with 10 or more saves, including each of the season's last four games
  • Stanford held all but four of its 30 opponents to nine goals or less
  • Made 23 saves in two games at the NCAA Tournament against USC [13] (12/6) and UCSD [10] (12/7)
  • Stopped 39 shots at the MPSF Tournament in wins over Pepperdine [6] (11/21), USC [17] (11/22) and Long Beach State [16] (11/23)
  • Totaled 105 saves in Stanford's eight MPSF games
  • 14 of his career-high 20 saves came in the first half of a 11-10 win over No. 1 USC (10/18)
  • Registered 36 saves in four games at the SoCal Tournament against Loyola Marymount [7] (10/11), Pacific [10] (10/11), California [9] (10/12) and UCLA [10] (10/12)
  • Double-digit save efforts came against UCSD [14] (9/20), California [10] (9/21), UC Irvine [17] (10/4), Pacific [10] (10/11), UCLA [10] (10/12), USC [20] (10/18), UCSB [10] (10/19), Pepperdine [19] (10/26), Long Beach State [15] (11/1), Pacific [10] (11/15), USC [17] (11/22), Long Beach State [16] (11/23), USC [13] (12/6) and UCSD [10] (12/7)

As a Freshman (2013)

  • ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
  • MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 21)
  • Made 211 saves in 93 quarters in the cage, allowing 173 goals
  • Finished fourth in the MPSF in goals against average (7.44) and 10th in saves per game (9.08)
  • Made 10 saves in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/8)
  • Stopped 35 shots over four games as Stanford finished third at the NorCal Invitational (9/21-22)
  • Held UCLA to just six goals and stopped 11 shots in win over the Bruins (10/19)
  • Stopped 13 shots in an overtime win at USC (11/16)
  • Made combined 35 saves, including a season-high 16 in the quarterfinals against Long Beach State, as Stanford reached the title game of the MPSF Tournament (11/29-12/1)
  • Made 12 saves in NCAA semifinal loss to Pacific (12/7)

High School

  • A 2013 graduate of Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif.
  • Played two years of water polo and also swam at MHS
  • Helped lead MHS to CIF North Coast Section titles in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and to DFAL titles from 2011-12
  • Named the 2012 DFAL Most Outstanding Goalie
  • Earned a spot on the California-Hawaii All-America Second Team as a junior and senior
  • Named to the NCS First Team in 2011 and 2012, as well as to the All-DFAL First Team
  • NCS Scholar-Athlete in 2009, 2011 and 2012
  • Played club for Lamorinda Water Polo Club from 2009-13 
  • Helped club to Junior Olympic titles from 2011-12 and a U.S. Club Championships title in 2011
  • Two-time Junior Olympics All-American (2011-12) and the U.S. Club Championships MVP in 2011

Personal

  • Born in Berkeley, Calif.
  • Parents are Jeff and Alison
  • Has two older brothers, Kent and John
  • Kent played water polo at Brown while John currently plays for Claremont McKenna College
  • Enjoys playing pickup basketball and FIFA soccer