BJ Churnside Season 2012

Career Accolades

• 2014 ACWPC Second Team All-American
• 2014 NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
• 2014 All-MPSF Second Team
• 2014 MPSF/Kap7 All-Tournament Team
• 2014 NCAA Elite 89 Award
• 2014 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• 2014 MPSF All-Academic
• 2013 ACWPC Third Team All-American
• 2013 NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
• 2013 All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• 2013 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• 2013 MPSF All-Academic
• 2012 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
• 2012 All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• 2012 ACWPC All-Academic - Superior

USA Water Polo

• Spent time with the U.S. Youth National Team at the Giugno International Tournament in Sicily in August 2011

As a Junior (2014)

• ACWPC Second Team All-American
• NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
• All-MPSF Second Team
• MPSF/Kap7 All-Tournament Team
• NCAA Elite 89 Award
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Third on the team with 45 goals, including six hat tricks as part of 13 multi-goal efforts
• Tied for 20th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.50)
• Scored four goals each in back-to-back wins over Whittier (9/28) and UC Irvine (10/4)
• Scored in nine consecutive games from Sept. 27 to Oct. 12
• Put home three of his four goals against USC (10/18) in the game’s final five minutes, breaking deadlocks at 8-8, 9-9 and finally 10-10 to propel Stanford to an 11-10 victory
• Scored twice in the fourth quarter to put the Cardinal over the top, 8-7, in the MPSF Championship against Long Beach State (11/23)
• Rattled the cage with an exclusion goal at 3:45 to bring Stanford level and clinched the title by scoring with just 15 seconds to go
• Tallied a hat trick in the MPSF Championship win over Long Beach State (11/23)

As a Sophomore (2013)

• ACWPC Third Team All-American
• NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
• All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Third on the team with 45 goals, posting six hat tricks among his 15 multi-goal games
• Posted a hat trick in win over MIT (9/8)
• Scored twice in the first two NorCal Invitational wins over UC Davis and Pacific (9/21)
• Netted four goals in a UCI Invitational second-round win over California (10/12)
• Scored twice in MPSF wins over Pepperdine (10/27) and UC Santa Barbara (11/3)
• Posted a hat trick in a win at UC Irvine (11/8)
• Had another hat trick in a Big Splash win over California (11/23)
• Scored thrice in the MPSF Tournament title-game loss to USC (12/1)
• Scored seven goals at the NCAA Championship, including a hat trick in the semifinal loss to Pacific (12/7)

As a Freshman (2012)

• ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
• All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
• Finished the year third on the team with 31 goals
• Scored 22 goals over the season's final seven games
• Scored six times over four games at NorCal Invitational, including two against USC (9/16)
• Opened his season-ending run with a hat trick at UC Davis (11/3) and four goals at Santa Clara (11/4)
• Scored four goals in three straight games against Pacific (11/16), Long Beach State (11/23) and USC (11/24)
• Netted a pair of goals in a third-place game loss to UCLA (11/25)

High School

• A 2012 graduate of Villa Park High School
• Four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming
• Captained the water polo and swim teams
• Helped Villa Park to Century League titles in 2008, 2009 and 2011
• Thrice named to the All-CIF Southern Section Division II First Team (2009-11)
• Named to the All-CIF Southern Section Second Team in 2008
• Finished his prep career with a school-record 424 goals
• Was named to the NISCA/Speedo Boys All-America Third Team in 2010-11
• Has played club ball for Socal Water Polo Club since 2005

Personal

• Born in Orange, Calif.
• Parents are Joseph and Rebecca
• Has two older siblings, Alex and Cassie
• Alex played water polo for the U.S. Air Force Academy
• Cassie is a 2012 Stanford graduate and won two NCAA titles (2011-12) with the Stanford women's water polo team
• Hobbies include watching movies and people watching