Connor Stapleton Season 2013

Career Accolades

• 2017 ACWPC All-American - Second Team
• 2017 All-MPSF - First Team
• 2017 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• 2017 MPSF All-Academic
• 2015 ACWPC All-American - Honorable Mention
• 2015 MPSF All-Academic
• 2015 USA Water Polo National League
• 2014 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• 2014 MPSF All-Academic
•  2014 USA Water Polo National League

USA Water Polo

• Played for the U.S. Youth National Team at the Acireale Tournament in Sicily in 2011 and the FINA Youth World Championship in Perth, Australia in Dec. 2012

As a Redshirt Senior (2017)

• ACWPC All-American - Second Team
• All-MPSF - First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Completed career with 99 goals
• Fourth on the team in scoring with 32 goals
• Scored in 19 matches with multiple scores in nine contests on the season
• Led Stanford to the 11-10 win over No. 1 California in the Big Splash with three goals
• Also scored three goals against California in the MPSF Tournament game
• Scored at least one goal in each of the final nine matches, totaling 14 scores in the span

As a Senior (2016)

• Redshirted the season

As a Junior (2015)

• Member of USA Water Polo National League
• MPSF All-Academic
• ACWPC All-American - Honorable Mention
• Tied for fifth on the team in scoring overall
• Scored in 17 matches with multiple goals in eight contests
• Posted a season-best three goals each in two separate contests against Long Beach State
• Registered at least one goal in six straight matches from Sept. 26 to Oct. 10, totaling 10 goals during that span
• Tallied five goals over the first three matches of the season against MIT, Harvard and St. Francis (Brooklyn)

As a Sophomore (2014)

• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Member of USA Water Polo National League
• Tied for eighth on the team with 23 goals, including five multi-goal efforts
• Scored in each of the season's first four games, putting home two apiece in wins over Pomona-Pitzer (9/14) and Redlands (9/14)
• Added five goals at the Aggie Shootout, including two against Occidental (9/27) and Navy (9/28)
• Led off the SoCal Tournament with a two-goal effort against Loyola Marymount (10/11)
• Scored in the semifinals at the NCAA Championship against USC (12/6)

As a Freshman (2013)

• Scored 17 goals, including two hat tricks and four multi-goal games
• Posted hat trick in first collegiate game, a win at Brown (9/7)
• Scored twice in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/8)
• Notched another hat trick, this time in a UCI Invitational win over UC Davis (10/12)
• Added a goal in a MPSF win over UC Santa Barbara (11/3)
• Scored twice in a NCAA Play-In Game win over Whittier (12/5)

High School

• A 2013 graduate of Davis High School in Davis, Calif.
• Played for the water polo and swim teams all four years
• Captained both squads for two years
• Helped DHS to CIF Sac-Joaquin Section title in 2012 and title-game appearances from 2009-11
• Two-time CIF Sac Joaquin Section MVP (2011-12)
• Thrice named to California-Hawaii All-America Team (2010-12)
• Played club for Davis Water Polo Club (2009-13)

Personal

• Born in Davis, Calif.
• Parents are Tracy and Tara
• Father played water polo at UC Davis
• Has one younger sister, Colby, who is a member of the Harvard water polo program
• Uncle, Joshua Leachman, played water polo at Stanford and was part of 1993 and 1994 NCAA Championship teams
• Hobbies include playing basketball and video games