The NCAA News - News and Features

May 26, 1997

Southern California players head water polo all-academic team

Two members of Southern California's men's water polo team, which finished second at the 1996 championship, are among the individuals named to the 1996-97 American Water Polo Coaches Association all-academic team.

Brendan Grubbs and Hrvoje Cizmic are among 87 individuals named to the team.

Seven teams also were honored, including Massachusetts, which placed fourth at the 1996 championship.

The all-academic team includes student-athletes who compiled at least a 3.200 grade-point average (4.000 scale). Listed teams compiled at least a 2.750 GPA.

Pomona-Pitzer placed the most individuals on the team as nine players garnered academic honors. Occidental placed eight individuals on the team.

Following are this year's all-academic selections.

Teams

1. Pomona-Pitzer, 3.320; 2. Boston College, 3.100; 3. Princeton, 3.060; 4. Occidental, 3.020; 5. Pepperdine, 2.900; 6. Richmond, 2.830; 7. Massachusetts, 2.750.

Individuals

Gordon Beh, UC San Diego; Tamas Bakacs, St. Francis (New York); Matt Block, Whittier; Joseph Martucci, Merchant Marine; Brett Hool, UC San Diego; Tom Chalberg, Harvard; Grant Slegowski, Richmond; Nathan Hottle, Washington and Lee; Keala Ede, Occidental; Gabriel Marrero, Massachusetts.

Joseph Lin, Occidental; Andras Kercsmar, St. Francis (New York); Erik Lin, Princeton; Mark McGill, Air Force; A. Sascha Petersen, Pomona-Pitzer; Will Cain, Pepperdine; Philip Asquith, Pomona-Pitzer; Dan Stephenson, Bucknell; Nader Massarweh, Boston College; Anthony Baucum, Loyola Marymount.

Andy Bruininga, Pepperdine; Steve Szejner, Boston College; Doug Ribble, Merchant Marine; Dave Prusakowski, Villanova; Jonathan Gill, Harvard; Omar Amr, UC Irvine; Matt Wynn, Pepperdine; Matt Lau, MIT; Dominik Rohe, St. Francis (New York); Janko Gogolja, St. Francis (New York).

Jon Hong, Boston College; Keegan McNamara, Occidental; Brian Wilson, Navy; Brendan Beer, Navy; Steve Greene, Pomona-Pitzer; Robert Allaire, UC Irvine; Gabriel Niles, Occidental; Kaleo Ede, Occidental; Bryan Maletis, Loyola Marymount; Milos Komarcevic, MIT.

Joshua Watts, Bucknell; Jake Woodrow, Bucknell; Bob Paulhus, Redlands; Adam Marcy, Pomona-Pitzer; Joshua Roth, Pomona-Pitzer; Oliver Djordjevic, St. Francis (New York); Andrew Davis, Harvard; Nathan Chipps, Occidental; Aaron Fletcher, Redlands; Kirby Kim, Pomona-Pitzer.

Bryan Pierce, Santa Clara; Joe Mauch, Santa Clara; Anuj Datta, Pomona-Pitzer; Merrill Moses, Pepperdine; Paul Granneman, Villanova; Rory Stewart, Loyola Marymount; David Obwald, Loyola Marymount; Brian Scull, Villanova; Marc Hanson, Santa Clara; Marc Lebovitz, MIT.

Luke Smith, Santa Clara; Brendan Grubbs, Southern California; Marc Williams, Navy; Ilian Rashtanov, Boston College; Peter Hennessy, Boston College; Brian Groat, Air Force; Ross Meecham, UC San Diego; Sam Lawn, Santa Clara; David Gasassa, Occidental; Matt Lutz, Bucknell.

Horatiu Tocan, Queens (New York); John Haller, Princeton; Hrvoje Cizmic, Southern California; Paul Engin, Massachusetts; Adrian Gomez, MIT; Patrick Kain, Villanova; Mark Van Houtte, Merchant Marine; Oakley Brooks, Princeton; Dan Arbalaez, Harvard; Benjamin Kimes, Pomona-Pitzer.

Andrew Lucas, Pomona-Pitzer; Filip Ivanov, St. Francis (New York); Kyle Daniels, Santa Clara; Randy Jones, Santa Clara; Kevin Quinn, UC Davis; Marcus Sanford, Villanova; Matthew Craig, Occidental.