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April 27, 1998

Three Pepperdine players named to water polo academic team

Three members of Pepperdine's men's water polo team, which claimed the 1997 championship, are among the individuals named to the 1997-98 American Water Polo Coaches Association all-academic team.

Andy Bruinninga, Alan Herrmann and Merril Moses are among a group of 99 individuals named to the team. Bruinninga scored the title-winning goal in Pepperdine's 8-7 overtime triumph over Southern California, while Herrmann and Moses shared the championship's most-outstanding-player honors with teammate Jeremy Pope.

Seven teams also were honored, including Princeton, which posted the highest grade-point average at 3.420 (4.000 scale).

The all-academic team is composed of student-athletes who compiled at least a 3.200 GPA (4.000 scale); teams honored compiled at least a 2.750 GPA.

Princeton and St. Francis (New York) placed the most individuals on the team as 10 players from each team garnered academic honors. Bucknell was represented by nine individuals.

Following are this year's all-academic team selections:

1. Princeton, 3.420; 2. St. Francis (N.Y.), 3.290; 3. Pomona-Pitzer, 3.120; 4. Bucknell, 2.980; 5. Geo. Washington, 2.920; 6. Air Force, 2.860; 7. Richmond, 2.81.

Following are this year's all-academic individual selections:

Ryan Adams, MIT; Robert Allaire, UC Irvine; Larry Aller, MIT; Greg Anderson, Bucknell; Brian Angeli, Boston College; Tamas Bakacs, St. Francis (N.Y.); Greg Baker, Redlands; Devin Balkcom, Johns Hopkins; A. J. Baucum, Loyola Marymount; Brendan Beer, Navy.

Gordon Beh, UC San Diego; Stefan Bewley, MIT; Csaba Biro, St. Francis (N.Y.); Andy Bruinninga, Pepperdine; Copper Buckingham, Johns Hopkins; Steve Burkhalter, UC San Diego; David Cacassa, Occidental; Mike Chester, Johns Hopkins; Nathan Chipps, Occidental; Matt Craig, Occidental.

Anuj Datta, Pomona-Pitzer; Andrew Davis, Harvard; Oliver Djordjevic, St. Francis (N.Y.); Keala Ede, Occidental; Marty Edlund, Harvard; Ryan England, Occidental; James Farley, Southern Cal; Ryan Feaver, California; Chad Filiault, Massachusetts; Aaron Fletcher, Redlands.

Ryan Flynn, California; Babak Ghassemieh Johns Hopkins; Janko Gogoljia, St. Francis (N.Y.); Peter Golopencza, St. Francis (N.Y.); Adrian Gomez, MIT; Eric Gough, Merchant Marine; Christopher Gratian, Princeton; Stephen Greene, Pomona-Pitzer; Jeffrey Grove, Richmond; Scott Hamilton, Princeton.

Jeff Harden, Loyola Marymount; Peter Hennessy, Boston College; Alan Herrmann, Pepperdine; Filip Ivanov, St. Francis (N.Y.); Andrew Jones, Princeton; Tamas Katona, St. Francis (N.Y.); Chris Kempton, Bucknell; Andres Kercsmar, St. Francis (N.Y.); Peter Kiefer, California; Erik Larsen, Southern Cal.

Ian Laughlin, Southern Cal; Marc Lebovitz, MIT; Erik Lin, Princeton; Andrew Lucas, Pomona-Pitzer; Alex Lunding, Bucknell; Matt Lutz, Bucknell; Doug Maitz, Geo. Washington; Brian Maletis, Loyola Marymount; Gabriel Marrero, Massachusetts; Ian Martin, Loyola Marymount.

Joseph Martucci, Merchant Marine; David Mason, Princeton; Nader Massarweh, Boston College; Justin McCarty, Bucknell; Grant McGann, Southern Cal; Mark McGill, Air Force; Keegan McNamara, Occidental; Ross Mecham, UC San Diego; Srdan Mihaljevic, St. Francis (N.Y.); Zaman Mirzadeh, Johns Hopkins.

Merril Moses, Pepperdine; A. Oakley Brooks Princeton; James Orozco, Princeton; Bob Paulhus, Redlands; Kevin Permisohn, Bucknell; Sascha Peterson, Pomona-Pitzer; Matthew Petrich, Boston College; Greg Powell, Princeton; David Pulis, Merchant Marine; Kevin Rader, Richmond.

Ilian Rashtanov, Boston College; Matt Rosa, Redlands; Jeff Roth, Occidental; Grant Slegowski, Richmond; Todd Sprouse, Geo. Washington; Daniel Stephenson, Bucknell; Rory Stewart, Loyola Marymount; Stephen Szejner, Boston College; Paulo Teixeira, St. Francis (N.Y.); Chris Templeton, UC Irvine.

Matthew Tennant, Princeton; Charlie Toth, Air Force; Timmy Troupis, Massachusetts; Tevor Walsh, Princeton; Josh Watts, Bucknell; Marc Williams, Navy; Richard Won, Pomona-Pitzer; Jake Woodrow, Bucknell; Charlie Wykcoff, MIT.