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The NCAA News -- April 26, 1999

Six Stanford players top water polo coaches academic team

Six members of Stanford University's men's water polo team, which finished runner-up at the 1998 championship, are among the individuals named to the 1998-99 American Water Polo Coaches Association all-academic team.

David Hay, Brian Heifferon, Michael Lipinski, Jeremiah Robison, Jon Skaalen and Andy Walburger are among a group of 149 individuals named to the team. Heifferon earned all-tournament accolades in helping Stanford advance to the 1998 championship game. The Cardinal dropped a 9-8 double-overtime decision to the University of Southern California.

Fourteen teams also were honored, including St. Francis College (New York), which posted the highest grade-point average at 3.510 (4.000 scale).

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

Princeton University placed the most individuals on the team with 10, while the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Massachesetts Institute of Technology each placed nine individuals on the team.

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

Team

1. St. Francis (N.Y.), 3.510; 2. Harvard, 3.430; 3. MIT, 3.380; 4. Princeton, 3.220; 5. Stanford, 3.050; 6. Bucknell, 3.040; 7. Iona, 2.980; 8. UC Santa Barb., 2.970; 9. Johns Hopkins, 2.960; 10. Occidental, 2.950.

11. Boston College, 2.950; 12. Fordham, 2.930; 13. Air Force, 2.750; 14. Chapman, 2.750.

Individuals

Michael Aldax, Fordham; Larry Aller, MIT; Greg Anderson, Bucknell; Robert Arroyo, California; Neil Asinger, Fordham; Tamas Bakacs, St. Francis (N.Y.); Brian Baker, Bucknell; Dror Bar-Ziv, Harvard; Anthony Baucum, Loyola Marymount; Brendan Beer, Navy.

Gordon Beh, UC San Diego; Stefan Bewley, MIT; Matt Bidwell, Chapman; Eliot Biggert, UC Santa Barb.; Casabo Biro, St. Francis (N.Y.); Brandon Boisseranc, Chaminade; Parsa Bonderson, UCLA; John Bowlus, Brown; David Breitenbach, Air Force; Jay Brem, UC Santa Barb.

Steven Brende, Claremont-M-S; Oakley Brooks, Princeton; Steve Burkhalter, UC San Diego; Sergey Bushvev, St. Francis (N.Y.); Tom Chalberg, Harvard; Wesley Chao, MIT; Adrian Cimpeanu, Queens (N.Y.); Kenny Clements, La Verne; Douglass Cole, UC San Diego; Lewis Cook, Princeton.

Trevor Covert, Chaminade; Anuj Datta, Pomona-Pitzer; Oliver Djordjevic, St. Francis (N.Y.); Chris Driscoll, UC Santa Barb.; Spencer Drown, California; Keala Ede, Occidental; Tom Elke, Harvard; Chad Filiault, Massachusetts; Seth Fleischavery, Princeton; Ryan Fly, California.

Sean Flynn, Brown; Shane Foley, Boston College; Greg Fox, Richmond; Seth Frederiksen, Redlands; Jason Gabarra, UC Irvine; Frederico Garcia, Iona; Grant Garrigues, Harvard; Christopher Godfrey, Boston College; Robert Goetz, Occidental; Adrian Gomez, MIT.

Jamie Gove, UC Santa Barb.; Ian Gratz, La Verne; Matthew Guerrerio, Fordham; Chris Hagans, UC Davis; Jason Hanis, Queens (N.Y.); Jeff Harden, Loyola Marymount; Blake Harden, Johns Hopkins; Aaron Harries, UCLA; John Harris, Princeton; David Hay, Stanford.

Dan Hayes, UC Irvine; Eldad Hazor, California; Brian Heifferon, Stanford; Peter Hennessy, Boston College; Benjamin Hun, MIT; Filip Ivanov, St. Francis (N.Y.); Rob Jacobs, Harvard; Drew Jones, Princeton; Kevin Joseph, Chaminade; Sean Kern, UCLA.

Doug Kezirian, Brown; Peter Kiefer, California; Kirby Kim, Pomona-Pitzer; Adam Kinsey, Johns Hopkins; Bradley Kittredge, California; Milos Komarcevic, MIT; Michael Lipinski, Stanford; Jeff Lombardo, Claremont-M-S; Jeff Maitz, Fordham; Doug Maitz, George Washington.

Bryan Maletis, Loyola Marymount; Gabriel Marrero, Massachusetts; David Martindale, Long Beach St.; Joe Martucci, Merchant Marine; David Mason, Princeton; Nader Massarweh, Boston College; Arjun McAvoy, Claremont-M-S; Matthew McCarthy, Salem-Teikyo; Ryan McCarty, Bucknell; Justin McCarty, Bucknell.

Mark McGill, Air Force; James Miante, Bucknell; Srdjan Mihaljevic, St. Francis (N.Y.); Mike Miles, La Verne; Corey Miller, Salem-Teikyo; Jonathon Millers, Salem-Teikyo; Zamen Mirzadeh, Johns Hopkins; Merrill Moses, Pepperdine; Gabriel Niles, Occidental; Jason Nolting, Air Force.

Kevin Norman, George Washington; Eric Northam, Navy; Brian O'Neill, Boston College; Kevin O'Neill, Fordham; Andres Orrego, Queens (N.Y.); Reid Particelli, UC Santa Barb.; Kevin Permisohn, Bucknell; Aditya Prabhaker, MIT; John Przekota, Iona; Kevin Rader, Richmond.

Jeremiah Robison, Stanford; Matt Rosa, Redlands; Andres Rosales, UC Davis; Marshall Roslyn, Princeton; Adam Roth, UC Santa Barb.; Jeff Roth, Occidental; Rob Saperstein, Princeton; Andy Sause, Navy; Jorg Schlovin, MIT; Amit Scker, UC Santa Barb.

Chris Seib, Claremont-M-S; Barry Shaw, Navy; Bran Sherman, Chaminade; Steve Sherman, Iona; Aaron Silberman, Pacific (Cal.); Jon Skaalen, Stanford; Grant Slegowski, Richmond; Chris Spencer, Pacific (Cal.); Jeremy Spriggs, Chapman; Daniel Stachkov, Pacific (Cal.).

Josh Stephens, Navy; Rory Stewart, Loyola Marymount; Greg Stool, Princeton; Dave Swinehart, UC San Diego; Stephen Szejner, Boston College; Chris Templeton, UC Irvine; Chris Tighman, Harvard; Charlie Toth, Air Force; Nicholas Vantzelfde, MIT; Brian Vlasich, Claremont-M-S.

Lance Wahlert, UC Santa Barb.; Andy Walburger, Stanford; Trevor Walsh, Princeton; Josh Watts, Bucknell; Clark Weatherspoon, UC Santa Barb.; Ryan Williams, Pomona-Pitzer; Charles Womack, Salem-Teikyo; Jake Woodrow, Bucknell; Justin Wylie, UC San Diego.