Tony Azevedo Repeats as MPSF Water Polo Player of the Year

WOODLAND, Calif., December 4. STANFORD sophomore Tony Azevedo (Long Beach, CA) has been named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Player of the Year, conference commissioner Al Beaird announced this morning.

Azevedo, a two-time MPSF Player of the Year winner, helped the Cardinal to a 22-5 record this season en route to Stanford earning its 23rd trip to the NCAA Final Four.

Azevedo leads the MPSF and Stanford with 90 goals this season and is averaging 3.5 goals per game heading into the NCAA Championship Tournament this weekend at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles. He broke a Stanford record this past weekend by posting eight goals to bring his season total to 90 goals, a single season school record. He currently ranks tenth in Stanford's record book with 158 goals this season.

Joining Azevedo on the MPSF First Team is Stanford teammate Peter Hudnut, UCLA's Brett Ormsby and Brandon Brooks, California's Attila Banhidy, Pepperdine's Jesse Smith and UC Irvine's Jeff Powers.

Hudnut, who is 15th in all-time scoring for Stanford with 131 career goals, was selected to the All-MPSF First Team after a 42-goal showing in his senior season. Hudnut was also a First Team selection in 2001. He and Azevedo spent this past summer traveling with the U.S. Senior National Team.

MPSF Player of the Year
Tony Azevedo, Stanford

MPSF Coach of the Year
Kirk Everist, California

ALL-MPSF FIRST-TEAM
Tony Azevedo , Stanford
Attila Banhidy, California
Jeff Powers, UC Irvine
Jesse Smith, Pepperdine
Brett Ormsby, UCLA
Brandon Brooks, UCLA
Peter Hudnut, Stanford

ALL-MPSF SECOND-TEAM
Dreason Barry, UC Irvine
Nic Hepner, Pacific
Russell Bernstein, California
Chris Lathrop, California
Predrag Damjanov, USC
Jeff Nesmith, Stanford
Andrew Stoddard, California

,b>ALL-MPSF THIRD-TEAM
Jaraj Zatovic, USC
Karl Niehaus, Pepperdine
Aaron Holloway, Long Beach State
Matt Flesher, UCLA
Eddie Wisniewski, Pacific
Nathan Allard, Long Beach State
Nick Ellis, Stanford

HONORABLE MENTION ALL-MPSF
Michael Soltis, Pepperdine
Mike Derse, Stanford
Ted Peck, UCLA
Dan Yielding, UCLA
Robbie Arroyo, California
Sasha Maese, Pacific
Stephen Lipinski, USC
Jordan Hewko, USC
Gadi Hadar, USC
Will Quist, California
Eric Geoffroy, Long Beach State
Scott Harvey, Pepperdine
Garrett Gentry, UC Irvine
Bodizar Damjanovic, USC

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