BRIDGEPORT, PA, December 26. THE American Water Polo Coaches Association announced its Division I, II and III All-American team for the 2004 season this week. <\/p>\n
The Player of the Year for Division I was Brett Ormsby from the University of California, Los Angeles. Ormsby completed one of the most successful careers in UCLA water polo history on December 5 with an NCAA Championship and a Tournament MVP award. The 2004 Athens Olympian led the Bruins in scoring for the fourth consecutive year with 70 goals in his final campaign. The El Cajon, California, native also led the Bruins in steals (30) and was second on the squad with 23 assists. He culminated his career with 241 goals, second most all-time at UCLA.<\/p>\n
The Player of the Year for Division II was Vanja Kalabic from the Brigham Young University, Hawaii. Kalabic led the Seasiders in scoring and ejections drawn for the fourth consecutive year with 54 goals and 32 ejections drawn and is the institution's all-time leader in both categories. He received All-WWPA honors for the third consecutive season.<\/p>\n
The Player of the Year for Division III was Brian Mead from Johns Hopkins University. Mead leaves Hopkins as the all-time leading scorer in JHU history and tallied his 100th goal of the season in the Blue Jays' final game of the year. He has been named to the CWPA Southern Division All-Conference team each of his four seasons at Hopkins. Mead has earned Most Valuable Player honor as the Division III Eastern Championship twice in his career. <\/p>\n
Division I:<\/p>\n
Brett Ormsby, Player of the Year\t\tUniversity of California, Los Angeles
\nAdam Krikorian, Coach of the Year\t\tUniversity of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n
First Team
\nTony Azevedo\t\t Stanford University
\nThomas Hopkins\t\t\t Stanford University
\nJohn Mann\t\t\t University of California, Berkeley
\nRick Merlo\t\t\t University of California, Irvine
\nBrett Ormsby\t\t\t University of California, Los Angeles
\nJoseph Axelrad (Goaltender)\t University of California, Los Angeles
\nJuraj Zatovic\t\t\t University of Southern California<\/p>\n
Second Team
\nEndre Rex-Kiss\t\t\t Loyola Marymount University
\nJosh Acosta\t\t\t Pepperdine University
\nPeter Sabbatini (Goaltender) \t Princeton University
\nPeter Varellas\t\t\t Stanford University
\nDreason Barry\t\t\t University of California, Irvine
\nAlbert Garcia\t\t\t University of California, Los Angeles
\nJames Shin\t\t\t University of Southern California<\/p>\n
Third Team
\nBrett McCleave\t\t\t Long Beach State University
\nJohn Stover\t\t\t Princeton University
\nChad Taylor (Goaltender)\t Stanford University
\nPatrick Rollo\t\t\t United States Naval Academy
\nTed Peck\t\t\t University of California, Los Angeles
\nMichael March\t\t\t University of California, Los Angeles
\nBrian Alexander\t\t\t University of California, Santa Barbara<\/p>\n
Honorable Mention
\nVanja Kalabic\t\t\t Brigham Young University, Hawaii
\nBrad Roslyn\t\t\t Bucknell University
\nGoran Milic\t\t\t California Baptist University
\nRick Offsay\t\t\t Harvard University
\nGrant Miller\t\t\t Pepperdine University
\nBotond Szalma\t\t\t St. Francis College
\nGergely Fabian\t\t\t St. Francis College
\nAleksandar Stankovic (Goaltender) St. Francis College
\nGreg Crum\t\t\t Stanford University
\nMurphey Morgan\t\t\t United States Air Force Academy
\nAndrija Vasiljevic\t\t University of California, Berkeley
\nMarty Matthies\t\t\t University of California, Berkeley
\nPat Jacobson\t\t\t University of California, Davis
\nDan Noon\t\t\t University of California, Irvine
\nJosh Hewko\t\t\t University of California, Los Angeles
\nThomas Hale\t\t\t University of Southern California
\nNick Andrejich\t\t\t University of Southern California
\nDragan Bakic\t\t\t University of the Pacific
\nJulian Gonzalez\t\t\t University of the Pacific<\/p>\n
Division II
\nVanja Kalabic, Player of the Year Brigham Young University, Hawaii
\nDenny Harper, Coach of the Year\t University of California, San Diego<\/p>\n
First Team
\nVanja Kalabic\t\t\t Brigham Young University, Hawaii
\nVlada Stankovic\t\t\t Brigham Young University, Hawaii
\nCharles Doane\t\t\t Gannon University
\nBrad Armstrong\t\t\t Mercyhurst College
\nGoran Bakovic (Goaltender)\t Salem International University
\nChris Eichholz\t\t\t University of California, San Diego
\nChris Feingold\t\t\t University of California, San Diego<\/p>\n
Division III
\nBrian Mead, Player of the Year\t Johns Hopkins University
\nMitch Carty, Coach of the Year\t Whittier College<\/p>\n
First Team
\nJeff Hall\t\t\t Chapman University
\nBrian Mead\t\t\t Johns Hopkins University
\nWill Broer\t\t\t University of La Verne
\nSpencer Dinnean\t\t\t University of Redlands
\nRyan Hall\t\t\t University of Redlands
\nAJ Kotanjian\t\t\t Whittier College
\nEthan Jessup (Goaltender)\t Whittier College<\/p>\n
Second Team
\nScott Bredesen\t\t\t California Lutheran University
\nMatt Milich\t\t\t Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
\nJames Singleton\t\t\t Johns Hopkins University
\nDave Lohrey\t\t\t Massachusetts Institute of Technology
\nJake Zerbe\t\t\t Whittier College
\nDave Mulcahey\t\t\t Whittier College
\nCasey Finfrock (Goaltender)\t University of Redlands<\/p>\n
Honorable Mention
\nTyler Owens\t\t\t Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
\nMitch Williams (Goaltender)\t Johns Hopkins University
\nAnthony Spoto\t\t\t Penn State Behrend College
\nTim Brown\t\t\t Pomona-Pitzer Colleges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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