BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — A total of 66 Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) student-athletes garnered selection to the 2017 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Scholar-Athlete Team.
Divided into three teams based on cumulative grade point average, league members garnered 21 Outstanding (4.00-3.71), 28 Superior (3.70-3.41) and 17 Excellent (3.40-3.20) honors as six institutions submitted nominees for the team in the second season of play for the NWPC.
Topping the list is Brown University which notches 16 selections (five Outstanding, eight Superior, three Excellent). The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (five Outstanding, five Superior, two Excellent) comes in second with 12 honorees, while Iona College (four Outstanding, five Superior, two Excellent), St. Francis College Brooklyn (six Outstanding, three Superior, two Excellent) and Harvard University (six Superior, five Excellent) each notched 11 awards.
Princeton University (one Outstanding, one Superior, three Excellent) comprise the remaining five nods.
In addition, five schools received Team All-Academic recognition as MIT (3.62), St. Francis Brooklyn (3.50), Brown (3.49), Harvard (3.30) and Iona (3.24) all exceeded a 2.75 grade point average.
In total, 172 student-athletes that compete in a Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) administered league earned recognition as the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) collected 106 (33 Outstanding, 39 Superior, 34 Excellent) laurels and eight Team Awards.
| 2017 CWPA Men’s Scholar-Athlete Team | |
| Varsity (Northeast Water Polo Conference) | |
| Outstanding (3.71-4.0) | |
| Daniel Hu | Brown University |
| Galen Hu | Brown University |
| Tyler Kirchberg | Brown University |
| William Collier | Brown University |
| John Wilson | Brown University |
| Michael Banks | Iona College |
| Brett Hofer | Iona College |
| Jason Hill | Iona College |
| Dalton Hansten | Iona College |
| Justin Xiang | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Lucas Novak | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Clyde Huibregtse | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Federico Bescotti | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Ward Weldon | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Andrew Lin | Princeton University |
| Alec Mendelsohn | Princeton University |
| Alex Essig | Princeton University |
| Casey Conrad | Princeton University |
| Boris Posavec | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Finn Dorries | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Ognjen Antanaskovic | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Vukasin Petrovic | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Tadeu Rodrigues | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Zachary Hahn | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Superior (3.41-3.70) | |
| Aidan Reilly | Brown University |
| Armen Deirmenjian | Brown University |
| James Thygesen | Brown University |
| Hudson Rawlings | Brown University |
| Richard Burke | Brown University |
| Santiago Nunez | Brown University |
| Charles Pang | Brown University |
| Paul Kalandiak | Brown University |
| Nikhil Suri | Harvard University |
| Dennis Blyashov | Harvard University |
| Ben Wagner | Harvard University |
| Nathan Ondracek | Harvard University |
| Charlie Owens | Harvard University |
| Bruno Snow | Harvard University |
| Bailey Lyons | Iona College |
| Marc Stauble | Iona College |
| Patrick Hudak | Iona College |
| Philip Wachowski | Iona College |
| Quinn Lloyd | Iona College |
| Pat Stefanou | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Kyle Archer | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Peter Calvaresi | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Daniel Yahalomi | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Luka Knezevic | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Ryan Hammarskjold | Princeton University |
| Nikita Prokhin | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Jonas Veazey | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Tucker Angelo | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Excellent (3.20-3.40) | |
| Ryan Melosini | Princeton University |
| Levente Varga | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Viktor Klauzer | St. Francis College Brooklyn |
| Travis Bouscaren | Brown University |
| William Renken | Brown University |
| Zach Roper | Iona College |
| Ben Teitscheid | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Spencer Anthony | Iona College |
| Miles Cole | Princeton University |
| Davis Wachtell | Princeton University |
| Nicholas Bunn | Harvard University |
| Thomas Bush | Brown University |
| Colin Chiapello | Harvard University |
| Michael Swart | Princeton University |
| Bennie Seybold | Harvard University |
| Jackson Enright | Harvard University |
| Grayson Judge | Harvard University |
| Hayden Niederreiter | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Team GPA (2.75 or higher) | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 3.62 |
| St. Francis College Brooklyn | 3.50 |
| Brown University | 3.49 |
| Harvard University | 3.30 |
| Iona College | 3.24 |
