BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Fordham University rising sophomore Andras Toth (Pecs, Hungary/PTE Babits Gyakorlo Gimnazium) will compete with the Hungary U20 National Team at the 2025 U20 World Aquatics Water Polo Championship on June 14-21 in Zagreb, Croatia.
Opening competition is divided into six groups as Hungary will compete in Group A with the United States, Croatia and Montenegro. Group B (Greece, Serbia, Italy, Spain), Group C (Brazil, Germany, South Africa), Group D (Kazakhstan, Islamic Republic of Iran, New Zealand), Group D (Colombia, Argentina, Australia) and Group F (Canada, China, Singapore) will also vie for the U20 World Championship.
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A 2024 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Honorable Mention All-America selection, Toth helped the Rams capture the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Championship last season. A First Team All-MAWPC selection after becoming the eighth Ram to net at least 80 goals in a season with 84 goals, 35 assists. 119 points, 47 steals, seven field blocks and 14 hat-tricks in 33 games to help Fordham post a 32-1 record and become the inaugural East Coast team to rank No. 1 in the nation, Toth scored at least one goal in 32 of the 33 games in 2024 and finished second on the team in goals (84) and points (119), while leading the squad in steals (47), swimoff wins (83), and extra-man goals (20).
At the MAWPC Championship hosted by the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., on November 22-24, he totaled seven goals, three assists, and five steals in three games as the Rams knocked off Mercyhurst University (30-4 W), Wagner College (19-11 W) and the host Midshipmen (18-11 W) to claim the league championship and a berth to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Water Polo Championship at Stanford University.
At the NCAA Championship, he netted four goals and two assists in the Rams’ first-ever NCAA win over Long Beach State University (16-11 W) on December 6. He chipped in a goal, a steal and a field block in an 18-16 sudden victory loss to the University of Southern California in the tournament semifinals as the Rams finished in a tie with Stanford University for Third Place in the final NCAA Championship standings.
He won all 10 sprint he contested at the NCAA Championship and earned a spot on the ACWPC Scholar-Athlete Team for his academic exploits
Prior to Fordham, he was a member of the Hungarian National Team that won the 2024 Men’s U18 World Championship held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by defeating Serbia, 12-10, in the championship match. He posted two goals and two assists in the gold medal winning performance. In addition, he was part of the U15 European Championship team in 2021 and the 2022 U16 World Champion team, where he netted the game-winning goal of the Gold medal match against Greece and finished as the tournament’s leading scorer.
Toth played in the U17 European Championship in 2023, helping his squad garner a fourth place mark. Further, he aided his local team, Pecs, to a third place finish at the 2023 Hungarian Championship and was recipient of the Pecs Young Talent Award.
