BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — A total of nine Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) student-athletes earned recognition on the 2017 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Men’s Varsity All-America Team released last week.
Divided into three teams based on the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) affiliation of the institutions, the NWPC placed six athletes from three schools on the Division I Team along with a trio of Division III picks from the Massachusetts Institute of Tecnology (MIT).
On the Division I team, Harvard University’s Dennis Blyashov led the way as the freshman garnered Third Team notice for aiding the Crimson to the program’s second consecutive NWPC Championship and NCAA Championship tournament berth. He is joined on the Division I All-America Team by teammate Austin Sechrest who is among five athletes to collect Honorable Mention nods.
Princeton University notched three selections with goalie Vojislav Mitrovic (2016 Honorable Mention; 2015 Honorable Mention; 2014 Honorable Mention) and Jordan Colina (2016 Honorable Mention) repeating as All-America recipients to join with teammate/first-time honoree Sean Duncan on the Honorable Mention squad. Further, Brown University’s Tyler Kirchberg rounds out the league’s Honorable Mention nods.
On the Division III Team, three MIT Engineers posted their inaugural All-America awards as Clyde Huibregtse was named to the Second Team to accompany Honorable Mention notices for Christian Schillinger and Evan Kim.
Created prior to the 2016 varsity season, the Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) is comprised of Brown, Harvard, Iona College, MIT, Princeton and St. Francis College Brooklyn.
