BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Princeton University graduate Roko Pozaric ’25 (Zagreb, Croatia/Gimnazija Titusa Brezovackog) is among 23 athletes selected to the Water Polo Canada Senior Men’s National Team roster for an international training camp in China.
A four time Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America selection and three time Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Most Valuable Player (MVP) for Princeton men’s water polo, Pozaric is the institution’s all-time leading goal scorer with 281 tallies while also ranking second all-time in assists. Arguably the best player in program history, the economics major from Zagreb, Croatia, made an immediate impact when he arrived at Princeton, being named the NWPC Rookie of the Year and Rookie of the Tournament on his way to his first All-America honor.
In 2023, Pozaric had a career year and received recognition as the NWPC Tournament MVP and was named a Cutino Award finalist, an award presented annually by the Olympic Club to honor the nation’s most outstanding male and female water polo athletes. He has helped transform the program into a national contender, winning the conference title four years in a row, making it to the Final Four in 2023 behind a program record 28 wins, finishing ranked fifth in the country the last two seasons and beating two of the water polo “Big Four”, in the University of California and Stanford University, during his career. Pozaric is a four time First Team All-NWPC performer, 14-time conference player of the week and won 90% of his sprints over his four years with the Tigers.
He is among two former Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC)/Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) selections to the Canada roster as Pozaric joins former Mount St. Mary’s University and current Long Beach State University athlete Jason O’Donnell.
The 23 athletes from the Senior National Team talent pool will first train together in Montreal, Quebec, from July 8-12 before 17 of them then travel to Shunde, China, to train alongside the Chinese and other National Teams, from July 13-26.
2026 Canada Men’s Water Polo Team at the Montreal and China Summer Training Camps
- AMAROUCHE, Anis (Montreal, QC) – CAMO – Montreal camp portion only
- BLANCHARD, Jérémie (Longueuil, QC) – Saint Lambert
- CÔTÉ, Jérémie (Pointe-Claire, QC) – DDO
- DIACENCO, Ion (Montreal, QC) – CAMO
- DJERKOVIC, Bogdan (Ottawa, ON) – Ottawa Titans
- D’SOUZA, Reuel D’Souza (Port Coquitlam, B.C.) – Pacific Storm
- GARDIJAN, Aleksa –(Gatineau, QC) – Club de water-polo de Gatineau – Montreal camp portion only
- GAVRIC, Andrej (Ottawa, ON) – Ottawa Titans – Montreal camp portion only
- GERAKOUDIS, Nikolas (Montreal, QC) – WPC
- HACHEM, Leo (Montreal, QC) – CAMO
- LABROSSE, Harrison (Lafayette, CA, USA) – WPC – Montreal camp portion only
- LANGIEWICZ, Kacper (Ottawa, ON) – WPC
- MARUNICA, Bruno (Toronto, ON) – WPC
- McKNIGHT, Brody (Regina, SK) – Team Sask
- MERRIL, Jack (Toronto, ON) – WPC
- O’DONNELL, Jason (Beaconsfield, QC) – Tiburon Waterpolo
- OUSSADOU, Ali (Montreal, QC) – CAMO
- OVIEDO-LADIK, Adriel (Montreal, QC) – CAMO – Montreal camp portion only
- POZARIC, Roko (Montreal, QC & Zagreb, CRO) – WPC
- RADENOVIC, Milan (Montreal, QC) – Mavericks Water Polo Club
- RADULOVIC, Nikola (Toronto, ON) – WPC – China camp portion only
- SOLEIMANIPAK, Aria (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC) – Laval
- TANASIJEVIC, Bor (Toronto, ON) – Mavericks Water Polo Club
- WILSON, Chase (Berkeley, CA, USA) – WPC – Montreal camp portion only
