PRINCETON, N.J. — A total of 34 Ivy League standouts – including six water polo athletes – earned Academic All-Ivy honors as part of the 2022-23 At-Large Team that recognizes top student-athletes in non-Ivy League sponsored sports.
Institutions nominated one student-athlete from each of its non-Ivy League sponsored sports – women’s archery, women’s equestrian, sprint football, women’s gymnastics, women’s polo, men’s polo, women’s lightweight rowing, women’s rugby, coed sailing, women’s skiing, men’s skiing, men’s volleyball, women’s water polo, men’s water polo – to be included on the Academic All-Ivy At-Large team. Student-athletes must be in good academic standing to be eligible for the award.
Among water polo selections, Brown, Harvard and Princeton each nominated one men’s water polo and women’s water polo athlete.
Brown’s Leo Berkman ’23 (Orinda, Calif./Miramonte) and Claire Pisani ’23 (Redwood City, Calif./Castileja School) were honored, along with Alex Tsotadze ’23 (Menlo Park, Calif./Sacred Heart Preparatory) and Zoe Banks ’23 (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn) of Harvard. Keller Maloney ’23 (Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) of Princeton’s Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Champion men’s team and Kaila Carroll (Sr., Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich) of the Tigers’ Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division I women’s program were also recognized.
BROWN UNIVERSITY
- Leo Berkman, men’s water polo (Engineering)
Finished the season fourth on the team with 39 goals … Was fifth on the team in assists (21), tied for fourth in steals (23) and fourth in exclusions drawn (21) - Claire Pisani, women’s water polo (Science, Technology, and Sociology)
Led the team with 68 ejections drawn and was second on the team with 46 goals … Added 19 steals, seven assists and two field blocks
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
- Alex Tsotadze, men’s water polo (Economics)
Captain of the team for the second straight year … Scored 43 goals, added 19 assists, and 30 knockouts … Named to the NWPC second team … NWPC All-Tournament first team. - Zoe Banks, women’s water polo (Psychology)
Captain of the team for the second straight year … Made 150 saves, added two assists, and 9 steals … Set career-high with a 19-save shutout over Santa Clara … 2x CWPA Defensive Player of the Week … CWPA All-Tournament first-team … Honorable Mention All-America … Named to the Cutino Award Watch List.
PRINCETON
- Keller Maloney, men’s water polo (Economics)
Two-time Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Honorable Mention All-America … Led team in scoring with 108 points as Tigers won the NWPC and reached the NCAA Tournament. - Kaila Carroll, women’s water polo (Politics & International Affairs)
Fourth leading scorer on team that reached NCAA Semifinals … Scored 41 goals and added 24 assists with 26 steals.
