Brozyna-Vilim Alessandria Berg
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PLAYER PROFILES GIORGIO FELIX ALESSANDRIA BROZYNA-VILIM 6-3 / Freshman 6-5 / Junior Utility Utility Lafayette, Calif. Santa Monica, Calif. Campolindo HS Harvard-Westlake School RS 13 High School/Club 2018 Was a four-year letterwinner for the Cougars of Campolindo HS as a utility in water polo for Played in 28 matches, making 13 starts … made the Director’s Honor Roll in the spring head coach Miles Price … named fi rst team All-Diablo Athletic League as a senior in 2018 quarter ... scored 31 goals on 57 attempts, converting at a 54.4 percent rate … scored as Campolindo HS won the 2018 CIF North Coast Section Open Division Championship with a season- and career-high fi ve goals in leading the team to an 18-1 win over Penn State a 15-3 win over San Ramon Valley in the fi nals … scored three goals in the title game … Behrend (Nov. 16) in the fi rst round of the MPSF Championship … he scored at least one selected as a third team All-American in 2017 and was named fi rst team All-DAL and fi rst goal in 18 of the 28 games he played, including eight multiple goal games … was second team All-CIFNCS … picked up All-America honors in 2017 from the Futures Tournament on the team in exclusions drawn (40) and led the team in penalty shots earned (15, rest and second team All-DAL honors in 2016 … named third team All-CIF after his junior and of team, 12) … also had 13 steals, three assists, and three fi eld blocks. senior seasons and named fi rst team OC Register All-County in 2017 … tallied 40 goals as a junior and added 30 assists, 75 steals, 17 fi eld blocks and drew nine exclusions … 2017 also registered 14 goals, 20 assists, 57 steals, 10 fi eld blocks and drew eight exclusions Played in 25 matches, making six starts … made the Director’s Honor Roll in the winter as a sophomore … the Cougars also won the North Coast Section title during his freshman and spring quarters ... scored seven goals on 26 attempts, converting at a 26.9 percent season in 2015 as a six seed (19-9), upsetting previously undefeated and top-seeded Sir rate … scored a season- and career-high three goals in an 18-8 win over No. 16 Bucknell Francis Drake (29-1) in the fi nals, 5-4 … he played his club ball for Contra Costa United and (Sept. 9) … he scored at least one goal in fi ve of the 25 games he played, including one is a two-time Junior Olympic All-American (2017 and 2015) … his team placed sixth in the multiple goal game … also had seven steals, three assists, three fi eld blocks and was Championship Division at the 16U Junior Olympics in 2017 and fi fth in 2016 … CCU also third on the team in earned exclusions with 23 (two penalty). placed seventh at the 14U Junior Olympics in 2015 … he was a USA Water Polo ODP 16U Team USA Cadet Team member in 2016 and in 2018, was a member of the ODP Men’s Youth Academy 2019: Helped the USA Men’s National Team earn silver at the 2019 World University Team, winning silver at the Junior Pan American games in Florida. Games following an 18-7 loss to Italy in the championship match … the loss halted Personal Team USA’s undefeated run in Italy after going 6-0 in previous action … is Team USA’s Full name: Giorgio Alessandria, Jr. … born in Walnut Creek, Calif. … his parents are best fi nish since winning gold in 1993 … also marked a return to the podium for the Michelle and George Alessandria … has one older sister, Amanda, who is currently on the fi rst time since 2015 when UCLA (playing as Team USA) earned bronze … Team USA UCLA rowing team … says he chose UCLA because, “I attended a water polo camp in opened the tournament with a 30-3 win over the Republic of Korea with Brozyna-Vilim eighth grade at UCLA and decided this was the school for me. I also wanted to play for the adding two scores … the Americans then posted a 17-3 win over the United Kingdom best school in the United States.” … lists LeBron James as the athlete he most admires with Brozyna-Vilim chipping in two goals … Team USA then narrowly defeated France, … lists cooking as his favorite hobby … has yet to declare a major. 10-8, and concluded pool play with a 13-8 victory over Russia … after posting a 12-11 win over Croatia in the quarterfi nals, Team USA defeated Hungary, 12-9, in the semifi nals … Brozyna-Vilim fi nished the tournament with four goals. MAX High School/Club Was a four-year letterwinner at Harvard-Westlake for head coach Brian Flacks … he was BERG named a fi rst team All-CIF Southern Section player in 2015 and 2016 … he played his club ball for Los Angeles Premier and earned Junior Olympic All-American honors from 5-10 / Freshman 2011-14 … during his prep career, he participated in the 2016 Youth National Team Attacker Senior Team training camps. Seal Beach, Calif. Personal Full name: Felix Andreas Brozyna-Vilim … born in Los Angeles, Calif. … his parents are Long Beach Wilson HS John Brozyna and Calo Vilim-Brozyna … has one older brother, Maxwell, who played for 14 High School/Club Was a four-year starter for the Long Beach Wilson HS water polo team, and a four-year letterwinner on the swimming team … as a senior, was named the Moore League Player of the Year and to the Southern California All-Varsity Water Polo Team … also named the Press Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year in 2018 … fi rst-team Moore League water polo team member in 2017 … Moore League Swimmer of the Year in 2017 and 2018 … four- year CIF Finalist in swimming (2016-19) … named fi rst-team Moore League in swimming in 2016 and 2019 … member of two school record relay teams (Men’s 4x50 freestyle relay and Men’s Medley Relay) … participated with the Long Beach Shore Aquatics club program. Personal Full name: Max Everett Berg … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Christie and Eric Berg … has one older brother, Jack … enjoys surfi ng, sailing, and skiing … has performed on stage at Carnegie Hall (saxophone) … names Kobe Bryant and Tony Azevedo as athletes he most admires … plans to major in physiological sciences and pursue a career in orthopedic medicine. 8 PLAYER PROFILES the UCLA water polo team in 2011 (redshirt) and 2012 … lists Kobe Bryant and Peyton 2014 … named fi rst team All-County in 2017 by the OC Register and the Daily Pilot … Manning as the athletes he most admires … lists skiing, being in the mountains and kicking also named second team All-County in 2016 by the Daily Pilot … was a California/Hawaii it with his brother as his favorite hobbies … says he chose to attend UCLA because, “I’ve second team All-American in 2017 … also second in 2013 in assists with 25 … played grown up with UCLA always being there and I couldn’t imagine going anywhere else” … his club ball for Vanguard Aquatics … well-established in the U.S. national team pipeline has yet to declare a major. system and is one of the top defensive players in Orange County and recently (August of 2017) was on the 2017 FINA Men’s Junior World Championship roster for Team USA … Career Statistics was an All-American in swimming in 2016. YYearear GGP/GSP/GS G AATTTT PPCTCT AASTST SSTLTL BBLKLK EEEE 2017 25/6 7 26 .269 3 7 3 23 Personal 2018 28/13 31 57 .544 3 13 3 40 Full name: Jacob Zachary Cavano, prefers Jake … born in Fountain Valley, Calif. … his Totals 53/19 38 83 .458 6 20 6 63 parents are Tina and Dave Cavano … has one sister, Sierra … says he chose UCLA because, “I liked the coaching staff and players and felt like it would be a good fi t for me” … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, “surviving a mountain of a wave while surfi ng in Hawaii” ... lists JAKE Kobe Bryant as the athlete he most admires … lists surfi ng, spearfi shing, ceramics and playing or watching other sports as his hobbies … has yet to declare a major. CAVANO Career Statistics YYearear GGP/GSP/GS G AATTTT PPCTCT AASTST SSTLTL BBLKLK EEEE 6-4 / Sophomore 2018 18/17 32 87 .368 6 18 6 5 Attacker/Utility Totals 18/17 32 87 .368 6 18 6 5 Huntington Beach, Calif. Huntington Beach HS 4 2018 Played in 18 matches, making 17 starts … missed 10 games due to injury … was the only Bruin named third team All-American … also named Honorable Mention All-MPSF … made the Director’s Honor Roll in the winter and spring quarters ... after missing the fi rst eight games of the season with an injury, he made a stellar collegiate debut the week of Sept. 10-16, leading the Bruins in scoring with 10 goals in three games as No. 2 UCLA improved to 11-0 on the year … he scored his fi rst collegiate goal in a win at No. 7 UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 13 and then had a team-high fi ve goals (on six shots) in a home win over No. 10 Pepperdine, followed by a team-best four scores (on four shots) in a home win over Loyola Marymount on Sept.