MPSF MEN’S WATER POLO MAJOR AWARDS 2020 Player of the Year Nikolaos Papanikolaou---California Newcomer of the Year Mo Kenney---UCLA Coach of the Year Kirk Everist---California Tournament MVP Andrew Chun---Stanford 2019 Player of the Year Ben Hallock---Stanford Newcomer of the Year Nikolaos Papanikolaou---California Coach of the Year John Vargas---Stanford Tournament MVP Ben Hallock---Stanford 2018 Player of the Year Ben Hallock---Stanford Newcomer of the Year Hannes Daube---USC Coach of the Year John Vargas---Stanford Tournament MVP Ben Hallock---Stanford 2017 Player of the Year Luca Cupido---California Newcomer of the Year Ben Hallock---Stanford Coach of the Year Adam Wright---UCLA Tournament MVP McQuin Baron -USC 2016 Player of the Year Garrett Danner---UCLA Newcomer of the Year Matt Maier---USC Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic/Marko Pintaric-USC Tournament MVP McQuin Baron -USC 2015 Player of the Year Garrett Danner---UCLA Newcomer of the Year Johnny Hooper---California Coach of the Year James Graham-Pacific Tournament MVP Garrett Danner -UCLA 2014 Player of the Year Kostas Genidounias---USC Newcomer of the Year Luca Cupido---California Coach of the Year Gavin Arroyo-Long Beach State Tournament MVP Alex Bowen--Stanford 2013 Player of the Year Nikola Vavic---USC Newcomer of the Year Garrett Danner---UCLA Coach of the Year James Graham---Pacific Tournament MVP Nikola Vavic---USC 2012 Player of the Year Balazs Erdelyi---Pacific Newcomer of the Year Bret Bonanni---Stanford Coach of the Year Gavin Arroyo---Long Beach State Tournament MVP Mace Rapsey---USC 2011 Player of the Year Joel Dennerley---USC Newcomer of the Year Alex Bowen---Stanford Coach of the Year Adam Wright---UCLA Tournament MVP Matt Rapacz---UCLA 2010 Player of the Year Joel Dennerley---USC Newcomer of the Year Balazs Erdelyi---Pacific Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic---USC Tournament MVP Joel Dennerley---USC 2009 Player of the Year Scott Davidson---UCLA Newcomer of the Year Goran Tomasevic---Pacific Coach of the Year Marc Hunt---UC Irvine Tournament MVP Scott Davidson---UCLA 2008 Player of the Year Jimmie Sandman---Stanford & JW Krumpholz---USC Newcomer of the Year Joel Dennerley---USC Coach of the Year Jack Kocur---Pepperdine & Jovan Vavic---USC Tournament MVP JW Krumpholz---USC 2007 Player of the Year Tim Hutten---UC Irvine Newcomer of the Year Milos Golic--- UCSB 2 Coach of the Year Marc Hunt---UC Irvine & Gavin Arroyo---Long Beach State Tournament MVP Tim Hutten---UC Irvine 2006 Player of the Year Juan Delgadillo---USC Newcomer of the Year Duje Kaurloto-Pacific, Drac Wigo-Stanford, Spencer Warden-Cal Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic---USC Tournament MVP John Mann---California 2005 Player of the Year Juraj Zatovic---USC Newcomer of the Year Will Hindle-Katel---Stanford Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic---USC Tournament MVP Juraj Zatovic---USC 2004 Player of the Year Tony Azevedo---Stanford Newcomer of the Year Brett Mcleave---Long Beach State Coach of the Year John Vargas---Stanford 2003 Player of the Year Tony Azevedo---Stanford Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic---USC 2002 Player of the Year Tony Azevedo----Stanford Coach of the Year Kirk Everist---California 2001 Player of the Year Tony Azevedo---Stanford Coach of the Year Dante Dettamenti---Stanford 2000 Player of the Year Sean Kern---UCLA Coach of the Year Ted Newland---UC Irvine 1999 Player of the Year Brian Heifferon---Stanford Coach of the Year Courtney Porter---Pacific 1998 Player of the Year Ryan Bailey---UC Irvine & Layne Beaubien---Stanford Coach of the Year Terry Schroeder---Pepperdine & Ted Newland---UC Irvine 3 1997 Player of the Year Alan Hermann---Pepperdine GK of the Year Merrill Moses---Pepperdine Coach of the Year Terry Schroeder---Pepperdine 1996 Player of the Year Marko Zagar---USC & Brian Wallin---Stanford GK of the Year Brendan Grubbs---USC Coach of the Year Jovan Vavic & John Williams---USC 1995 Player of the Year Nick Kittredge---California Coach of the Year Steve Heaston---California 1994 Player of the Year Wolf Wigo---Stanford Coach of the Year Dante Dettamenti---Stanford 1993 Player of the Year Troy Barnhart---California Coach of the Year Ted Newland---UC Irvine 1992 Player of the Year Chris Oeding---California & Steve Gill---UC Irvine Coach of the Year Steve Heaston---California ALL-MPSF Student-Athlete No. Year Position School Hometown/Last School ^ Nikolaos Papanikolaou 4 Sophomore Center California Athens, Greece/49th HS of Athens % Nicolas Saveljic 21 Senior Attacker UCLA Kotor, Montenegro/Maritime School Kotor # Jake Cavano 4 Junior Attacker UCLA Huntington Beach, CA/Huntington Beach HS ^ Jake Ehrhardt 8 Junior Two-Meter USC Camarillo, CA/Oaks Christian HS # Tyler Abramson 2 Senior Attacker Stanford Orinda, CA/Miramonte HS # Jacob Mercep 9 Senior Driver USC Dubrovnik, Croatia/San Jose State ^ Quinn Woodhead 11 Junior Attacker Stanford San Anselmo, CA/Sir Francis Drake HS # Nikos Delagrammatikas 9 Senior Two-Meter California Athens, Greece Jack Deely 19 Junior Utility California Danville, CA/San Ramon Valley HS ^ Nic Porter 1 Junior Goalkeeper USC Peregian Springs, Queensland, Australia 4 Beck Jurasius 5 Sophomore Center Stanford Walnut Creek, CA/Campolindo HS ^ Tommy Gruwell 24 Sophomore Attacker UCLA San Diego, CA/Cathedral-Catholic HS ^ Evan Rosenfeld 2 R-Junior Utility UCLA Thousand Oaks, CA/Harvard-Westlake HS Garrett Dunn 8 Sophomore Attacker California Lafayette, CA/Campolindo HS Mo Kenney 22 Freshman Attacker UCLA Costa Mesa, CA/Newport Harbor HS Alika Naone 13 Freshman Attacker California Honolulu, HI/Oaks Christian HS Bernardo Maurizi 1 Sophomore Goalkeeper UCLA Florence, Italy/Salesiani Firenze ^ Adrian Weinberg 1 Sophomore Goalkeeper California Oak Park, CA/Oaks Christian HS Warren Loth 14 Sophomore 2-Meter California Corona Del Mar, CA/Mater Dei HS Chase Travisano 17 Senior Attacker UCLA Glendora, CA/Damien HS Soren Jensen 15 Freshman Attacker Stanford Orinda, CA/Campolindo HS Ethan Parrish 6 Freshman Attacker Stanford Santa Barbara, CA/Dos Pueblos HS Gabe Discipulo 3 Sophomore Center UCLA Santa Cruz, CA/Bellarmine Prep Luke Wyatt 13 R-Senior Driver USC Newport Beach, CA/Mater Dei HS Wyatt Barker 15 Grad 2-Meter USC Kentfield, CA/U. of Pacific Carson Kranz 24 Freshman Driver USC Hermosa Beach, CA/Loyola HS ^ Andrew Chun 1 Senior Goalkeeper Stanford La Jolla, CA/The Bishop’s School % Four-Time All-MPSF Selection # Three-Time All-MPSF Selection ^ Two-Time All-MPSF Selection 2020 MPSF/KAP7 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM No. Student-Athlete Yr. School 1 Andrew Chun (GK)-MVP Sr. Stanford 2 Tyler Abramson Sr. Stanford 11 Quinn Woodhead Jr. Stanford 4 Nikolaos Papanikolaou So. California 19 Jack Deely Jr. California 9 Nikos Delagrammatikas Sr. California 9 Jacob Mercep Sr. USC 8 Jake Ehrhardt Jr. USC 21 Nicolas Saveljic Sr. UCLA Student-Athlete No. Year Position School Hometown/Last School # Ben Hallock 6 R-Junior Center Stanford Studio City, CA/Harvard-Westlake HS ^ Hannes Daube 5 Sophomore Driver USC Long Beach, CA/Orange Lutheran HS Ashworth Molthen 19 Sophomore Attacker UCLA Buena Park, CA/Orange Lutheran HS 5 ^ Jacob Mercep 9 Junior Driver USC Dubrovnik, Croatia/San Jose State # Bennett Williams 7 Senior Attacker Stanford Laguna Niguel, CA/Dana Hills HS Felix Brozyna-Vilim 13 Junior Center UCLA Santa Monica, CA/Harvard-Westlake HS ^ Jordan Hoover 12 R-Senior Center California Moraga, CA/Miramonte HS Nikolaos Papanikolaou 11 Freshman Center California Athens, Greece/49th HS of Athens ^ Tyler Abramson 2 Junior Attacker Stanford Orinda, CA/Miramonte HS Andrew Chun 1 Junior Goalkeeper Stanford La Jolla, CA/The Bishop’s School Jake Ehrhardt 8 Sophomore Two-Meter USC Camarillo, CA/Oaks Christian HS ^ Jake Cavano 4 Sophomore Attacker UCLA Huntington Beach, CA/Huntington Beach HS AJ Rossman 4 Sophomore Center Stanford San Clemente, CA/Santa Margarita Catholic HS # Marin Dasic 6 Senior Driver USC Zagreb, Croatia/Sports Gymnasium Zagreb ^ Safak Simsek 5 Senior Attacker California Istanbul, Turkey/German School of Istanbul # Nicolas Saveljic 21 Junior Attacker UCLA Kotor, Montenegro/Maritime School Kotor # Alex Wolf 1 R-Senior Goalkeeper UCLA Huntington Beach, CA/Huntington Beach HS % Matt Maier 10 Senior Two-Meter USC Rancho Cucamonga, CA/Damien HS Tommy Gruwell 24 Freshman Attacker UCLA San Diego, CA/Cathedral-Catholic HS Sam Slobodien 2 R-Senior Two Meter USC Irvine, CA/Santa Margarita HS Dylan Woodhead 10 Senior Utility Stanford San Anselmo, CA/Sir Francis Drake HS Max Wade 16 Freshman Attacker Austin College Flower Mound, TX/Flower Mound HS ^ Nikos Delagrammatikas 13 Junior Two-Meter California Athens, Greece Quinn Woodhead 11 Sophomore Utility Stanford San Anselmo, CA/Sir Francis Drake HS Adrian Weinberg 1 Freshman Goalkeeper California Oak Park, CA/Oaks Christian HS ^ Matt Olimski 1 Junior Goalkeeper Penn State Behrend San Diego, CA/Otay Ranch HS % Four-Time All-MPSF Selection # Three-Time All-MPSF Selection ^ Two-Time All-MPSF Selection 2019 MPSF/KAP7 ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM No. Student-Athlete Yr. School 6 Ben Hallock (MVP) R-Jr. Stanford 2 Tyler Abramson Jr. Stanford 12 Jordan Hoover R-Sr. California 5 Safak Simsek Sr. California 9 Jacob Mercep Jr. USC 21 Nicolas Saveljic Jr. UCLA 1 Andrew Chun (GK) Jr. Stanford 6 Student-Athlete No. Year Position School Hometown/Last School ^ Ben Hallock 6 RS-Sophomore Center Stanford Studio City, CA/Harvard-Westlake HS % Johnny Hooper 17 Senior Attacker California Los Angeles, CA/Harvard-Westlake HS Jacob Mercep 9 Sophomore Driver USC Dubrovnik, Croatia/San Jose State # Blake Parrish 9 Senior Utility Stanford Goleta, CA/Dos Pueblos HS Hannes Daube 5 Freshman