Nov. 24, 2008

Annapolis, Md. - The Collegiate Water Polo Association announced the 2008 Men's All-North and All-South Division Teams this past weekend as part of the 2008 Eastern Championship Hall of Fame Banquet in Annapolis, Md. Among those honored, Fordham sophomore Alex Powell (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif./Palos Verdes) was named First Team All-North, while senior Timmy Will (Surfside, Fla./Miami Beach Sr.) earned Second Team All-North honors.

This is the first time since 1981 that Fordham has had multiple postseason award winners.

Powell was the Rams' top scorer for the second straight season with 52 goals and 69 points. He was also the team leader in steals with 22, while being third in assists with 17. Powell helped lead the Rams' offense to 247 goals this season, which ranked 19th in the country at 9.88 goals per game. Individually, Powell was 29th in the NCAA in goal scoring, averaging 2.08 goals per game.

Will wrapped up his career with his finest season as a Ram. He posted a school record 244 saves this season, while also setting the single game saves record with 19 in the opener against Navy. During the season, he was named CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week once following a 13-save performance against Harvard. Will anchored the Fordham defense to a team goals against average of 9.44, which rated 22nd in the country, while individually he tied for seventh in the NCAA in total saves and saves per game (10.17).

The Fordham water polo team finished the year at 13-10 overall, posting their first winning season since 1987, and ended the season with a fifth place finish at the Northern Division Championship.

All-North Team

First Team - Mike Gartner (Brown), Grant LeBeau (Brown), Mike Smith-Bronstein (MIT), Alex Powell (Fordham), Boris Plavsic (St. Francis), Nemanja Pucarevic (St. Francis), Nikola Djuric (St. Francis) - Goalie

Second Team - Patrick St. Cin (Iona), Pedja Predin (St. Francis), David Tune (Harvard), Camilo Bedoya (Queens), Devin Lewis (MIT), Gordon Hood (Brown), Timmy Will (Fordham) - Goalie