Bridgeport, Pa. – (November 22, 2019) - The 2019 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) All-East Region Team was released prior to the start of the MAWPC Championship on Friday.  The 16^th-ranked Fordham Rams were well represented on the All-Conference teams as senior Jake Miller-Tolt (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and sophomore Bailey O'Mara (Darien, Conn.) were named First Team All-League, with sophomore Dimitris Koukias (Athens, Greece) earning Second Team accolade.  In addition to the three players being honored, co-head coaches Bill Harris and Brian Bacharach were named the Coach of the Year.

 
Miller-Tolt earned All-League honors for the fourth straight season, as well as his third consecutive First Team accolades.  He set a new career-high with 107 goals this season, cracking the 100-goal mark for the second time in his career, and was a two-time Offensive Player of the Week honoree.  He added 59 assists and 20 blocks, which were both team-highs with his 48 steals ranking second on the squad.  He also notch a team-high 25 goals with the man-advantage.  This year, Miller-Tolt became the modern day career leader at Fordham in goals (344), assists (212), points (556), steals (287), and field blocks (71).

 
After earning Second Team honors a year ago, O'Mara moved up to First Team in 2019 after a stellar sophomore campaign.  A five-time Defensive Player of the Week selection this season, he set the Rams' single season record for total saves with 328, surpassing the mark of 311 by Noah LeBeau in 2014.  He also finished third on the team in steals with 45 to go with nine assists and nine penalty blocks.
 
Koukias earns his first All-League honor in 2019, garnering Second Team accolades.  Fighting through an injury for most of the season, he still managed to set career-highs with 64 goals and 10 assists for 74 points.  He ranked second on the team in both goals and points in 2019 and was a two-time Offensive Player of the Week selection.

 
For Harris and Bacharach, the duo received the League Coach of the Year after leading Fordham to a 23-6 record this season with a 9-3 league record.  The team recorded seven wins over ranked or receiving votes teams this season, the most in recent memory, while recording at least 20 wins for the first time since 2015.  The Rams have been ranked nationally for seven of the last eight weeks, rating as high as 16^th in the country.  This is the second time Harris has received the Coach of the Year award with his first coming in 2009.
 
 
2019 Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East Region All-Conference
Most Valuable Player: Rade Joksimovic (Bucknell University)
Rookie of the Year: Andu Vlasceanu (Bucknell University)
Coach of the Year: Bill Harris/Brian Bacharach (Fordham University)
               
First Team
Bailey O'Mara (G) - Fordham University
Rade Joksimovic - Bucknell University
Jake Miller-Tolt - Fordham University
Andrew Mavis - George Washington University
Isaac Salinas - United States Naval Academy
Logan Schofield - Bucknell University
Atakan Destici - George Washington University
               
Second Team
Matthew Taylor (G) - George Washington University
Oliver Fodor - Wagner College
Dimitris Koukias - Fordham University
Andras Levai - George Washington University
Daniel Domotor - La Salle University
Trevor Clark - United States Naval Academy
Andu Vlasceanu - Bucknell University