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2022 Men's Water Polo Roster

3 Nir Gross

  • Position C
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Hod Hasharon, Israel
  • Highschool Hadarin (UC Davis)

Biography

2022 MAWPC Championship MVP - Nir Gross2022: MAWPC Champion... ACWPC Third Team All-American... MVP and First Team All-MAWPC selection... Nominee for the Cutino Award as USA Water Polo Player of the Year... Named MAWPC Player of the Week once during the year... Appeared in 30 games after missing the opening weekend, as he was competing for Israel at the 2022 European Championship... Netted 49 goals to go with 22 assists, 19 steals, and six blocks... 17 of his 49 goals came with the extra-man advantage... Led the Rams with 86 ejections drawn... Had two goals and two assists against #18 St. Francis Brooklyn (9/11)... Scored five times in a win over Mt. St. Mary's (9/17)... Posted two goals versus #5 USC (9/23)... Drew six exclusions against #13 Cal Irvine (9/24)... Had three goals and two assists versus Gannon (10/9)... Drew six exclusions to go with two goals and two assists in a win over #19 George Washington (10/15)... Scored four goals versus Johns Hopkins (10/15)... Drew a season-high seven exclusion against Navy (10/22)... Selected as the Most Outstanding Player of the MAWPC Championship and First Team All-Championship... Netted hat tricks against McKendree (11/18) and Salem (11/19) in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds... Scored twice and drew four exclusions in the Rams' NCAA Tournament game at #9 Princeton (11/26)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.

Before Fordham: Transfer from UC Davis... Team captain for 2020-21...Played three seasons for UC Davis, accumulating 147 goals and 18 assists over that time... 2021 WWPA Player of the Year after netting 54 goals and seven assists last season and helped UC Davis to the semifinals of the NCAA Championship... Named to the NCAA All-Championship Team... Two-time ACWPC Second Team All-American and First Team All-WWPA in both 2019 and 2021... Also earned ACWPC and WWPA All-Academic honors during his stay at UC Davis... Played club ball for Asa Tel Aviv and was a part of the Israeli National Team that claimed gold medal at 2017 World Maccabiah Games... Also competed for Junior National Team at European Championship qualification tourneys in Poland (2013) and Malta (2014) and was a member of Israel's U-20 squad at 2015 Mediterranean Cup... Made his Senior National Team debut at 2016 Euro qualifier.

Major: Studying Business Analytics in the Gabelli Graduate School of Business.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 5, vs. Mt. St. Mary's (9/17/22)
Assists: 2, 7x, last vs. Iona (11/2/22)
Points: 5, 3x, last vs. Gannon (10/9/22)
Steals: 2, 3x, last vs. Salem (11/19/22)
Blocks: 1, 6x, last vs. Salem (11/19/22)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Goals Assists Points Steals Blocks
2022 30 49 22 71 19 6
Totals 30 49 22 71 19 6

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