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2025 Men's Water Polo Roster

Catharyn Hayne
Catharyn Hayne
Catharyn Hayne
Catharyn Hayne

2 Balazs Berenyi

  • Position Utility
  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Budapest, Hungary
  • Highschool BME Secondary Grammar School

Biography

BerenyiVertical242024: MAWPC Champion... Appeared in all 33 games... Totaled 35 goals, 29 assists, and 27 steals on the year... Scored 15 goals on the man-up advantage... Opened the year with three goals and three assists in a win at #20 Brown (9/7)... Followed with two goals and an assist against #17 Cal Baptist (9/7)... Had a goal and four assists against Johns Hopkins (9/22)... Dished out another four-assist game versus George Washington to go with a goal and three steals (9/28)... Scored a season-high four times against #20 Wagner (10/12)... Had a goal to go with a career-high three blocks in a win over #16 USCB (10/22)... Scored a hat trick in three straight contests against UC Merced (10/26), Air Force (10/27), and #20 George Washington (11/2)... Netted a pair of goals in a win over Johns Hopkins (11/3)... Notched a goal, an assist, and two steals in the MAWPC Championship semifinal against Wagner (11/23)... Had a goal in both of the Rams' NC Championship matches against Long Beach State (12/6) and #2 USC (12/7)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team.

2023: MAWPC Champion... Recipient of the Elite 90â„¢ Award for the 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Water Polo Championship, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA's championships... Named MAWPC Player of the Week once... Played all 32 games... Posted a team-best 41 swimoff wins... Recorded 49 goals, 30 assists, and 28 steals... Scored twice in the opener against #11 Pepperdine, while having three goals and two steals against Augustana (9/2)... Had two goals and three assists against Iona (9/3)... Netted five goals in a win over #18 Harvard (9/10)... Notched four goals and two assists at Bucknell (9/16)... Had a goal and three assists against #19 Navy (9/30)... Record a hat trick against Wagner (10/4)... Registered two goals and three steals against #13 Cal Baptist (10/21)... Posted another hat trick against Mt. St. Mary's (10/28)... Scored a career-high seven goals versus Bucknell (10/29)... Totaled three goals, two assists, and three steals at the MAWPC Championship... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team.

BerenyiVertical232022: MAWPC Champion... Named MAWPC Rookie of the Week once during the year... Played in all 34 games in his first season at Fordham... One of six Rams to reach the 50-goal mark... Totaled 51 goals, 31 assists, 44 steals, and six blocks... 22 of his 51 goals came with the man-advantage... Had a team-best 54 swimoff wins... Scored twice in the season opener at #16 Harvard (9/3)... Netted a season-high six goals vs. Gannon to go with three assists and two steals (9/4)... Had three goals and two steals versus #18 St. Francis Brooklyn (9/11)... Scored four times to go with five steals against Salem (9/18)... Had a hat trick versus #13 Cal Irvine (9/24) and Pomona Pitzer (9/25)... Netted another hat trick against Gannon, while having a goal and three assists against Mercyhurst (10/9)... Had three goals in games against Johns Hopkins (10/15) and Navy (10/22)... Registered two goals versus #20 St. Francis Brooklyn (11/11)... Recorded two goals in the MAWPC Championship quarterfinal against McKendree (11/18), while having three goals and an assist in the semifinal versus Salem (11/19)... Had a pair of assists in the Rams' NCAA Tournament game at #9 Princeton (11/26)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.

Before Fordham: Played for the water polo club KSI in Hungary, becoming a two-time national champion and a one-time runner-up... Was also a part of nine Budapest Regional Championships... Spent his summers in the U.S. playing for one of the top youth clubs, San Diego Shores... Shores club team won the 2021 United States Club Championship, while finishing fifth at the Junior Olympics... Received academic honors in History, English, and Hungarian Literature.

Major: Finance with a concentrations in Information Systems and Credit.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 7, vs. Bucknell (10/29/23)
Assists: 4, 3x, last vs. George Washington (9/28/24)
Points: 9, vs. Gannon (9/4/22)
Steals: 5, vs. Salem (9/18/22)
Blocks: 3, at #16 UCSB (10/22/24)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Goals Assists Points Steals Blocks
2022 34 51 31 82 44 6
2023 32 49 30 79 28 7
2024 33 35 29 61 27 5
Totals 99 135 90 225 99 18

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2022Freshman

    Utility
    6'4"
    17
  • 2

    2023Sophomore

    Utility
    6'4"
    2
  • 2

    2024Junior

    Utility
    6'4"
    2
  • 2

    2025Senior

    Utility
    6'4"
    2