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2024 Men's Water Polo Roster

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12 Jacopo Parrella

  • Position Attacker/2M Defender
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Naples, Italy
  • Highschool Umberto I State Classical

Biography

ParrellaVertical242024: MAWPC Champion... Selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 2024 MAWPC Championship and All-Championship First Team... Played in all 33 games... Was fourth on the team in goals (48) and assists (42), while being third in steals (35)... Opened the year with two goals and two assists in a win over #20 Brown (9/7)... Netted a hat trick against MIT (9/8)... Had three steals to go with a goal and an assist against #11 UC San Diego (9/14)... Posted two goals, two assists, and two steals in a win over #15 Harvard (9/15)... Notched a hat trick with three assists in a win over #4 Pacific (10/25)... Had three assists in wins over Air Force (10/27) and George Washington (11/2)... Recorded a season-high five goals to go with two assists and two steals versus Mt. St. Mary's (11/9)... Totaled eight goals, four steals, and two assists during the MAWPC Championship (11/22-24), which included a four-goal, four-steal game against Wagner in the semifinal (11/23)... Tallied a goal, two assists, and a steal in the Rams' first-ever NCAA win over Long Beach State (12/6)... Scored a game-high five goals with to assists in the Rams' overtime loss to #2 USC in the NCAA semifinal (12/7)... Finished his career with 242 goals, which is tied for third all-time at Fordham, while his 203 assists, 445 points, 185 steals, and 54 blocks all rank in the top 10 at Rose Hill...  Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team... Team MVP... Recipient of the Vincent T. Lombardi Award as Fordham male student-athlete of the year.

2023: MAWPC Champion... MAWPC Second Team All-League selection... Hit the 50-goal & 100-point mark for the third straight season... Scored 57 goals and 53 assists for 110 points... Added 41 steals and a career-high 16 blocks... Scored four goals to go with two assists versus Iona, while having two goals and two steals at Brown (9/3)... Tied a career-high with six goals in a win over Chapman (9/9)... Dished out three assists to go with five steals against #18 Harvard (9/10)... Had four goals two assists against Mt. St. Mary's (9/17)... Had a career day against John Hopkins with a personal-best seven assists and career-high 11 points to go with four goals and two steals (10/1)... Had two goals, two assists, two steals, and a career-high four blocks at #15 Pacific (10/18)... Registered a pair of goals and three assists against #14 San Jose St. (10/20)... Scored hat trick against both George Washington and Mt. St. Mary's (10/28)... Recorded a goal to go with five assists and five steals versus Bucknell (10/29)... Had four goals and three assists at #20 Brown (11/11)... Named to the MAWPC All-Championship First Team, totaling six goals and five assists... Netted five goals and three assists in the MAWPC Championship semifinal against Wagner (11/18)... Had a goal and two assists in the championship match against #18 Navy (11/19)... Posted a goal, two assists, and two blocks in the Rams' NCAA Championship match with #2 Cal (12/1)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team.

2022: MAWPC Champion... Saw action in 32 games in his second season... Led the Rams in goals (80) and steals (55), while being second in points (121) and third in assists (41)... Scored a team-best 33 extra-man goals... Became the sixth Ram to record 80 goals in a season... Had two goals, four assists, and four steals versus Gannon (9/4)... Had two goals in games against #5 Pacific (9/4) and #18 St. Francis Brooklyn (9/11)... Registered five goals and two steals at #10 Princeton (9/11)... Netted four goals, two assists, and two steals versus Mt. St. Mary's, while having three goals and two assists at Bucknell (9/17)... Netted a hat trick versus Wagner (9/18)... Tallied two goals and an assist versus #5 USC (9/23)... Dished four assists to go with a goal against Pomona Pitzer (9/25)... Tied a season-high with five goals against Salem (10/8)... Had three goals and four assists against Gannon, while having four goals against Mercyhurst (10/9)... Registered hat tricks against #19 George Washington and Johns Hopkins (10/15)... Dished out three assists with three steals versus Navy (10/22)... Tied a season-high with four assists at #19 George Washington (11/5)... Posted three goals, two assists, and three steals at Johns Hopkins (11/6)... Scored four times against #20 St. Francis Brooklyn (11/11)... Earned a spot on the MAWPC All-Championship Second Team... Had three goals and two steals in the semifinal with Salem (11/19)... Scored four times with two steals in the MAWPC Championship against Bucknell (11/20)... Notched two goals and an assist in the Rams' NCAA Tournament game at #9 Princeton (11/26)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team.

ParrellaVertical24b2021: MAWPC Champion... Named to the MAWPC All-East First Team... Named MAWPC East Player of the Week once and Rookie of the Week twice... Appeared in 29 matches for the Rams... Finished as the team's leading scorer with 124 points and 67 assists... Was third on the team in goals (57) and second in steals (54)... Missed the first four games of the season, as he took part in the 2021 FINA World Junior Championship, held in Prague, Czech Republic, for the Italian Junior National Team, where they earned a silver medal... Started his Rams' career with three assists and two steals against #14 Cal Baptist (9/11)... Scored three goals against St. Francis Brooklyn (9/12) and at #15 Bucknell (9/18)... Netted four goals and three assists against RV Wagner (9/19)... Had three goals, three assists, and two steals in matches against #20 Navy (9/26) and Redlands (9/30)... Scored five times and registered three steals against Cal Lutheran (10/1)...  Had two goals, three assists, and four steals against Mt. St. Mary's (10/8)... Dished out four assists to go with a goal against Iona (10/14)... Netted three goals, three assists, and five steals against Wagner (10/22)... Scored six times, including the game-winning marker in sudden death overtime, to top Bucknell (10/31)... Recorded four goals and four assists at Mt. St. Mary's (11/5)... Passed out a season-high five assists at Johns Hopkins (11/6)... Had three goals and five assists at George Washington (11/7)... Earned MAWPC All-Tournament First Team honors after totaling six goals, four assists, and seven steals... Had two goals and two assists in the quarterfinal win over Mt. St. Mary's (11/19)... Scored three goals to go with three steals in the semifinal against Wagner (11/20)... Notched a goal, an assist, and three steals in the championship match at Navy (11/21)... Totaled four steals and an assist in the Rams' NCAA opening round game at #10 Princeton (11/27).

Before Fordham: Member of the Italian National Team... Won a European Championship with the U18 National Team in 2019, as well as the U20 Italian National Championship... Played club for Circolo Nautico Posillipo... Starter in the Italian A1 League, one of the top leagues in the world.

Major: Finance with a concentration in Alternative Investments.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 6, 2x, last vs. Chapman (9/9/23)
Assists: 7, vs. Johns Hopkins (10/1/23)
Points: 11, vs. Johns Hopkins (10/1/23)
Steals: 5, 3x, last vs. Bucknell (10/29/23)
Blocks: 4, at #15 Pacific (10/18/23)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Goals Assists Points Steals Blocks
2021 29 57 67 124 54 13
2022 32 80 41 121 55 12
2023 30 57 53 110 41 16
2024 33 48 42 90 35 13
Totals 124 242 203 445 185 54

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2021Freshman

    Driver/2M Defender
    6'2"
    6
  • 12

    2022Sophomore

    Driver/2M Defender
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2023Junior

    Driver/2M Defender
    6'2"
    12
  • 12

    2024Senior

    Attacker/2M Defender
    6'2"
    12