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2019 Men's Water Polo Roster

9 Yuki Saito

  • Position Driver
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Honolulu, HI
  • Highschool Punahou School

Biography

276382019: Played in all 32 games, a career-best... Set career-highs across the board with six goals, 15 assists, 21 points, six steals, and five blocks... Netted first goal o the season against #2 UCLA (9/7)... Had three assists and a steal against Santa Clara (9/14)... Posted a goal and three assists against La Salle (9/22)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the MAWPC Scholar-Athlete Team.

2018: Played in a career-high 18 contests, netting personal-bests in goals (5) and steals (6)... Scored a goal to go with two steals against Mercyhurst (9/15)... Had two goals and two assists against Toronto (9/16)... Had a goal and an assist versus Occidental (10/5)... Posted two steals and an assist against Connecticut College (10/20)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the MAWPC Scholar-Athlete Team.

2017: Appeared 10 games as a sophomore... Posted three goals and two assists for five points... Added five steals and a block... Had two goals and a steal against Washington & Jefferson (9/3)... Notched a goal, an assist, and three steals against Mt. San Antonio (10/5)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the MAWPC Scholar-Athlete Team.

2016: Played in 16 games in his first season at Fordham... Netted two goals to go with nine assists and one steal... Best performance of the season came against La Salle, notching a goal and a season-high six assists (9/3)... Had a goal and an assist at CalTech (10/6)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the MAWPC Scholar-Athlete Team.

Before Fordham: Earned four varsity letters under head coach Ken Smith at the Punahou School... Helped the Hala Trees to the state championship as a senior and to the finals the previous two years... Named Eighth Team All-American and First Team All-State as a senior... Team captain as a senior... Also competed for the Hawaiian Islands Water Polo Club and the Palos Verdes Water Polo Club... With Hawaiian Islands, placed third in the Hawaiian Invitational in the U18 division in both 2014 and 2015 and fourth in the Hawaiian Invitational Open Division in 2015... With Palos Verdes, placed fourth overall at the Junior Olympics U18 Classic Division in 2015... Also a two-time letter winner in both canoe paddling and swimming.

Major: Computer Science.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Goals: 2, 2x, last vs. Toronto (9/16/18)
Assists: 6, vs. La Salle (9/3/16)
Points: 7, vs. La Salle (9/3/16)
Steals: 3, vs. Mt. San Antonio (10/5/17)
Blocks: 1, 6x, last vs. Princeton (10/19/19)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Goals Assists Points Steals Blocks
2016 16 2 9 11 1 0
2017 10 3 2 5 5 1
2018 18 5 6 11 6 0
2019 32 6 15 21 6 5
TOTALS 76 16 32 48 18 6

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2016Freshman

    Driver
    5'7"
    2
  • 15

    2017Sophomore

    Driver
    5'7"
    15
  • 15

    2018Junior

    Driver
    5'7"
    15
  • 9

    2019Senior

    Driver
    5'7"
    9