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2019 Men's Water Polo

5 Austin Sechrest

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mission Viejo, Calif.
  • High School Capistrano Valley
  • House Affiliation Dunster

Biography

Career Highs
Goals:
6 vs. Iona (9/29/18) 
Assists: 3 (4x) most recent Claremont-M-S (10/12/18)
Steals: 5 vs. Iona (10/1/17)

2019 (Senior)
Led the team in blocks with 12...Tallied 40 goals, 12 assists and 22 steals...Received All-America honorable mention honors...Named to the NWPC All-Tournament First Team...Earned NWPC First Team Honors

2018 (Junior)
Earned Northeast Water Polo Conference Most Valuable Player of the Year... Named All-America honorable mention by the Associaiton of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches... First Team NWPC All-Tournament... All-NWPC First Team... Collected Northweast Water Polo Player of the Week (Sept. 10)... Second in team goals at 66... Dished out 16 assists, 20 steals and 11 field blocks... Recorded a new career-high 6 goals against Iona (Sept, 29)...Tabbed a season-high three assists on two occasions...Tallied 16 games with multiple scores, four with five or more goals... Added a season-high three steals on two occasions... Propelled the team to the programs first win over a top-3 ranked opponent with five goals, including the game winner against then No. 3 California on Sept. 15. 

2017 (Sophomore)
Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-America honorable mention ... Northeast Water Polo Player of the Week (Sept. 18) ... Totaled 65 goals, 19 assists, 36 steals and 16 field blocks ... Matched his career-high with four goals against Bucknell (Sept. 10) and George Washington (Sept. 16) ... Recorded two goals against Princeton in the NEWPC Championship (Nov. 19) ... Made four goals against George Washington in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 25) ... Made five steals against Iona (Oct. 1). 

2016 (Freshman)
Totaled 37 goals, 22 assists, 44 steals and five field blocks … Ranked second on team in steals … Tallied 11 multi-goal games during rookie season … Scored in first collegiate game against Johns Hopkins (Sept. 3) … Notched a hat trick against Washington & Jefferson (Sept. 18) … Scored career-high four goals in victory over MIT (Oct. 29) … Scored twice against MIT in NWPC quarterfinals and added a goal in NWPC Championship against Brown … Recorded two goals in NCAA Tournament victory over Bucknell (Nov. 26) … Tallied a pair of scores, including the game-winning goal for the Crimson, against UC Davis in NCAA Tournament game (Dec. 1) … Scored against USC in NCAA Final Four (Dec. 3). 

Before Harvard:
Four-year starter and three-year captain at Capistrano Valley … Two-time All-South Coast … Two-time Sea View League MVP … All-Orange County first team … All-Southern California second team … Two-time All-American … Three-time team MVP … Set school records for goals in a season (147) and career goals (425) … Also lettered four years in swimming and was a two-time All-American … National Honor Society … AP Scholar with honors … Two-time academic All-American.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016First-Year

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    2017Sophomore

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    2018Junior

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    2019Senior

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