Biography
Career Highs:
Goals: 2, (vs. Brown, 10/18/25)
Assists: 1, (at Dartmouth, 11/8/25)
Points: 4, (vs. Brown, 10/18/25)
2025 • First-year:
Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors … Gained Second Team All-Ivy accolades … Garnered a spot on the Ivy League All-Tournament Team … Won Ivy League Rookie of the Week twice (Oct. 20, Nov. 10) … Played in 10 games with six starts after missing the early portion of the season due to injury … Tallied 13 points, six goals, two game-winning goals, one assist, 22 shots, seven shots on goal, and 445 minutes played on the season … Ranked third in the Ivy League in goals (six) and seventh in points (13) … During Ivy only play, stood first in the conference in game-winning goals (two), second in goals (four), and third in points (nine) … Led the team in points (13), goals (six), and game-winning goals (two), while ranking second in shots (22) and third in shots on goal (seven) … During Ivy only play, paced the team in goals (four), points (nine), game-winners (two), and shots (14), while sitting second in shots on goal (five) … Scored two goals, including the game-winner, vs. Brown (Oct. 18) … Posted three points on the game-winning goal and an assist at Dartmouth (Nov. 8) … Netted one goal in each of three other games – at Stonehill (Oct. 22), at Columbia (Oct. 25), and at Princeton in the Ivy League Tournament (Nov. 13) … Totaled all 13 points, six goals, and one assist over a six-game span from Oct. 18 to Nov. 13.
Before Harvard:
Played for Brentford FC from 2023-25 … Captained Brentford FC’s U18 team in 2025 and the Independent Schools Football Association U18 team in 2024 … Won the Sportsman of the Year Award at KCS Wimbledon in 2021 … Garnered the Award for Outstanding Sporting Achievement at KCS Wimbledon in 2024 … Won a Merit League 2 title with Brentford FC’s U18 team … Captured the Trinity Cup with KCS Wimbledon … Enjoys chess, basketball, tennis, swimming, athletics, and music … Selected as a Sports Scholar at KCS Wimbledon from 2018-25 … Son of Polina Poliakova and Vasyl Poliakov.
