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2009 Men's Water Polo

2 Egen Atkinson

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Highschool Iolani School

Biography

2009 (Senior):
Team Captain ... Tabbed to the ESPN The MagazineAcademic All-District second team ... Earned the "Outstanding"distinction on the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team and the ACWPCAll-Academic Team ... Named Academic All-Ivy League ... Was secondon the Crimson with 28 goals ... Scored twice against Claremont andmade four steals against No. 13 Pacific at MIT Invitational (Sept.5) ... Tallied a goal against Redlands at MIT Invitational (Sept.6) ... Had a goal in win over George Washington and added a hattrick against No. 11 Princeton at Princeton Invitational (Sept. 12)... Found the back of the net against No. 16 Santa Clara atPrinceton Invitational (Sept. 13) ... Scored twice on counterattackin victory against MIT (Sept. 16) ... Had a marker against Fordhamat ECAC Championships (Sept. 19) ... Tallied two goals in win overConnecticut College at ECAC Championships (Sept. 20) ... Was one oftwo Harvard players with multiple goals in win at Queens (Sept.26), scoring twice ... Recorded a hat trick against Pomona-Pitzerat Claremont Convergence (Oct. 2) ... Had a hat trick the followingday against No. 14 Concordia at Claremont Convergence (Oct. 3) ...Tabbed CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week Oct. 6 ... Scoredonce in win over Connecticut College (Oct. 8) ... Had two goalsagainst Brown (Oct. 10) and two more against Iona (Oct. 11) ...Notched two goals against St. Francis (N.Y) (Oct. 18).

2008 (Junior):
Named Harvard''s Most Improved Player ... ACWPCAll-Academic Team ... CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team ... Had a team-highfour goals against No. 20 Cal Baptist at Cambridge Invitational(Sept. 14) ... Scored twice in win at MIT (Sept. 18) ... Tallied ascore at No. 4 Pepperdine (Oct. 4) and at No. 6 Loyola Marymount(Oct. 6) ... Had a game-high five goals at Iona (Oct. 12) ...Scored in win over Queens (Oct. 18) ... Tallied two goals in win atConnecticut College (Oct. 23) ... Had a goal, three assists andthree steals against MIT at Northern Division Championships (Nov.8); scored three times later that day against Connecticut College.

2007 (Sophomore) :
ACWPC Academic All-American Team ... CWPA All-AcademicTeam ... Was fifth on the Crimson with 20 goals ... Assisted onfour other scores and had eight steals, one kickout drawn and oneblock ... Scored in the win over Washington & Jefferson ...Helped Harvard top MIT with a goal in the fourth quarter ... Had ascore at the ECAC Championships against Princeton ... Registeredthree goals in Harvard''s victory over Iona ... Scored a pair ofmarkers against St. Francis .. Had two tallies in win over UC SantaCruz.

2006 (Freshman):
Named to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches2006 Men''s All-American Academic Team ... Had a solid freshmanseason with 11 goals, five assists, eight steals and eight kickoutsdrawn ... Scored in his first game, a win over Washington &Jefferrson, and had his first hat trick against Queens in a 14-4win.

High School:
Four-year letterwinner and three-year starter in waterpolo at the Iolani School ... Also was a three-year member of theswimming team there ... Captained the water polo team as a senior... High School All-America selection in 2006 after earningAll-Interscholastic League of Hawaii honors in 2005... Part of aDivision II state championship team in 2002 and four leaguechampionship teams ... Led team in scoring with 25 goals as ajunior ... Valedictorian of school ... National Merit finalist ...Presidential scholar nominee ... Bausch & Lomb Science Awardwinner ... National Economics Challenge Competition ... ScienceBowl State champions ... National Council of Teachers of EnglishAchievement Award for Writing ... National Spanish Honor SocietySpain Trip Scholar ... Member, Hokuloa Select Chorus ... Volunteertutor ... Volunteer at queen''s Hospital ... Enjoys surfing andplaying ping pong ... Uncle, Richard ''83, was a member of Harvard''s1983 national champion crew team ... Father, Robert, was afive-time All-Ivy league and All-America selection in swimming atPenn before graduating in 1973.

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Historical Player Information

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    2007Sophomore

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    2008Junior

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    2009Senior

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