Harvard University

Before Harvard
Competed for Scots College Water Polo 1st Team from 2022 to 2024 … Played for Sydney University Lions Water Polo Youth Teams from 2016 to 2024 and joined the club's 1st Grade Men's Team in 2024 and 2025 … Selected for the AAGPS 1st Water Polo Team in 2022 and 2023 … Named to the Combined Independent Schools (CIS) 1st Water Polo Team in 2023 … Scots College Water Polo MVP in 2023 and 2024 … Led Scots College 1st Grade in scoring in both 2023 and 2024 … Helped Scots College win the AAGPS 1sts Water Polo Premiership in 2024 … Competed on the Scots College Senior Swimming Team in 2023 and 2024; named Swimming Age Champion in 2019 and 2020 … Played for the New South Wales Water Polo State Team from 2021 to 2024 … Member of the Australian Men's Water Polo Cadet Program (U18s) in 2023 and 2024 … Represented Australia on the 18U National Team at the 2024 FINA World Championships in Argentina, finishing 10th … Helped Sydney University Lions to four Australian Youth Club National Championships (2019, 2022, 2023, 2024) … Claimed silver in the 2024 Australian Water Polo League (AWL) and bronze in 2025 with Sydney University Lions … Won the National State Tournament Championship with NSW Blues in 2023 … Vice-Captain of Scots College History Society in 2023 and 2024 … Active in Scots College Drama Society (2020–2022) and Pipes and Drums (2019) … Enjoys fishing, reading, and going to the gym … Cousin Colin Chiapello played water polo at Harvard from 2014–2017, captained the team in 2017, won NWPC titles in 2016 and 2017, and reached the NCAA Final Four in 2017 … Father Damon Pal played water polo at the University of California, winning NCAA Championships in 1988, 1990, and 1991.