Bridgeport, Pa. – (December 19, 2022) – The Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Affiliation (ACWPC) introduced the 2022 ACWPC Division I Males’s Varsity All-America Crew on Monday. Amongst these honored was a Fordham graduate pupil. Nir Gros (Hod Hasharon, Israel))Known as Third Crew All-America, and sophomore George Papanikolau (Athens, Greece)Winner of All-America Honorable Point out for the second season in a row.
That is the fifth 12 months (2017-19, 2021-22) that Fordham has listed a minimum of one Ram on the ACWPC All-America checklist.
Gross earned his third profession All-America honor after being named two-time All-America Second Crew at UC Davis in 2019 and 2021. In 2022, he was named MAWPC’s MVP and First. All-MAWPC Crew and MAWPC Championship Most Excellent Participant, with Fordham successful their second consecutive title. Nominated for the Cutino Award because the US Water Polo Participant of the 12 months, Gross made 30 appearances for the Rams, scoring 49 objectives, 22 assists, 19 steals and 6 blocks. Additionally, the perfect of the group made 86 exclusions and 19 penalty shootouts.
Papanikolaou was additionally a First Crew All-MAWPC choice and was named to the MAWPC All Championship First Crew this season. After beginning all 34 video games for Fordham, he was group chief in assists (90), factors (146) and blocks (13), second in objectives (56) and steals (49). He additionally gained the MAWPC Participant of the Week award as soon as in the course of the 12 months.
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