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2023 Men's Water Polo Roster

Mark Honbo

6 Ben Fleming

6 Ben Fleming

  • Height:
    6-5
  • Weight:
    220
  • Position:
    Utility
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Communication
  • Hometown:
    Auckland, New Zealand
  • Previous School:
    West Valley College

Summary

Biography

2023: Played in all 26 games for the Aggies, tallying 17 goals, 10 assists and 21 exclusions drawn… Scored a hat trick and had an assist against UC Merced (9/10)... Had a goal and two assists against No. 19 Air Force (9/3)... Scored a goal and had an assist, a steal and a field block in the Big West quarterfinal win over Long Beach State (11/17).

2022:
Contributed 14 points to the Aggies’ 2022 efforts, scoring nine goals and adding five assists across 15 games played… Registered a hat trick against No. 13 UC Irvine on 75 percent shooting (9/23)... Scored twice and had two steals against No. 3 Pacific (10/30).

2021: Appeared in 22 of the team's 28 matches, scoring 26 goals and collecting nine assists for 35 points... Attempted 61 shots for 2.77 shots/game... Also added 21 steals, good for sixth on the team... Scored a career-high five goals and six points against Biola (10/22)... Collected a pair of multi-assist games, against Pacific (9/17) and at Fresno Pacific (10/16)... Had a season-high three steals against Biola (10/22).

WEST VALLEY COLLEGE
Scored 96 goals and 22 assists in 24 matches for the Vikings as a freshman in 2019… Finished with a nine-goal performance against San Joaquin Delta as part of a 16-15 victory… Had no less than a hat trick in all but three matches that year… Also had five assists in a win over Ohlone… Finished with 51 steals… Named the West Valley Male Athlete of the Year… Earned All-America honors in both water polo and swimming, and earned all-state, All-NorCal, and All-Coast Conference first team laurels as well as Coast Conference MVP honors… All-American in both the 50 and 100 free.

SAINT KENTIGERN COLLEGE
Played four years of water polo for Saint Kentigern College in Auckland, New Zealand… Helped the team to a second-place Auckland League finish in 2016 and 2017… Named to the Auckland League all-tournament team, the North Island tournament team, and the Nationals tournament team in 2017… Named the to the Sports Colours New Zealand Tri-Nations Team, the Sports Colours New Zealand World Championship team, and earned the college’s water polo award.

PERSONAL
Born in Singapore… Has two siblings... Played seven years with the Marist Water Polo Club in New Zealand, earning a national championship… Chose UC Davis because he wanted to, “go to a program that would not only provide me with a good education, but also a program that will help me grow as an individual.”

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    Utility
    6'5" 220 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    Utility
    6'5" 220 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Utility
    6'5" 220 lbs
    6