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2020 Men's Water Polo Roster

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11 Jack Stafford

11 Jack Stafford

  • Height:
    6-0
  • Weight:
    175
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Major:
    Managerial Economics
  • Hometown:
    Santa Rosa, Calif.
  • High School:
    Cardinal Newman HS '16

Summary

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
• 2018, 2019 ACWPC Academic Honor Roll - “Outstanding”
• 2016 ACWPC Academic Honor Roll - “Superior”
• 2019 WWPA All-Tournament First Team
• 2018 WWPA All-Academic Team
• 2017 WWPA All-Freshman Team

2020: Team opted out of competition for the 2020-21 school year due to COVID-19, student-athletes will not lose a year of eligibility and maintain their athletic standing for the 2021-22 academic year.

2019: Appeared in all 24 matches for the Aggies, finishing with 29 goals and 29 assists for 58 points… Attempted 74 shots, averaging 3.08 shots per game and a .392 shooting percentage… Ten of his 29 goals came on man-advantage opportunities… Led the team with 46 drawn exclusions… Finished second on the team in goals scored, assists, and shot attempts, while finishing in a tie for third with steals… Netted hat tricks against Chapman (9/7), Fresno Pacific (11/22), and No. 17 California Baptist (11/23) — the latter two games in the first two rounds of the WWPA Tournament… Finished with multiple goals in six other matches, including against No. 4 Pepperdine (12/5) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament… Had a goal in six straight matches from Sept. 14-27… Attempted a season-high six shots twice in back-to-back contests against No. 5 California (9/14) and No. 19 California Baptist (9/20)… Finished with at least one shot in all but one match… Twice finished with four assists in two regular season meetings with Loyola Marymount on Sept. 8 and Sept. 28… Posted a season-high three steals at LMU on Nov. 7 and had at least one steal in nine straight matches from Sept. 8-28.

2018: Appeared in all 26 contests for the Aggies… Finished with 37 goals and 39 assists on the year, ranking third on the team in the former and leading the team in the latter… His 76 points were second on the team… Attempted 85 shots (third on the team) and posted a .435 shooting percentage, averaging 3.3 shots per game… His 31 steals and 66 drawn exclusions led the team — including seven 5-meter penalties… Scored a goal in 20 of his 26 appearances, including a run of six straight from Oct. 5-19… Finished with back-to-back four-goal performances against MIT (Sept. 1) and Brown (Sept. 2)… Added hat tricks against California (Sept. 6), Long Beach State (Oct. 12), and Air Force (Oct. 13)… Posted a season-high four steals in matches against Air Force (Oct. 19) and Pacific (Nov. 11)… Added three steals in three other contests… Opened the season with a seven-assist game against Harvard on Sept. 1, while adding four assists against the Crimson later in the year on Sept. 15.

2017: Played in all 29 games, scoring 28 goals with 15 assists, 17 steals, 26 drawn exclusions, 3 drawn five-meters and 8 field blocks... Recorded first collegiate hat trick with 4 goals in WWPA quarterfinal win over Fresno Pacific (11/17)... Added 3 steals and an assist in that game... Posted 2 goals, an assist and 2 steals in NCAA quarterfinal vs. Pacific (11/30).

2016: Redshirted.

CARDINAL NEWMAN HS ’16: Three-time All-North Coast Section honoree, including first-team honors as a sophomore and senior... Goals totals: 89 in 2013, 140 in 2014, 1999 in 2015... Made Marin County Athletic League first team as senior, improving from second-team nod as a junior... Selected to NCS-CCS All-Star Game... Also an All-MCAL performer in tennis... Captured Olympic Club Foundation’s Brian Ohleyer Memorial Scholarship for excellence in athletics and academics.

PERSONAL: Born in Santa Rosa, Calif.... Majoring in economics... Parents are Chris & Cathleen Stafford... Chose UC Davis because “the team is like a family and there is nothing better than competing with all your brothers.”


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