UC San Diego

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2021
ACWPC All-Academic ... WWPA All-Academic ... Played in 23 of 24 matches ... Finished with eight goals and three assists for 11 points ... Scored his first collegiate goal in his first collegiate match on Sept. 4 against Occidental during the Triton Invitational ... Went on to tally single goals against Westcliff and Long Beach State in that tournament as well ... Also added three assists against Westcliff ... Had his first multiple-goal performance with two scores against Air Force (10/1) ... Netted a goal in the WWPA Championship against Concordia (11/19).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
ACWPC All-Academic ... Season canceled due to pandemic.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL
Won European Qualifier Group Championship and Nodar Gvakharia Tournament Championship in Georgia with Turkish National Youth Team in 2019 ... A USA ODP Youth National Champion with Pacific Zone team in 2018.

CLUB
Competed with the Stanford Water Polo Club from U12 to U18 ... Won a Junior Olympics Platinum Division U16 title in 2017

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, Calif. ... Played varsity all four years and was a captain his senior year ... Scored 178 career goals ... In 2019 was named NISCA All-America First Team, California-Hawaii Boys All-America First Team, All-CIF, Central Coast Section MVP, All-West Catholic League First Team, and USA Water Polo Academic All-America with Outstanding Honors ... Won a Norcal D2 Championship with Saint Francis in 2017.

PERSONAL
Born: April 10 in San Jose, Calif.
Major: International business with a computational social science minor
College: Roosevelt
Future plans: Intends on integrating his computational social science skills into business consulting and sales
Favorite water polo memory: Playing for the Turkish National Youth Team in the 2019 European Championships
Favorite UC San Diego memories: Beach workouts with his team at Scripps Pier
Hobbies: Golf, beach volleyball, creating music, and cooking new dishes
Favorite athlete: Novak Djokovic
Listens to: Demuja
Roots for: Galatasaray S.K., Buffalo Bills, San Jose Sharks, and Oakland A's
Favorite movie: Django Unchained
Favorite food: Mussels and paella
Fun fact: Is bilingual (English and Turkish)
 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals	2	at Air Force	10/1/21
Assists	3	vs. Westcliff	9/5/21
Points	4	vs. Westcliff	9/5/21
Shots	4	vs. LMU	10/23/21
Steals	1	3 times	11/21/21 vs. LMU
Field Blocks	1	vs. LMU	11/21/21
Drawn Exclusions	1	vs. Occidental	9/4/21

 

CAREER STATISTICS
Year	GP	G	A	P	Sh.	Sh. %	EX	DEX	STL	FB
2021	23	8	3	11	19	.421	17	1	3	1
Totals	23	8	3	11	19	.421	17	1	3	1