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2025 MIT Men's Water Polo Roster

Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot
Isabel De Souza
Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot
Gil Talbot

2 Adam Ivatorov

  • Position C
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rockaway, N.Y.
  • High School Staten Island Technical

Biography

Career Stats:
  • 2022: Goals - 66, Shots - 161, Assists - 5, Ejections Drawn - 43, Ejections - 17, Steals - 25, Sprints Won - 2
  • 2023: Goals - 93, Shots - 190, Assists - 9, Ejections Drawn - 82, Ejections - 17, Steals - 25, Sprints Won - 0
  • 2024: Goals - 96, Shots - 167, Assists - 5, Ejections Drawn - 81, Ejections - 16, Steals - 22, Sprints Won - 0
  • Totals: Goals - 255, Shots - 518, Assists - 19, Ejections Drawn - 206, Ejections - 50, Steals - 72, Sprints Won - 2
Career Highs
  • Goals - 7 (Four Times) - Most Recently vs. Connecticut College (November 23, 2024)
  • Assists - 2 vs. Penn St. Behrend (October 21, 2023)
  • Ejections Drawn - 11 vs. Iona (October 28, 2023)
  • Steals - 3 (Six Times) - Most Recently vs. LIU (October 6, 2024)

Accolades:
  • 2x ACWPC Second Team All-American (2023, 2024)
  • 2x ACWPC Outstanding Honors (2023, 2024)
  • 2023 Division III Eastern Championship All-Tournament Team
  • 2x NWPC Second Team All-Conference (2023, 2024)
  • 2024 NWPC All-Tournament Honorable Mention
  • NWPC Honorable Mention Rookie of the Week (Sept. 14, 2022)
  • 2x NWPC Player of the Week (Sept. 14, 2022, Nov. 5, 2024)
  • NWPC Co-Rookie of the Week, Honorable Mention Player of the Week (Nov. 3, 2022)
  • 2023 USA Water Polo DIII Championship All-Tournament Team 
  • 2024 CSC Third Team Academic All-American
2024 (Season Stats):
  • Scored second most goals in a single season (96)
  • Recorded a goal in every game during the year
  • Posted 24 multi-goal games
2023 (Season Stats):
  • Led the team in goals with 93 and ejections drawn with 82
  • Had 26 multi-goal games which led the team
  • Matched his career-high with six goals against Penn. St Behrend
  • Scored in every match but one
2022: (Season Stats)
  • Finished second on the team in goals and ejections earned
  • Posted 18 multi-goal games with 10 hat tricks
  • Scored every match but two
  • Scored first collegiate goal against Wagner on Sept. 3 and recorded first hat trick on Sept. 4 against Austin College
Before MIT:
  • Staten Island Technical graduate
  • Twice selected for USA Water Polo National Team Selection Camp
  • Three-time starter for Northeast Zone Olympics Development Program Team
  • Co-Founder of the Global Health Youth Organization (GHYO.org)
  • First place winner of Harvard Global Health and Leadership Conference, developed and pitched a novel policy to improve access to water in Eastern Africa
  • Selected three times to attend the Johns Hopkins Health Leaders Conference
  • Interned at HumanityToken, helping to develop the world's first multi-currency crowdfunding platform leveraging NFTs and blockchain technology to provide humanitarian aid
  • National Merit Finalist
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Recipient of Staten Island Technical HS PTA Scholarship
Personal:
  • Mechanical Engineering major with a focus in Management
  • Economics minor
  • Associate Consultant Intern at Bain
  • Program Management Analyst at Collins Aerospace
  • Investment Banking Analyst at MFS Capital Advisors
  • Engineering Design at EN-POWER Group
  • Nano-Cybernetic Biotrek Researcher at the MIT Media Lab
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • Talking about European water polo with the boys
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
  • Getting 5-meters for the boys
Club:
  • Greenwich Aquatics 
  • New York Athletic Club

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2

    2022First Year

    C
    6'1" 0 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2023Sophomore

    C
    6'1" 195 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Junior

    C
    6'1" 0 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2025Senior

    C
    6'1" 0 lbs
    2