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2023 MIT Men's Water Polo Roster

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1 Colin Weaver

  • Position GK
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • High School Mater Dei
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Stats
Year Saves Goals Allowed Shots Faced Save Percentage Assists Steals Ejections
2021 272 208 480 0.556 13 28 2
2022 235 245 481 0.489 5 45 1
2023 328 318 646 0.507 9 42 0
Totals 835 771 1607 0.520 27 115 3
 
Career Highs
Saves 22 vs. Princeton (November 19, 2021)
Goals Allowed 21 vs. Harvard (October 9, 2022)
Assists 2 Four times - Most recently vs. Penn St. Behrend (Sept. 17, 2023)
Steals 7 vs. Johns Hopkins (December 4, 2022)
 
Accolades:
- USA Water Polo DIII Championship All-Tournament Team (2022, 2023)
- NWPC Defensive Player of the Week (10/26/21, 9/7/22, 8/4/23, 10/26/23)
- NWPC Honorable Mention Player of the Week (9/7/22)
- CWPA DIII Eastern Championship All-Tournament First-Team (2022)
- CWPA DIII Eastern Championship All-Tournament Second-Team (2021)
- CWPA DIII Tournament Rookie of the Year (2021)
- ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American (2021, 2023)
- ACWPC Outstanding Honors (2021, 2022, 2023)
- Division III Eastern Championship MVP (2023)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023)
- CSC Third Team Academic All-American (2023)
In the record books:
Saves in Game : 1st (2021: 22), 2nd (2021: 21), 7th (2021:18), 10th (2022:17)
Saves in a Season: 3rd (272 - 2021)
Saves in a Career: 4th (507)
2023 (Season Stats):
- Set single-season record in saves with 328
- Collected 10+ saves 19 times
- Finished with a season-high 19 saves against Wagner
- Collected 30 saves in two games at the USA Water Polo DIII National Championships
2022 (Season Stats)
- Finished third on the team in steals
- Allowed fewer than 10 goals in 11 matches
- Allowed fewer than five goals in 5 matches
- Had 12 double-digit save matches
2021: (Season Stats)
- Tied the program record with 22 saves in a game against Princeton (11/19) and also made 21 saves against Hopkins on 10/24
- 272 saves are the third most in a single season in team history
- Grabbed 28 steals and added 13 assists

2020:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering
- Conducted research in data-driven design for the Decode Lab
- Internship at One-Cycle Control
- Rocket Lab internship
- Conducted research at Plasma Science and Fusion Center


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Treyball


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Treyball


High School: 
- Graduated from Mater Dei High School
- Valedictorian
- Two-time varsity water polo letterwinner
- Named Most Inspirational Player
- Trinity League Second Team
- Also competed on the Mater Dei swimming and diving team
- Played for the Vanguard Red Water Polo club team
- CSF
- NSHSS
- Co-Founder and President of the Finance Club
- Four-time Scholar-Athlete
- National AP Scholar
- Four-year Principal's List Honor Roll

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Historical Player Information

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    2020First Year

    GK
    6'0" 0 lbs
    1
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    2021Sophomore

    GK
    6'0" 0 lbs
    1A
  • 1A

    2022Junior

    GK
    6'0" 0 lbs
    1A
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    2023Senior

    GK
    6'1" 170 lbs
    1