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2019 Men's Water Polo

9 Kevin Downey

  • Position ATK
  • Height 6-1
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Greenwich, Conn.
  • High School Greenwich
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Career Stats
YearGoalsShotsAssistsEjections DrawnEjections Vs.Field BlocksStealsSprints Won
2017194211015441
20182675127273200
201934127221346142911
Totals79244353088215312

 

Career Game Highs
Goals5vs. Penn State Behrend (September 15, 2018)
Assists3vs. Connecticut College (September 21, 2019)
Ejections Drawn3Three Times - Most Recently vs. St. Francis (October 5, 2019)
Field Blocks3vs. St. Francis (November 2, 2019)
Steals5vs. Pomona-Pitzer (October 20, 2019)
Sprints Won2Twice - Most Recently vs. George Washington (October 19, 2019)

2020:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19

2019: [SEASON STATS]
- CWPA Division III Eastern Championship All-Tournament Second Team
- ACWPC All-Academic (Outstanding Honors)
- Led MIT to the inaugural USA Water Polo Division III National Championship where the Engineers placed third overall
- Registered season career-highs in goals, shots, assists, ejections drawn, blocks, steals and sprints
- Posted a career-high three assists against Connecticut College in September
- Notched a season-high four goals against Iona on November 2
- Registered ten multi-goal games

2018:
[SEASON STATS]
- ACWPC All-Academic (Outstanding Honors)
- Began the season with back-to-back hat tricks against Bucknell and UC Davis on September 1 at the Bruno Classic
- Had a career-high five goals against Penn State Behrend on September 15
- Aided the Engineers to their ninth CWPA Division III Eastern Championship in program history

2017:
 [SEASON STATS]
- Tallied a career-high four goals in a 20-1 win over Monmouth in the CWPA Division III Eastern Championship Tournament on October 14 and followed that up with a hat trick against No. 13 Harvard on November 4
- Notched his first collegiate assists against George Washington on October 12
- Drew a career-high three ejections against No. 19 St. Francis on October 29

Out of the Pool at MIT:

- Majoring in computer science 
- Minoring in finance
- Completed research at the MIT Sloan School of Management
- Earned the 2018 Jeffrey L. Pressman Award for Political Science
- MIT Concert Choir
- Theta Tau

High School:
- A 2017 graduate of Greenwich High School
- Three-time varsity letterwinner in water polo and two-time varsity letterwinner in swimming
- 2016-2017 NISCA/Speedo Boys Water Polo All America Second Team
- 2016 GHS Water Polo MVP
- 2016 GHS Water Polo Most Goals
- 2016 GHS Water Polo Most Outstanding Offensive Player
- 2016 GHS Water Polo Scholar Athlete
- 2016-17 GHS Boys Swimming Scholar Athlete
- In the fall of 2016 scored 111 goals in 30 games
- Also competed for the Chelsea Piers Aquatic Club 
- National Honor Society 
- National Spanish Honor Society
- Percussion Ensemble/Wind Ensemble
- Concert Choir
- Chambers Singer
- Front Row Sports News 
- Neighbor to Neighbor Food Pantry Volunteer
- High Honor Roll
- Headmaster's List
- 2016 AP Scholar With Distinction 
- 2017 Presidential Scholar Nominee

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2017First Year

    ATK
    6'1"
    10
  • 9

    2018Sophomore

    ATK
    6'1"
    9
  • 9

    2019Junior

    ATK
    6'1"
    9