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2016 Men's Water Polo

1 Nolan Kruse

  • Position G
  • Height 6-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Orcutt, Calif.
  • High School St. Joseph
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2016: ACWPC All-Academic Team ... ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American ... CWPA Division III Eastern Championship Most Valuable Player … CWPA Division III Eastern Championship All-Tournament First Team … NWPC Defensive Player of the Week (9/6, 10/27) … NWPC Player of the Week (10/27) … NWPC Defensive Player of the Week Honor Roll (10/11, 11/23) … NWPC Player of the Week Honor Roll (10/11) … registered 319 blocks (saves) and allowed 240 goals on 559 shots against (57.1 save percentage), 32 steals, seven assists and drew one ejection … broke the school record for saves in a single game with 22 in the CWPA Division III Eastern Championship title game against Connecticut College (10/23) … notched double-digit saves in 12 different games … notched a season-best six steals in the season-opener against Bucknell (9/3) … aided the Engineers to their eighth CWPA Division III Eastern Championship in program history … [SEASON STATS]

2015: CWPA Northern Division Defensive Player of the Week Honor Roll (10/1, 10/30, 11/12) ... ACWPC All-Academic Team ... registered 281 blocks (saves), 47 steals and six assists ... allowed 279 goals on 686 shots faced (60.3 save percentage) ... tallied a season-best 17 blocks against Fordham (11/20) and Navy (11/22) at the CWPA Championship ... in four games at the CWPA Championship, saved the ball 61 times ... notched double-digit blocks in 15 matches this season ... helped MIT to second place at the CWPA Division III Championship, fourth at both the CWPA Northern Division Championship and the Gary Troyer Tournament and a seventh place finish at the CWPA Championship ... also aided MIT in its first ever victory over the U.S. Naval Academy and its first win in 22 years over St. Francis College (N.Y.).

2014: Division III Tournament Second Team … Recorded 78 saves, 304 goals against … appeared and started in 33 games … turned away nine shots against CalTech (10/3), including four saves in the first quarter … recorded four saves against La Verne (10/3) …  turned away seven shots against Connecticut College (10/11) … recorded four stops against Harvard (10/25) … made three saves against Connecticut College (10/25) … made two saves against Fordham (11/1) … made two saves against Iona (11/9) during CWPA Northern Division Championship … recorded a season-high 15 saves against Johns Hopkins (11/21) in preliminary round of the CWPA Championship … turned away eight shots against Iona (11/22) during consolation round of CWPA Championship … recorded six saves against Fordham (11/23) during ninth-place game of CWPA Championship. 

2013: Recorded 196 saves, 197 goals against, 28 steals and three assists … first on the team, in saves and steals and second in assists … CWPA Northern Division Rookie of the Week (10/8, 10/22) … CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (11/14) … CWPA Division III All-Tournament Second Team.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in entrepreneurship and a concentration in product design … interned as a Mechanical Engineer at United Launch Alliance and SpaceX … completed research in the D-Lab at MIT ... earned the Santa Barbara Scholarship … Executive Board for ASME.

High School: A 2013 graduate of St. Joseph High School … two-time first team All-League (PAC7) … three-time team MVP … Best Defensive … two-time captain … two-time volleyball captain … Christian Character Award … nominated for CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Northern Santa Barbara County Scholar-Athlete of the Year … eight-time varsity letterwinner … participated in martial arts and basketball … National Honor Society … Fellowship of Christian Athletes … CA Boys State Delegate … Youth Ministry … president of science club … science club counselor and cabin leader … valedictorian … Principal’s Honor Roll … Coles Family Foundation Scholarship … Santa Barbara Foundation Scholarship.

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Historical Player Information

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    2013First Year

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    2014Sophomore

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    2015Junior

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    2016Senior

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