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2019 Men's Water Polo

2 Ward Weldon

  • Position ATK
  • Height 6-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Honolulu, Hawaii
  • High School Punahou School

Biography

Career Stats
YearGoalsShotsAssistsEjections DrawnEjections Vs.BlocksStealsSprints Won
20161440117211120
2017214411985810
20182778218108258
2019258321142211326
Totals87245643842357724

 

Career Game Highs
Goals4vs. Monmouth (October 14, 2017)
Assists5vs. Penn State Behrend (October 26, 2019)
Ejections Drawn2Six Times - Most Recently vs. Wagner (October 19, 2019)
Blocks3Twice - Most Recently vs. Iona (November 16, 2018)
Steals3Five Times - Most Recently vs. Iona (November 23, 2019)


2019: [SEASON STATS]
- ACWPC All-Academic (Outstanding Honors)
- Registered 25 goals, 21 assists and 46 points as a senior
- Led MIT to the inaugural USA Water Polo Division III National Championship where the Engineers placed third overall
- Posted three hat tricks
- Tallied a career-high five assists against Penn State Behrend on October 26

2018:
[SEASON STATS]
- ACWPC All-Academic (Outstanding Honors)
- Registered a career-high 27 goals, 21 assists and 25 steals as a junior
- Set career game-highs in assists when he tallied three against Harvard on November 4, drawn ejections when he tallied two against Austin on October 13, blocks when he notched three against Iona on November 16 and steals when he registered three against Iona on September 29
- Had two hat tricks as a junior
- Aided the Engineers to their ninth CWPA Division III Eastern Championship in program history

2017: [SEASONS STATS]
- Finished his sophomore year with 21 goals, 11 assists, nine drawn ejections, five blocks and eight steals
- Registered a pair of hat tricks which included a game with a career-high four goals against Monmouth in the CWPA Division III Eastern Championship

2016: [SEASON STATS]
- NWPC Rookie of the Week Honor Roll (9/6)
- Recorded 12 goals on 40 shots, 11 assists, 11 field blocks, 12 steals, and seven ejections drawn
- Aided the Engineers to their eighth CWPA Division III Eastern Championship in program history

Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in biology
- Straub Hospital Summer Internship
- ODC TKA Study
- Phi Delta Theta

High School: 
- A 2016 graduate of the Punahou School
- Four-time varsity water polo letterwinner
- Earned one letter in swimming
- Two-time All-State First Team honoree
- Two-time ILH Champion
- Also played for the Hawaiian Islands Water Polo Club
- National Honor Society

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 20

    2016First Year

    ATK
    6'5"
    20
  • 2

    2017Sophomore

    ATK
    6'5"
    2
  • 2

    2018Junior

    ATK
    6'5"
    2
  • 2

    2019Senior

    ATK
    6'5"
    2