At CMS
2019 (Sophomore): Second-Team All-SCIAC Selection ... Honorable Mention ACWPC Division III All-American ... Started all 30 matches for CMS on the season, finishing with an 18-11 record ... Had a 9.21 goals against average and a .515 save percentage ... Two-time SCIAC Defensive Player of the Week ... Had an impressive performance at the USA Water Polo Division III National Championships, with a season-high 15 saves in a semifinal win over Johns Hopkins and 13 saves and only five goals allowed in a finals loss (5-3) to Whittier ... Had 13 saves in a one-goal loss to Division I UC Irvine ... Had nine saves, five in the fourth quarter, of a 9-8 win over Pomona-Pitzer ... Had 11 saves in a SCIAC Semifinal win over Pomona-Pitzer, which earned CMS a USA Water Polo Division III Championship berth.
2018 (First-Year): Played in all 27 matches in goal for the Stags, playing the second half of all matches in a platoon with classmate Matt Tran ... Had a 9.28 goals against average and a .516 save percentage ... Had a .572 save percentage in SCIAC matches ... Had a season-high nine saves in a home win over Johns Hopkins, allowing only four goals ... Had five saves and allowed only two goals to get the win in a SCIAC semifinal victory over Whittier ... Had seven saves and a season-high three steals in a win over Caltech.
Prior to CMS
Attended Menlo Atherton High School, where he was a member of the water polo team ... Also played for Stanford Water Polo club ... Named his league's Most Valuable Goalie as a senior, as well as an All-CCS third-team selection ... First-team all-league and first-team All-CCS as a junior, when he helped his team to a CCS DI runner-up finish ... Earned USAWP Junior Olympics MVP Award in both 2015 and 2017. Part of a PAL Championship team as a freshman ... USA Water Polo academic All-American all four years of high school ... CSF Life Member
Personal
Attends Harvey Mudd ... Mother, Tina Niu Smith, ran track at Stanford ... Also a classical pianist ... Member of jazz band in high school, where he started a water polo scholarship fund ... Chose CMS "because it combines high level athletics with rigorous classes."
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Ethan Lewis and Zack Rossman capped off their Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo careers by earning All-America...
December 19, 2019
WHITTIER, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team held top-seeded Whittier without a goal for the entire second half, but...
December 8, 2019
WHITTIER, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team used a balanced offense to open up a late lead and take a 14-11 win over Johns...
December 7, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team, which came up just short in its bid for a SCIAC title with a 13-12 loss to...
December 4, 2019
WHITTIER, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team played top-seeded Whittier to a near-stalemate, but the Poets opened up a...
November 24, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Men's Water Polo trailed 9-4 at the half, but mounted a second-half comeback to earn a 12-11...
November 23, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Seniors Zack Rossman and Ethan Lewis earned first-team All-SCIAC honors for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team,...
November 22, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - There will be a lot at stake on Friday night at Axelrood Pool as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team hosts a...
November 21, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Zack Rossman scored the tying goal with two seconds left in regulation, but Pomona-Pitzer was able to win in sudden...
November 13, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The CMS men's water polo team welcomes in Pomona-Pitzer in the latest Sixth Street Rivalry matchup on Wednesday evening at...
November 12, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Men's water polo team trailed by two goals at the halftime but rallied with four consecutive goals...
November 7, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Men's water polo team held off a late push from the Chapman Panthers as Zack Rossman netted a...
November 2, 2019
REDLANDS, Calif. – Senior defender Ethan Lewis scored five goals, reaching the 100-goal milestone in the second half before finishing with...
October 26, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Zack Rossman and junior Nick Britt each had had tricks as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team won its...
October 23, 2019
ORANGE, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team, ranked No. 2 in Division III, used a 5-0 run spanning both halves to take...
October 19, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Ethan Lewis and sophomore Noah Smith captured the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive Player of the Week...
October 14, 2019
LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Fresh off a big 9-8 win at Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday, the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team picked up another...
October 12, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Ethan Lewis broke an 8-8 tie with his fourth goal with 1:48 to go, and sophomore goalie Noah Smith had five fourth-quar...
October 10, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team scored the final three goals of the game to rally from a late 7-5 deficit to...
October 6, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team defeated Fresno Pacific for the third time this season, taking a 15-11 win to...
October 4, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team used a 13-0 run spanning both halves and went on to capture a 17-2 win over...
September 21, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore goalie Noah Smith, who averaged double figures in saves in four matches at the Inland Empire Classic this weekend,...
September 16, 2019
LA VERNE, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team trailed Fresno Pacific 5-4 at the half, but outscored the Sunbirds 6-2 after...
September 15, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team defeated Concordia Irvine 12-9 in its first match of the day, and then had a...
September 14, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team broke into the win column with a 7-4 victory over Fresno Pacific in its final...
September 8, 2019
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s water polo team, ranked No. 3 in Division III, opened its 2019 season with a pair...
September 7, 2019
CLAREMONT, Calif. -- The CMS Men's Water Polo team enters the 2019 season with high expectations after being selected to finish third in the...
August 21, 2019