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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 165
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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Atherton, CA
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- High School:
- Menlo-Atherton
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- Position:
- G
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- College:
- Harvey Mudd
Bio
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."
Player Profile
News Mentions
Ethan Lewis Earns First-Team All-America Honors, Rossman on Second Team for CMS Men's Water Polo
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Falls 5-3 in Division III National Championship Match
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Outlasts Johns Hopkins 14-11, Faces Whittier Tomorrow for Division III Championship
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Heads to Whittier for Inaugural Division III Championship Saturday and Sunday
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Comes Up One Goal Short, Falls to Whittier 13-12 in SCIAC Finals
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
SCIAC Finals Bound! CMS Men's Water Polo Earns trip to Finals with 12-11 Comeback Win over Pomona-Pitzer
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
Rossman, Lewis Earn First-Team All-SCIAC Honors, Clark, Smith on Second Team
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Welcomes in Pomona-Pitzer for SCIAC Semifinal Match on Friday Night
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
Rossman Ties it With Two Seconds Left, But Pomona-Pitzer Wins in Sudden Death
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Hosts Pomona-Pitzer Wednesday Night in Regular Season Home Finale
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
Senior Zack Rossman Scores Game-Winner, CMS Men's Water Polo Gives Whittier First SCIAC Loss 10-9
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
Will Clark Scores Four Goals, Zack Rossman Nets Game-Winner, and CMS Men's Water Polo Edges Chapman, 10-9
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
Ethan Lewis Reaches 100-Goal Milestone as CMS Men's Water Polo Wins at Redlands
REDLANDS, Calif. – Senior defender Ethan Lewis scored five goals, reaching the 100-goal milestone in the second half before finishing with...
October 26, 2019
CMS Men's Water Polo Wins Fourth Straight, Holds on to Defeat Cal Lutheran 10-8
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Takes Another Big Road Win, Defeats Chapman 11-6
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
Ethan Lewis, Noah Smith Sweep SCIAC Weekly Men's Water Polo Awards
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Keeps Rolling with 15-7 Road Win over Occidental
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
Lewis, Smith Help CMS Men's Water Polo to Big 9-8 Road Win over Pomona-Pitzer
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
Fourth-Quarter Comeback Gives CMS Men's Water Polo 8-7 Win over California Baptist
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
CMS Splits on First Day of Gary Troyer; Falls to Hopkins, Defeats Fresno Pacific
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Cruises to 17-2 Win over Caltech in SCIAC Opener
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
Noah Smith Named SCIAC Men's Water Polo Defensive Player of the Week
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
Big Second Half Leads CMS Water Polo to Win over Fresno Pacific, Split on the Day
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Defeats Concordia, Scores Nine Goals in Defeat to No. 1 USC
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Defeats Fresno Pacific, Falls to Pomona-Pitzer at Triton Invitational
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Edged by No. 13 UC Irvine 8-7 on Opening Day of Triton Classic
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
CMS Men's Water Polo Eyes DIII National Championships as 2019 Season Begins on Saturday at UCSD Triton Invitational
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