![Ben Weldon](/sports/mwaterpolo/2022-23/photos/WeldonBen0357.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Height:
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- Weight:
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Honolulu, HI
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- High School:
- Punahou
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- Position:
- ATT
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- Major:
- Biochemistry
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
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Bio
At CMS
2022 (Senior)
SCIAC Sportsmanship Award Winner ... Had 15 goals on the year, while missing several games due to injury ... Had a hat trick in a win over Fresno Pacific ... Picked up two goals in a win over Johns Hopkins ... Had a goal in the SCIAC Tournament against Redlands ... Had goals against both USC and UCLA ... Had a season-high three steals against Pepperdine.
2021 (Junior)
Had 17 goals for the Stags on the year ... Scored in a USA Water Polo national semifinal win over Johns Hopkins ... Scored twice in the first meeting with Johns Hopkins, a 9-3 home win ... Also had a two-goal game in a road win over Occidental ... Opened the year with goals in three straight games at the Air Force Rare Air Challenge, including one against the host Falcons.
2019 (First-Year)
Tallied seven goals and nine assists for 16 points in his first collegiate season ... Had a goal and an assist in a win at Chapman ... Scored in a win over Fresno Pacific at the Gary Troyer Invitational ... Had two goals and an assist in a win over Occidental ... Had one goal and one assist in a win over La Verne ... Picked up an assist against No. 1 USC.
Prior to CMS
Attended Punahou High School in Honolulu, Hawai'i, where he was a member of the water polo team ... Named to the California-Hawaii All-America seventh team by Water Polo Planet ... Chosen to the ODP All-Star Tournament in 2018 ... Academic All-America selection by USA Water Polo ... Also played for Hawaiian Islands Water Polo club.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna College, where he majors in biochemistry ... Joined CMS along with his twin brother Noah, who plays center ... Older brother Ward played on the water polo team at MIT.
Player Profile
Recent Games | ||
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Oct 28 | at Biola | L, 11-10 |
Nov 2 | at La Verne | W, 8-6 |
Nov 5 | Caltech | |
Nov 9 | Whittier | W, 15-11 |
Nov 12 | at Pomona-Pitzer | L, 12-10 |
Nov 16 | Redlands | L, 7-6 |
  | Overall | Conf | ||
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Games | - | - | ||
Points | 0 | 0 | ||
Goals | - | - | ||
Assists | - | - | ||
Shots | - | - | ||
Shooting percentage | - | - | ||
Steals | - | - | ||
Turnovers | - | - | ||
Blocks | - | - | ||
Exclusions Drawn | - | - | ||
Exclusions | - | - |
Date | Opponent | Score | g | a | stl | to | ed | blk | sh | sh% |
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Sep 3 | vs. UCLA | L, 16-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 3 | vs. UC Santa Barbara | L, 18-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 4 | vs. Redlands | W, 11-7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 4 | vs. Pomona-Pitzer | L, 10-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 10 | USC | L, 21-12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 10 | Concordia | W, 14-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 11 | Westcliff | L, 12-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 11 | Air Force | W, 11-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 17 | vs. Brown | L, 14-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 17 | vs. Stanford | L, 25-3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 24 | at Caltech | W, 14-8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 28 | at Occidental | L, 13-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 30 | Pepperdine | L, 15-7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sep 30 | Fresno Pacific | W, 15-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 1 | Johns Hopkins | W, 14-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 1 | Air Force | L, 14-13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 5 | La Verne | W, 11-9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 8 | at Whittier | W, 14-13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 12 | Cal Lutheran | W, 10-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 15 | Chapman | L, 12-11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 19 | at Redlands | W, 11-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 26 | Pomona-Pitzer | L, 11-7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 28 | vs. Cuesta College | W, 15-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oct 28 | at Biola | L, 11-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nov 2 | at La Verne | W, 8-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nov 5 | Caltech | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Nov 9 | Whittier | W, 15-11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nov 12 | at Pomona-Pitzer | L, 12-10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Nov 16 | Redlands | L, 7-6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
gp | gs | g | a | stl | to | ed | blk | ex | sh | sh% | ||
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Event | Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Conference | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Location | Home | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Away | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Result | Wins | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Losses | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
News Mentions
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Nettekoven, Weigle, Weldon Earn Postseason SCIAC Honors for CMS Men's Water Polo
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Aidan Nettekoven was named the SCIAC Men's Water Polo Defensive Player of the Year, Luke (Bear) Weigle earned the Newcomer of...
November 16, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Suffers One-Goal Loss to Redlands in SCIAC Opening Round
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Thomas Walker had three goals and two assists and Aidan Nettekoven had nine saves, but the Redlands men's water polo team took...
November 16, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Defeats Whittier 15-11 on Senior Day
CLAREMONT, Calif. – Luke (Bear) Weigle scored five goals and Thomas Walker had four goals and two assists as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...
November 10, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Takes Dramatic Road Win at Whittier in Sudden Death
WHITTIER, Calif. - Luke (Bear) Weigle tied the game with just one second left in regulation, and Kyle Ballack scored the game-winner in sudden-dea...
October 8, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Defeats Johns Hopkins, Falls in Overtime to Air Force
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team picked up a key Division III win over Johns Hopkins 14-10, but just missed a...
October 1, 2022
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Stags Water Polo Splits on First Day of Gary Troyer Tournament
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team led No. 12 Pepperdine at the half (4-3) in its first game of the day before...
September 30, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Falls to Brown, Stanford at Whittier Round Robin
WHITTIER, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s water polo team played two matches against Division I opponents on Saturday at...
September 17, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Splits on First Day of Inland Empire Classic
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team had an impressive showing in a 21-12 defeat to No. 3 USC in its first game of...
September 10, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Defeats Redlands, Edged by Pomona-Pitzer
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team defeated Redlands 11-7 in its first game of the Triton Invitational on...
September 4, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Falls to UCLA, UC Santa Barbara on Opening Day
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team began the year with a tough task of facing Division I powers UCLA and UC...
September 3, 2022
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CMS Men's Water Polo Slated to Finish Second in Preseason SCIAC Poll
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team, which went to sudden death in the USA Water Polo Division III national...
August 19, 2022