BRIDGEPORT, Pa. – The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) announced the 2020-21 Men's Water Polo All-America teams and Navy attacker Isaac Salinas (Spring City, Pa.) was selected to the second team. Salinas becomes the third Midshipmen to earn Second Team All-American honors and the first to claim the distinction since Aaron Recko in 2007.
 
Salinas, who was an honorable mention selection in 2019, becomes the eleventh player in program history to earn multiple All-American honors and the first since Carl Dowzicky (2013, '15).
 
Earlier in the year, Salinas was named First Team Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East Region All-Conference, marking his third consecutive all-conference selection.
 
This season, Salinas led the team with 23 points on a team-high 20 goals scored, while chipping three assists. He played in six of seven games on the season, tallying six steals and six ejections drawn. Salinas' six steals ranked third on the team, while his six ejections drawn was the second most on the year.
 
For his career, Salinas has 204 total points on 163 total goals and 41 assists. He is the 20th player in program history to eclipse 200 total points.
 
 
Men's 2020-21 ACWPC All-America
Player of the Year: Nicolas Saveljic, UCLA
Coach of the Year: Adam Wright, UCLA
 
First Team
Balazs Kosa, Pepperdine
Tyler Abramson, Stanford
AJ Rossman, Stanford
Nikolaos Papanikolaou, Cal
Nicolas Saveljic, UCLA
Jacob Merce, USC
Jake Ehrhardt, USC
Nic Porter (goalie), USC
 
Second Team
Patrick McDonough, California Baptist
Jack Deely, Cal
Nikos Delagrammatikas, Cal
Evan Rosenfeld, UCLA
Jake Cavano, UCLA
Grant Snyder, Air Force
Isaac Salinas, Navy
Bernardo Maurizi (goalie), UCLA
 
Honorable Mention
Doruk Ozar, Bucknell
Daniel Domotor, La Salle
Joseph Shaw, Loyola Marymount
Matthew Haygood, McKendree University
Jason O'Donnell, Mount St. Mary's
Nicholas Tierney, Pepperdine
Curtis Jarvis, Pepperdine
Finn Pardon, San Jose State
Quinn Woodhead, Stanford
Tommy Gruwell, UCLA