BRIDGEPORT, Pa. – The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) announced the 2024 Men's Division I All-America teams and Navy attacker
Kiefer Black was named as honorable mention selection. It is the second All-American accolade in his career, earning honorable mention distinction as a freshman in 2023.
Black, who was named to the Cutino Award Watch List earlier in the season, finished the year by earning First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference, while also being selected to the First Team MAWPC All-Tournament team.
The sophomore led the team with 171 points on a team-best 94 goals and 77 assists seeing action in all 32 games this season. He registered his second consecutive 100-point season, joining
Luis Nicolao (118 point in 1990; 114 in 1991) and Doug Munz (113 points in 1993; 184 points in 1994) as the only players in program history with multiple 100-point seasons. Last season, Black, who was the 2023 MAWPC Rookie of the Year, finished with 125 points. His 77 helpers set the Navy single-season record for assists, topping the previous record of 57 originally set by Andrew Sause in 2000 and tied by Black in 2023.
For his career, Black is currently eighth in program history with 296 total points on 162 goals and 134 assists. The San Diego native enters his junior season two points back of Tom Temple ('88), who finished his career with 298 points, for seventh; five points back of Joe Donahue ('04) for sixth with 301 points; and 18 points behind Michael Mulvey ('09) for fifth with 314 points. Additionally, he is the sixth player in program history with 100 or more helpers in second place with 134. He is five assists back of Tom Popp ('89) who holds the school record with 139.
Men's Division I 2024 All America
Player of the Year: Ryder Dodd, UCLA
Coach of the Year: Brian Bacharach, Fordham
Assistant Coach of the Year: Ilija Duretic, Fordham
First Team
Luca Provenziani, Fordham
Riley Pittman, Stanford
Ryder Dodd, UCLA
Chase Dodd, UCLA
Robery Lopez, USC
Max Miller, USC
Mihailo Vukazic, Pacific
Bernardo Herzer, USC (GK)
Second Team
Toring Stanley, California Baptist
Gabi Acosta, Long Beach State
Christian Hosea, Pepperdine
Roko Pozaric, Princeton
Soren Jensen, Stanford
Max Casabella, Cal
George Avakian, Cal
West Temkin, Stanford (GK)
Third Team
Ilias Stothart, Brown
George Papanikolaou, Fordham
James Rozolis Hill, Harvard
Vladan Mitrovic, Princeton
Peter Castillo, UCLA
Carson Kranz, USC
Tom Leggett, Air Force
Thomas Lercari, Fordham (GK)
Honorable Mention
Mate Tymcyna, Brown
Aleksa Stefanovic, Bucknell
Matt Ryckman, Bucknell
Albert Ponferrada, Cal
Julian Nichols, Cal State Fullerton
Togan Ozbek, Cal State Fullerton
Bodhi Bowden, California Baptist
Caleb Teraoka, California Baptist
Andras Toth, Fordham
Lucas Nieto Jasny, Fordham
Jack Burghardt, Harvard
Dean Strauser, Harvard
Luksa Vlasic, Iona
Rastko Jevdjovic, Iona
Josep Jodra Muñoz, LIU
Corbin Stanley, Long Beach State
Evan Cain, Long Beach State
Abel Romero, Loyola Marymount
Kiefer Black, Navy
Jeremie Cote, Pacific
Matthew Hosmer, Pacific
Reuel D'Souza, Pacific
Adam Csapo, Pepperdine
Sandor Gal, Pepperdine
Gavin Appeldorn, Pepperdine
Mateja Bosic, San Jose State
Maro Tiozzo, San Jose State
Bence Szabo, San Jose State
Zach Fales, Santa Clara
Riccardo De Simon, Santa Clara
Jackson Painter, Stanford
Dash McFarland, Stanford
Aleix Aznar Beltran, UC Davis
Tommy Kiesling, UC Davis
Luka Krstic, UC Irvine
Bennett Axline, UC San Diego
Landon Akerstrom, UC San Diego
Lucas Romaguera, UC San Diego
Frederico Juca Carsalade, UCLA
Nico Tierney, UCLA
Brock Zamanian, UC Santa Barbara
Danilo Dragovic, UC Santa Barbara
Dom Brown, UC Santa Barbara
Stefan Brankovic, USC
Dimitrios Kratimenos, Brown (GK)
Aaron Wilson, Long Beach State (GK)
Bae Fountain, Pacific (GK)
Kristof Kovacs, Princeton (GK)
Brendan Gyapjas, San Jose State (GK)
