2024 (Senior): Played in 14 of 32 games during the year … Made appearances in the first 13 games of the season before a season-ending injury … Despite the injury, suited up in the final regular season game of the year against Johns Hopkins for Senior Day … Finished the year with seven points on six goals and an assist with 10 ejections drawn and nine steals … Scored five of six goals on the season during the Rare Air Challenge, netting a hat trick against #14 Harvard and adding goals against Biola and Cal Lutheran … Also found the back of the net against Salem during the Navy Open … Credited with an assist against Iona at the Princeton Invitational.
2023 (Junior): Played in 26 of 27 games during the season … Closed out the year with 24 points on 21 goals and three assists, while recording eight steals and a team-best 44 ejections drawn … Scored goals in 16 games with a season-high two scores against Cal State Fullerton (Triton Invitational), #9 Long Beach State (Triton Invitational), #1 Cal, Mount St. Mary’s (Salem Invitational), and Johns Hopkins, while adding scores against #20 Air Force, Biola (Triton Invitational), Bucknell (2x including at MAWPC Tournament), Gannon (Salem Invitational), George Washington, Johns Hopkins (MAWPC Tournament), McKendree (Salem Invitational), Salem (Salem Invitational), #19 Santa Clara (Princeton Invitational), and Wagner (Princeton Invitational) … Credited with assists against Cal State Fullerton (Triton Invitational) and Johns Hopkins (2x) … Recorded a season-best two steals against #9 Long Beach State (Triton Invitational) and Johns Hopkins (MAWPC Tournament), while adding takeaways versus Bucknell, Cal State Fullerton (Triton Invitational), Johns Hopkins, and Wagner … Drew ejections in 22 of 26 games played with multiple ejections drawn in 13 games … Had a season-high five kickouts drawn against Wagner at the Princeton Invite, while adding seven ejections drawn against Bucknell and George Washington in two games against each foe.
2022 (Sophomore): Played in 30 of the Midshipmen’s 31 games during the year … Finished the year with 35 points on 32 goals and three assists … Registered 10 games with multiple scores, including a hat trick against Johns Hopkins at the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament … Also notched a pair of goals against Biola (Navy Open), #11 Princeton (Navy Open), #1 Cal (Navy Open), Iona (Princeton Invitational), Air Force, Mount St. Mary’s, Johns Hopkins (2x), and Bucknell (MAWPC Tournament) … Contributed assists against Wagner, the Mount, and Hopkins … Additionally, credited with 28 ejections drawn and nine steals.
2021 (Freshman): Played in 28 of Navy’s 29 games during the season … Scored 12 goals with four assists for 16 total points, while adding 17 kickouts drawn and three steals … Scored goals in nine games with a pair of multi-goal games … Registered first collegiate hat trick with three goals against Biola at the Gary Troyer Tournament in California … Added a pair of scores against Wagner, while also finding the back of the net against Wagner (at Princeton), #16 Fordham (Sept. 26), #9 San Jose State, #15 Fordham (Nov. 6), Bucknell, Johns Hopkins, and Gannon (MAWPC Tournament) … Credited with assists against Iona (Navy Open), Johns Hopkins, Gannon (MAWPC Tournament), and George Washington (MAWPC Tournament).
High School / Personal: Lettered for four years in water polo at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif. … Earned Most Valuable Player and High Scorer at Redwood as a junior and senior, while claiming Most Improved and High Scorer honors as a sophomore … Selected First Team Marin County All-League as a junior … Named Team Captain as a senior … Earned Academic All-American recognition as a sophomore and junior … Earned E.E. Boyden Award for Most Outstanding Male Athlete of the Year at Redwood in 2021 … Played club water polo with Sleepy Hallow Aquatics (freshman) and San Francisco Water Polo Club (sophomore, junior, senior) … Member of the U-15 and U-17 USA Water Polo Olympic Development Team … Attended the Croatia and Barcelona International Water Polo Academy … Honor student who claimed the Honor Graduate Award and was the salutatorian … Member of the Redwood High School Honor Society and a California Scholastic Foundation Lifetime Member … Served as a coach for the Tiburon Peninsula Water Polo Club (U-10, U-12) and the San Francisco Water Polo Club (U-10 – U-14), as well as the swim team coach for the Marin County Special Olympics … Also a member of the Redwood High School swim team for three years … Son of Lisa and Tom McKnew.
Career Statistics
| Year |
Games |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Hat Tricks |
Steals |
KOD |
| 2021 |
28 |
12 |
4 |
16 |
1 |
3 |
17 |
| 2022 |
30 |
32 |
3 |
35 |
1 |
9 |
28 |
| 2023 |
26 |
21 |
3 |
24 |
0 |
8 |
44 |
| 2024 |
14 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
9 |
10 |
| Totals |
98 |
71 |
11 |
82 |
3 |
29 |
99 |
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