Career Honors:
2022 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Excellent)
2021 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Excellent)
2022 (Senior): Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 28 of Navy’s 31 games during the season … Tallied 20 points on 13 goals and seven assists, while adding nine ejections drawn and seven steals … Registered six multi-goal performances, notching two scores against #1 Cal (Navy Open), Air Force, Occidental (Aggie Roundup), Mount St. Mary’s, and Mercyhurst (2x – including Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament), while also adding a goal against Wagner … Had a pair of multi-assist games – Biola (Navy Open) and #1 Cal (Navy Open) … Additionally, credited with assists against Cal Lutheran (Navy Open), Mercyhurst, and Johns Hopkins.
2021 (Junior): Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 18 of Navy’s 29 games on the season … Finished the year with three points on a goal and two assists, while adding two steals and a pair of kickouts drawn … Scored a goal against Johns Hopkins, while notching assists against Iona (Navy Open) and Biola (Gary Troyer Tournament).
2020 (Sophomore): Played in all seven games during the season, which was shortened by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) … Tallied four points on four goals with a steal and an ejection drawn on defense … Scored a season-high two goals in the season finale against La Salle … Also netted goals against George Washington (season opener) and Iona.
2019 (Freshman): Played in 24 of 29 games on the season as a freshman, scoring a pair of goals and adding an assist for three total points … Had a season-high two points with a goal and an assist against Austin College for his first collegiate points … Also scored a goal at La Salle … Defensively, registered three steals, while adding an ejection drawn … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against #2 and eventual national champion Stanford.
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (3 years) and swimming (4) at St. Ignatius College Preparatory School in San Francisco, Calif. … Led team to 2017 CIF-Central Coast Section Division II Championship with an 18-9 overall record … Selected team captain for water polo (2018) and swimming (2018, ’19) … Earned All-American in the 200m freestyle relay in swimming (2017), while being named Academic All-American (2017-18) in water polo … Member of the Block Club and Callaghan Society at St. Ignatius … Principal’s Honor Roll … Played club water polo with San Francisco Water Polo Club … Son of Christopher and Amy Simpson.
Career Statistics
Year |
Games |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Hat Tricks |
Steals |
KOD |
2019 |
24 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2020 * |
7 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2021 |
18 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
2022 |
28 |
13 |
7 |
20 |
0 |
7 |
9 |
Totals |
77 |
20 |
10 |
30 |
0 |
13 |
13 |
* – 2020 season played in the spring of 2021
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