Career Honors:
2024 All-MAWPC Tournament (Second Team)
2024 (Sophomore): Named Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament … Played in 31 of 32 games during the season, finishing with 41 points on 40 goals and an assist, while adding 60 ejections drawn and 16 steals … Scored goals in 26 games with 12 multi-goal performances, including two hat tricks … Scored a season-high three goals against Mount St. Mary’s (Navy Open) and Iona (Princeton Invitational), while adding multiple scores against #6 Princeton (Princeton Invite), Cal Lutheran (Rare Air Challenge), #20 Bucknell, #19 Brown (Brown / Harvard Invitational), UC Merced (Brown / Harvard Invite), #13 San Jose State (Brown / Harvard Invite), George Washington, Bucknell, Mount St. Mary’s (MAWPC Tournament), and George Washington (MAWPC Tournament) … Credited with an assist at the Brown / Harvard Invitational against UC Merced … Finished the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament with five points on five goals with 12 ejections drawn and a pair of steals en route to All-Tournament accolades.
2023 (Freshman): Played in 19 of 27 games during rookie campaign … Finished the season with 16 points on 15 goals and an assist with four steals and 14 ejections drawn … Scored goals in seven games with four multi-goal performances with a pair of hat tricks … Notched a season-high five goals against Connecticut College, while also registering a hat trick against Johns Hopkins with three scores … Found the back of the net twice against McKendree (Salem Invitational) and Mount St. Mary’s, while also scoring against Biola (Triton Invitational), Gannon (Salem Invitational), and Johns Hopkins … Credited with an assist versus Johns Hopkins … Registered steals against Biola (Triton Invitational), Gannon (Salem Invitational), Connecticut College, and George Washington … Drew a game-high two ejections against #9 Long Beach State (Triton Invitational) and Chapman (Princeton Invitational), while also being awarded ejections drawn against #20 Air Force, Bucknell, Connecticut College, Gannon (Salem Invitational), George Washington, Johns Hopkins (2x), McKendree (Salem Invitational), #19 Santa Clara (Princeton Invitational), and Wagner (Princeton Invitational) … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against Cal State Fullerton at the Triton Invitational in San Diego.
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (4 years) at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif. … Helped Redwood to the North Coast Section (NCS) Boys Water Polo Championship – Division I (junior); California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) NoCal Boys Water Polo Championship – Division II (junior); and Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) Championship (senior) … Set a school record with 109 goals during junior season … Played club water polo with San Francisco Water Polo Club … Member of Marin Search and Rescue, as well as Redwood Surf Club … Son of Erik and Melissa Zech … Father, Erik, played water polo at Claremont McKenna College.
Career Statistics
| Year |
Games |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
Hat Tricks |
Steals |
KOD |
| 2023 |
19 |
15 |
1 |
16 |
2 |
4 |
14 |
| 2024 |
31 |
40 |
1 |
41 |
2 |
16 |
60 |
| Totals |
50 |
55 |
2 |
57 |
4 |
20 |
74 |
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