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2019 Water Polo Roster

1A Brandon Shields

  • Class Senior
  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 170
  • Hometown Lake Forest, Calif.
  • High School El Toro

Biography

CAREER: 126 saves, 152 goals against, .453 save percentage (37 games)
 
Career Honors:
2018 ACWPCA All-Academic Team
(Excellent)
 
2019 (Senior): Played in 12 games at goal for Navy, making 34 saves, while surrendering 42 goals for a save percentage of .447 … Recorded saves in 11 of 12 games played with a season-high 10 stops in a complete-game effort against Austin College … Opened the season at the Navy Open with a pair of saves against No. 2 and eventual national champion Stanford, while adding three stops against Johns Hopkins and a save against Iona … Notched six saves in a road win against La Salle, while adding three stops against both Chapman and Concordia at the Gary Troyer Tournament … Added saves against La Salle and Fordham with two stops at Bucknell before concluding his collegiate career with a pair of saves in Navy’s upset victory over No. 16 Fordham, helping Navy to third place in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament – the best finish for the Midshipmen since the league switched formats in 2016, and the highest conference tournament finish since 2014 … Also added three steals and a pair of assists on the season.
 
2018 (Junior): Named to the 2018 ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in six games on the year, recording 25 saves with 33 goals against for a save percentage of .431 … Made season debut at the Princeton Invitational, recording eight saves against Harvard … Posted a season-high 10 saves vs. Salem at the Bucknell Invitational … Added three stops against La Salle (Bucknell Invite) and at Bucknell … Notched a save in the regular-season finale against George Washington, while also seeing action against No. 4 Stanford (Princeton Invitational) … Credited with an assist against Salem.
 
2017 (Sophomore): Played in six games on the year, recording 20 saves and 13 goals against for a save percentage of .606 … Had a season-high 10 saves in the Navy Open against La Salle, surrendering just a pair of goals in the contest … Notched six stops against Iona with three saves against St. Francis … Entered the game against Johns Hopkins in the MAWPC Tournament, posting a save … Registered a pair of assists and a steal.
 
2016 (Freshman): Played 13 games between the posts, making 47 saves and posting a .423 save percentage … Notched eight steals while adding six assists … Made collegiate debut in the Navy Open in the season opener against Iona … Posted a season-high nine saves vs. William & Jefferson, while adding eight stops against Bucknell … Tallied five saves against Caltech and at George Washington, while blocking four attempts against Wagner.
 
High School / Personal: Played interscholastic water polo with El Toro High School and on a club level with Saddleback El Toro (SET) – the same club as 2016 USNA team captain Taylor Peterson … Backstopped El Toro to back-to-back runner-up finishes in the All-South Coast League in 2014 and 2015 … Selected to the All-South Coast League Second Team as both a junior in 2014 and senior in 2015 … Named El Toro’s team MVP on three occasions … Served as team captain at El Toro in both the 2014 and 2015 seasons … Honored as a USA Water Polo Academic All-American three times … Son of Bryan and Tiffany … Sister, Alex, plays softball at Willamette University.
 
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Historical Player Information

  • 1B

    2016Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'8" 170 lbs
    1B
  • 1B

    2017Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'8" 170 lbs
    1B
  • 1B

    2018Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'8" 170 lbs
    1B
  • 1A

    2019Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'8" 170 lbs
    1A