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Career Honors:
2023 Team Captain
2023 Peter J. Cutino Award Watch List
2023 ACWPC All-American (Honorable Mention)
2021 ACWPC All-American (Honorable Mention)
2023 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (First Team)
2022 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (Honorable Mention)
2023 All-MAWPC Tournament (First Team)
2021 All-MAWPC Tournament (Second Team)
MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week (Eight Times)
MAWPC Rookie of the Week (Feb. 22, 2021)
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2023 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2022 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2021 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
2020 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
 
2023 (Senior): Named team captain prior to the season … Selected to the Peter J. Cutino Award Watch List, which recognizes the best player in men's and women's college water polo … Named Honorable Mention Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American, First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference and First Team MAWPC All-Tournament … Named CSC Academic All-District, as well as being named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 23 of 27 games during the season … Recorded 237 saves with 187 goals allowed for a 55.9 save percentage … Registered 16 double-digit save performances, including six against ranked opponents and 11 against conference opponents … Notched a season-best 16 saves against Mount St. Mary’s, while adding 14 stops versus Bucknell … Also had double-digit saves against #20 Air Force (11), Bucknell (2x – 11; 13 at MAWPC Tournament), #1 Cal (11), Chapman (12 at Princeton Invitational), nationally-ranked Fordham (3x – 13; 11; 11 at MAWPC Tournament), George Washington (2x – 11; 13), Johns Hopkins (12 at MAWPC Tournament), #9 Long Beach State (13 at Triton Invitational), Salem (11 at Salem Invitational), and Wagner (13 at Princeton Invitational) … Additionally, finished the season with a team-high 52 steals, while adding seven assists and an ejection drawn … Led the team in steals in 16 games, including a season-best seven takeaways against Santa Clara (Princeton Invitational) and Salem (Salem Invitational) … Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week five times (Sept. 4; Sept. 11; Sept. 25; Nov. 6; Nov. 20).
 
2022 (Junior): Tabbed Honorable Mention All-MAWPC … Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 28 of 31 games during the season, making 259 saves with a .473 save percentage … Additionally, led the team with 77 steals … Registered double-digit saves in 13 games with a season-high 17 stops against Salem and #19 George Washington … Also added double-digit stops against #11 Princeton (10), Cal Lutheran (15), Santa Clara (11), St. Francis Brooklyn (11), Air Force (13), #3 USC (10), Mount St. Mary’s (11), Bucknell (2x – 14, 13), #17 Fordham (12), and Wagner (10) … Helped facilitate the offense with 13 assists on the year … Credited with multiple assists in three games, notching a season-high three helpers against Biola (Navy Open) and Wagner (Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament) and adding a pair of assists versus Salem … Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6).
 
2021 (Sophomore): Named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American (honorable mention), becoming the first Navy goalie to claim the distinction since Brett Rajchel ('10) in 2009 … Selected All-MAWPC Tournament (second team) … Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 24 of Navy's 29 games, finishing the 2021 season with a team-high 242 saves with 187 goals allowed for a 56.4 save percentage with 71 steals and 13 assists … Registered 14 double-digit save performances, including a school-record 23 stops in the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament Semifinal victory over George Washington … Recorded 84 stops in nine games (9.33 per game) against nationally-ranked opponents, including five double-digit save performances … Credited with assists in six games with multiple helpers in three contests, including a season-best four assists against GW in the MAWPC Tournament … Named Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 13; Oct. 18).
 
2020 (Freshman): Named to the 2020-21 ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in four of Navy’s seven games during the season, which was shortened by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) … Registered 30 saves, while surrendering 26 goals for a save percentage of .536 … Registered double-digit saves in one game, boasting a season-best 14 stops against #10 Bucknell … Posted eight saves against Iona with six stops against La Salle, and a pair of saves in the season opener at George Washington … Led the team with 10 steals, while adding two assists … Named Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East Rookie of the Week once (Feb. 22).
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (3 years) and swimming (4) at Laguna Beach High School … Named Orange County Student Athlete Character Award for 2020 … As a senior, earned First Team All-League and First Team All-CIF, while being named team captain and team MVP … As a junior, selected First Team All-League and Second Team All-CIF Southern Section … Member of the Superintendent Honor Roll (2016-19) … Volunteered with the Pacific Marine Mammal Center (2016-19) … Member of the Orange County Water Polo Club, earning Second Team Futures Water Polo League distinction … Son of Rob and Stacie Capobianco.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Saves	GA	Pct.	Assists	Steals
2020 *	4	30	26	.536	2	10
2021	24	242	187	.564	13	71
2022	28	259	288	.473	13	77
2023	23	237	187	.559	7	52
Totals	79	768	688	.527	35	210

* – 2020 season played in the spring of 2021
 
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