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Career Honors:
2024 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
 
2024 (Freshman): Named to the 2024 ACWPC All-Academic Team … Played in 10 games during rookie campaign, finishing the year with seven points on five goals and a pair of assists with three ejections drawn … Scored four of five goals on the season against Mount St. Mary’s at the Navy Open … Registered two points on a goal and an assist against Mercyhurst … Also added a helper against Occidental during the Navy Open … Additionally, saw action against Salem (Navy Open), Gannon (Navy Open), Biola (Navy Open), Iona (Princeton Invitational), Wagner, Johns Hopkins, and #3 Fordham (MAWPC Tournament Championship).
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (4 years) and swimming (4) at St. Mark’s School of Texas in Dallas, Texas … Named Sixth Team National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American and Second Team All-State Texas Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (TISCA) as a sophomore in water polo … Helped St. Mark’s claim the TISCA State Championship in water polo (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior), while leading the swim team to the Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) Championship (freshman, junior, senior) … Selected team captain in water polo (junior, senior) and swimming (junior, senior), while earning Team MVP for water polo (senior) … Earned third place at the SPC Championship in the 400 freestyle relay (senior) … Member of the Teaching Technology Across Generations (TTAG) Club (co-president) … Salutatorian … Eagle Scout … USA Biology Olympiad (USABO) semifinalist … Son of Jinming Gao and Xiaomes Zhao.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Hat Tricks	Steals	KOD
2024	10	5	2	7	1	0	3
Totals	10	5	2	7	1	0	3

 
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