Naval Academy Athletics

Career Honors:
2021 Team Captain
2020 ACWPC All-American (Second Team)
2021 ACWPC All-American (Honorable Mention)
2019 ACWPC All-American (Honorable Mention)
2021 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East (First Team)
2020 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East (First Team)
2019 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East (First Team)
2018 All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East (Second Team)
2018 MAWPC-East Rookie of the Year
2021 All-MAWPC Tournament (First Team)
2019 All-MAWPC Tournament (First Team)
MAWPC-East Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 7, 2019; Feb. 22, 2021)
MAWPC-East Rookie of the Week (Four Times)
 
2021 (Senior): Named team captain prior to the season … Named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American (honorable mention), becoming the third player in program history to earn three All-American honors, joining Nick Hill (2000, '01, '02) and Luis Nicolao (1989, '90, '91) … Named First Team Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East for the third time in his career, joining Kyle Wertz (2009, '10, '11), Alex Ratcliffe (2003, '04, '05), Luis Nicolao (1989, '90, '91), Tom Popp (1986, '87, '88), and Lawrence Kough (1983, '84, '85) as the only three-time First Team All-East honorees for Navy … Named All-MAWPC Tournament (First Team) … One of two players on the team to play in all 29 games on the season … Led the team with 80 points on a team-high 61 goals scored, while chipping in 19 assists … Scored at least one goal in 27 contests, registering 20 games with multiple scores including nine hat tricks … In addition, posted 26 steals (second on team) and 26 ejections drawn (team best).
 
2020 (Junior): Named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American (second team), the third Midshipmen to earn Second Team All-American honors and the first to claim the distinction since Aaron Recko (’08) in 2007 … Named First Team Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East … Played in six of Navy’s seven games during the season, which was shortened by the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) … Led the team with 23 points on a team-high 20 goals scored, while chipping three assists … Scored goals in five of the six games played with four hat tricks … Netted a season-best eight goals against #10 Bucknell, while registering four goals against Iona (4g) and George Washington (4g 2a) … Had a hat trick (3g 1a) against La Salle, while ending the season with a goal against the Explorers in the season finale … Defensively, finished with six steals (third on the team) and six ejections drawn (second on the team) … Named MAWPC-East Offensive Player of the Week once (Feb. 22).
 
2019 (Sophomore): Named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-American (honorable mention), becoming the first Mid to earn the accolade since Carl Dowzicky ('16) was an honorable mention selection as a senior in 2015 … In addition, was the first Midshipmen All-American under head coach Luis Nicolao … Named First Team Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East All-Conference as well as being selected First Team All-MAWPC Tournament … Finished the season with a team-high 104 points, becoming the first Mid to record 100 or more points since Paul Pedrotty notched 137 points (91g 46a) in 2012 … Tallied a team-best 89 goals, while adding 15 assists on the year … Played in 26 of 29 games, leading the Midshipmen with 30 steals, while also leading the team with 38 ejections drawn … Paced the offensive attack, leading the team in points in 19 of the 26 games played … Finished with 17 hat tricks, including scoring three or more goals in seven of 11 games against ranked opponents … Thirty-eight (38) of 104 points came against ranked opponents … Named MAWPC Offensive Player of the Week once (Oct. 7).
 
2018 (Freshman): Named Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference-East Rookie of the Year, while earning Second Team All-MAWPC-East accolades … Played in 26 of 29 games as a freshman … Tallied a team-high 77 points, scoring 54 goals (second on the team) and leading the squad with 23 assists … Scored at least one goal in 22 games with 13 multi-goal performances, including eight hat tricks … Tied the Navy school record with nine goals in a game at Johns Hopkins, originally set by Brian Wineke (1991-93) against Slippery Rock as a senior in 1993 … Added hat tricks vs. Princeton (3g 2a),  at La Salle (5g 2a), at Fordham (3g 1a), vs. Wagner (5g), vs. Fordham (3g), vs. Johns Hopkins (4g 1a), and vs. La Salle (3g) … Registered assists in 12 games with multiple helpers in seven contests … Had a season-high four assists against Salem (Bucknell Invitational) while adding three helpers vs. Mercyhurst (Bucknell Invite) and vs. La Salle … Defensively, ranked second on the team with 27 ejections drawn, while adding 14 steals … Named MAWPC Rookie of the Week four times (Sept. 3, Sept. 17, Oct. 1, Nov. 5).
 
High School / Personal: Lettered for four years in water polo and swimming at Malvern Preparatory School in Malvern, Pa. … Led team to the Inter-Academic League Championship three consecutive years (2015, ’16, ’17) … Selected as League MVP as a senior … Member of the Spanish National Honor Society … Son of Mike and Paula Salinas … Brother, Michael (’17), is a graduate of the Naval Academy.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Hat Tricks	Steals	KOD
2018	26	54	23	77	8	14	27
2019	26	89	15	104	17	30	38
2020 *	6	20	3	23	4	6	6
2021	29	61	19	80	9	26	26
Totals	87	224	60	284	38	76	97

* – 2020 season played in the spring of 2021
 
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