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2024 (Junior): Played in 30 of 32 games during the year, finishing the season with 35 points on 10 goals and 25 assists with 16 steals and 10 ejections drawn … Recorded goals in seven games with a season-high two scores against Biola (Navy Open), Occidental (Navy Open), and #20 Bucknell … Also found the back of the net against Mercyhurst, Mount St. Mary’s, Wagner, and Mount St. Mary’s (MAWPC Tournament) … Credited with assists in 17 games with multiple helpers in seven contests … Notched a season-high three assists at #20 Bucknell, while adding multiple assists against Biola (Navy Open), Concordia (Rare Air Challenge), #19 Brown (Brown / Harvard Invitational), Mount St. Mary’s, and #20 George Washington (2x).
 
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 25 of 27 games during the season … Tallied 36 points on 14 goals and 22 assists … His 22 assists were second most on the team during 2023 campaign … Recorded three multiple goal games, netting a season-best two goals against McKendree (Salem Invitational), Bucknell, and #17 Fordham … Registered seven multi-assists performances with season-high three helpers against Salem and Gannon in the Salem Invitational, while adding multi-assist games against #20 Air Force, Bucknell, Johns Hopkins (2x), and Wagner … Defensively, notched 15 steals with four ejections drawn.
 
2022 (Freshman): Played in 25 of 31 games in rookie campaign … Tallied 34 points on 13 goals and 21 assists … Registered three multi-goal performances with five multi-assist games … Scored a pair of goals against Air Force, George Washington, and Wagner (Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference Tournament) … Recorded a season-high five assists against Wagner (MAWPC Tournament), while adding multiple assists versus Johns Hopkins (2x), George Washington, and Mercyhurst (MAWPC Tournament) … Registered first collegiate point with an assist #11 Princeton at the Navy Open, while scoring first collegiate goal versus Cal Lutheran at the Navy Open … Made collegiate debut in the season opener against Biola … Defensively, finished the season with 11 steals and seven ejections drawn.
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo and swimming at Garces Memorial High School in Bakersfield, Calif. … Earned All-Area MVP as a senior in water polo … Helped Garces Memorial to the Valley Championship in water polo as a freshman … Served as water polo team captain all four years of high school … Member of the GMHS swim team, breaking the school record in the 100 freestyle (45.8) and 200 free (1:40.00) … Selected as League MVP for swimming, while also being named swim team captain … Played club water polo with Rose Bowl Water Polo Club … Associated Student Body Senior Class President … Son of Susan and Scott Begin … Father, Scott, played water polo at UC Davis, while mother, Susan, was a diver at USC … Uncle, Gordon Bigler, played water polo at Claremont McKenna.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Goals	Assists	Points	Hat Tricks	Steals	KOD
2022	25	13	21	34	0	11	7
2023	25	14	22	36	0	15	4
2024	30	10	25	35	0	16	10
Totals	80	37	68	105	0	42	21

 
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