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Career Honors:
2024 MAWPC Rookie of the Tournament
2024 All-MAWPC Tournament (Honorable Mention)
MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11, 2024; Nov. 25, 2024)
MAWPC Rookie of the Week (Oct. 28, 2024; Nov. 25, 2024)
 
2024 (Freshman): Named Honorable Mention All-Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Tournament, claiming MAWPC Rookie of the Tournament distinction … Played in 19 games during rookie campaign, finishing the season the season with a team-high 169 saves with 25 steals, and four assists … Posted a 48.0-save percentage … Recorded double-digit saves in 10 contests, including a season-high 20 stops against Bucknell … Also had double-digit saves against Mount St. Mary’s – (14 saves), #20 George Washington (13 saves), #3 Fordham (12 saves – MAWPC Tournament Championship), #20 Bucknell (12 saves), Johns Hopkins – (12 saves), #2 Fordham – (11 saves), #13 San Jose State (11 saves – Brown / Harvard Invitational), Mount St. Mary’s (11 saves – MAWPC Tournament), and George Washington (11 saves – MAWPC Tournament) … Finished with 34 saves in three games at the MAWPC Tournament, helping Navy to a runner-up finish, en route to Rookie of the Tournament and All-Tournament honors … Registered steals in 14 games with multiple takeaways in six contests … Notched a season-high four steals against Wagner and Johns Hopkins, while adding three takeaways against Bucknell and two steals against Mercyhurst, #19 Brown (Brown / Harvard Invite), and #3 Fordham (MAWPC Tournament Championship) … Notched a season-high two assists against Occidental at the Navy Open, while adding helpers against Mercyhurst and Johns Hopkins … Made collegiate debut at the Navy Open against Mount St. Mary’s … Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 11; Nov. 25) and Rookie of the Week (Oct. 28; Nov. 25) twice apiece.
 
High School / Personal: Lettered in water polo (4 years) and swimming (1) at Valhalla High School in El Cajon, Calif. … Earned All-American (senior), Second Team All-California Interscholastic Federation (sophomore, junior), and First Team All-Grossmont League (junior, senior) … Named Valhalla Defensive Player of the Year (freshman, senior), Team MVP (junior), and team captain (junior, senior) … Led Valhalla to the Grossmont Hills League Championship (junior, senior) … Set the VHS school record for most goals blocked (senior) … Played club water polo with San Diego Shores Water Polo Club … Member of the Honor Roll all four years of high school … Spent the 2023-24 academic year at the Marion Military Institute in Marion, Ala., which is a Naval Academy Foundation School … Son of John and Linh Munch … Sister, Rachel (’27), is a member of the Biola University swim team … Cousin, Ben Ponder (’25), is a member of the Louisiana Tech basketball team.
 
Career Statistics

Year	Games	Saves	GA	Pct.	Assists	Steals
2024	19	169	183	.480	4	25
Totals	19	169	183	.480	4	25

 
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