2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Alec Zwaneveld
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-8
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- La Cañada, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake
2016
Played in 23ย matches, making fiveย starts โฆ earned hisย thirdย straight MPSF All-Academic accolades ... tied for 8thย on the team in scoringย with 16ย goals on 32 attempts, converting at a 50.0 percent rate ...ย scored a season-high two goals in victories over No. 14 Brown (Sept. 10), John Hopkins (Sept. 10), No. 11 Princeton (Sept. 11), Pomona Pitzer (Sept. 23), and San Jose State (Nov. 5) ... he scored at least one goal in 11 of the 23 games he played, including fiveย multiple goal games ... also had fourย assists, 11 steals, threeย field blocksย and 20ย earned exclusions (4th on the team) ... he also drew three penalty shotsย (3rd on the team).
2015
Played in 18 matches, making two starts โฆ earned 2015 ACWPC All-Academic "Excellent" honors and his second straight MPSF All-Academic accolades ... tallied eight goals on 20 attempts, converting at a 40.0 percent rate ...ย scored a season- and career-high tying three goals in a 22-6 win over Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 10) ... he scored at least one goal in four of the 18 games he played, including three multiple goal games ... also had two assists, five steals, and 16 earned exclusions (7th on the team).
2014
Played in 19 of the 32 matches, making eight starts โฆ was named MPSF All-Academic and secured ACWPC All-Academic "excellent" honorsย โฆ scored 11 goals on 35 attempts shooting at a 31.4 percent rate โฆย scored at least one goal in eight matches, scoring multiple goals three times โฆ had a season-high two goals in victories over Loyola Marymount (Sept. 7), Occidental (Sept. 14) and St. Francis Brooklyn (Oct. 11) โฆ also had 10 steals, six assists and two field blocks โฆ was third on the team in exclusions drawn (23) and tied for second in earned penalty shots (three).
2013
Played in 14 matches, making one start โฆ scored 14 goals on 22 attempts, converting at a 63.6 percent rate, the best on the squad โฆย scored a season-high three goals in a win at Redlands (Sept. 14) and in a home win over Concordia (Nov. 1) โฆ scored at least one goal in each of his first eight games of his collegiate career and scored at least one goal in nine matches on the year, scoring multiple goals three times โฆ missed 18 games due to injuryย โฆย tied for fifth on the team with 12 earned exclusions โฆ also registered eight steals, two assists and two field blocks.
2012
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015:ย Played in all eight games (102 minutes), making eight starts for Team USA at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea (July 2-14) โฆ he scored four goals on nine shots, converting at a 44.4 percent rateย โฆ scored two goals (on two shots) in the 11-9 win over France in the quarterfinalsย โฆย also tallied three steals, two field blocks and one assist as the United States captured bronze at the World University Games. 2013:ย Played in all eight games (111 minutes) for Team USA at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia (July 6-17) โฆ he scored six goals on 14 shots, converting at a 42.9 percent rate โฆ also registered one steal and one field block as the United States captured fifth place at the World University Games โฆ he also helped the USA to a fifth-place finish at the 2013 FINA Menโs Junior World Championships in Szombathely, Hungary (Aug. 12-18) โฆ the Americans went 5-2 at the Junior Worlds โฆ he played in seven games and tallied five goals.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner at Harvard-Westlake High School under head coaches Larry Felix (2008), Robert Lynn (2009-10) and Brian Flacks (2011) โฆ helped the Wolverines reach the quarterfinals of the 2009 CIF Southern Section Division I Championship as a sophomore โฆ named the teamโs most valuable player as a junior and senior โฆ named to the second team All-CIF in 2010 and earned first team All-CIF accolades in 2011 โฆ also earned All-American honors as a senior in 2011.
Personal
Full name: Alec Anthony Zwaneveld โฆ born April 11, 1994 in Pasadena, Calif. โฆ his parents are Onno and Tonie Zwaneveld โฆ both of his parents attended UCLA โฆ his father was on three different Bruin teams that won the Rose Bowl (1983, 1984 and 1986) โฆ his godparents, Kevin and Julie Abbott, also attended UCLA โฆ has one older brother, Brendan, who played two seasons on the Bruinsโ menโs water polo team (2011-12) โฆ also has one younger sister, Michelle โฆ competed for Los Angeles Water Polo Club, leading the team to the silver medal at the 2010 Junior Olympics โฆ also played for the Coastal California Zone Team (ODP), earning one gold, one silver and two Junior Olympic bronze medals โฆ was a member of the 2011 USA Youth National Team and the 2012 Junior National Team โฆ says he chose to attend UCLA because โIt has the best combination of academics, athletics and facilities, anywhereโ โฆ lists Revaz Chomakhidze, the captain of the 2004 Russian Olympic team, as the athlete he most admires โฆ major is psychology.
| Alec Zwaneveld's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2013 | 14/1 | 14 | 22 | .636 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 12 |
| 2014 | 19/8 | 11 | 35 | .314 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 23 |
| 2015 | 18/2 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2016 | 23/5 | 16 | 32 | .500 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 20 |
| Totals | 74/16 | 49 | 109 | .450 | 14 | 34 | 7 | 71 |
