2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Jack Grover
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
2017
Played in 25 matches, making 18 starts โฆ earned honorable mention All-Americaย and secondย team All-MPSFย honors โฆ also earned MPSF All-Academic honors and made the Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarterย ... scored 13 goals on 52ย attempts, converting at a 25.0 percent rate โฆ scored a season- and career-high-tying two goals in a 19-2 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scrippsย (Sept. 2), in a 20-4 win over No. 17 George Washington (Sept. 8), in a 5-7 loss to No. 4 USC (Nov. 19) and in an 11-9 win over No. 5 Pacific (Dec. 2) โฆ had at least one goal in nine of the 25ย games he played, including four multiple goal games โฆ also had 15 assists (sixth on the team), 12 steals, six earned exclusions and fourย field blocks while winning two sprints.
2016
Played in 25ย matches, making 13ย starts โฆย earned 2016 MPSF All-Academic honors ...ย tied for 8th on the team in scoring with 16ย goals on 51ย attempts, converting at a 31.4ย percent rate โฆ scored a season- and career-high tying two goals in victories over No. 14 Brown (Sept. 10), Johns Hopkins (Sept. 10), No. 11 Princeton (Sept. 11), No. 10 Pepperdine (Sept. 24) and in a 7-6 win over No. 6 Stanford (Oct. 29)ย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 11ย of the 25ย games he played, including fiveย multiple goal games โฆ also had 22ย assists (4th on the team), 12 steals (tied for 8th on the team), nineย field blocks (3rdย on the team) and nine earned exclusions (tied for 7th on the team).
2015
Played in 30 matches, making three starts โฆ scored 11 goals on 30 attempts, converting at a 36.7 percent rate โฆ scored a season- and career-high tying two goals in a 16-4 win over No. 18 Whittier (Sept. 13), a 22-6 win against Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 10), and in a 10-0 win at San Jose State (Oct. 18) โฆ he scored at least one goal in eight of the 30 games he played, including three multiple goal games โฆ also had 18 assists (tied for 9th on team), six steals, three field blocks and seven earned exclusions.
2014
Played in 27 matches, making four starts โฆ scored 11 goals on 45 attempts, converting at a 24.4 percent rate โฆ scored one goal in eight of the first nine matches of the year โฆย scored a season-high two goals in a win at UC Davis (Nov. 9) โฆ was eighth on the team with 17 assists โฆ also registered 10 steals and two field blocks.
2013
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015:ย Played in all eight games (150 minutes), making two starts for Team USA at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea (July 2-14) โฆ he scored three goals on 12 shots, converting at a 25.0 percent rate โฆ scored all three of his goals (on five shots) in a 12-8 win over China in pool playย โฆย also tallied six assists and four steals as the United States captured bronze at the World University Games.
High School
Three-year (2010-12) varsity water polo letterwinner at Loyola High School under head coach Erik Healy โฆ high school teammate, Chancellor Ramirez, is also his collegiate teammate โฆ was a co-captain of the Cubs in 2012 with Ramirez โฆ he was a three-time CIF D-I semifinalist and was named second team All-CIF as a senior in 2012 โฆ won the Coaches Award at the teamโs postseason banquet.
Personal
Full name: John Demetrios Grover, prefers Jack โฆ born May 28, 1994 in Pasadena, Calif. โฆ his parents are James and Maria Grover โฆ has one older brother, Nick, and one younger brother, Dennis โฆ his father attended UCLA โฆ competed with the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club โฆ lists the New York Knicksโ Metta World Peace as the athlete he most admires โฆ says his biggest thrill so far in his athletic career is, โplaying in the CIF Division I semifinal against Long Beach Wilson (lost 6-5)โ โฆ lists surfing as a hobby โฆ has yet to declare a major.
| Jack Grover's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2014 | 27/4 | 11 | 45 | .244 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| 2015 | 30/3 | 11 | 30 | .367 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| 2016 | 25/13 | 16 | 51 | .314 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| 2017 | 25/18 | 13 | 52 | .250 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 6 |
| Totals | 107/38 | 51 | 178 | .287 | 72 | 40 | 18 | 25 |
