2017 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Jack Grover
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
2017
Played in 25 matches, making 18 starts … earned honorable mention All-America and second team All-MPSF honors … also earned MPSF All-Academic honors and made the Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarter ... scored 13 goals on 52 attempts, converting at a 25.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high-tying two goals in a 19-2 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (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) … had at least one goal in nine of the 25 games he played, including four multiple goal games … also had 15 assists (sixth on the team), 12 steals, six earned exclusions and four field blocks while winning two sprints.
2016
Played in 25 matches, making 13 starts … earned 2016 MPSF All-Academic honors ... tied for 8th on the team in scoring with 16 goals on 51 attempts, converting at a 31.4 percent rate … 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) … he scored at least one goal in 11 of the 25 games he played, including five multiple goal games … also had 22 assists (4th on the team), 12 steals (tied for 8th on the team), nine field blocks (3rd on the team) and nine earned exclusions (tied for 7th on the team).
2015
Played in 30 matches, making three starts … scored 11 goals on 30 attempts, converting at a 36.7 percent rate … 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) … he scored at least one goal in eight of the 30 games he played, including three multiple goal games … 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 … scored 11 goals on 45 attempts, converting at a 24.4 percent rate … scored one goal in eight of the first nine matches of the year … scored a season-high two goals in a win at UC Davis (Nov. 9) … was eighth on the team with 17 assists … also registered 10 steals and two field blocks.
2013
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015: 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) … he scored three goals on 12 shots, converting at a 25.0 percent rate … scored all three of his goals (on five shots) in a 12-8 win over China in pool play … 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 … high school teammate, Chancellor Ramirez, is also his collegiate teammate … was a co-captain of the Cubs in 2012 with Ramirez … he was a three-time CIF D-I semifinalist and was named second team All-CIF as a senior in 2012 … won the Coaches Award at the team’s postseason banquet.
Personal
Full name: John Demetrios Grover, prefers Jack … born May 28, 1994 in Pasadena, Calif. … his parents are James and Maria Grover … has one older brother, Nick, and one younger brother, Dennis … his father attended UCLA … competed with the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club … lists the New York Knicks’ Metta World Peace as the athlete he most admires … says his biggest thrill so far in his athletic career is, “playing in the CIF Division I semifinal against Long Beach Wilson (lost 6-5)” … lists surfing as a hobby … 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 |
