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Jersey Number 7
James Vlachonassios
- Position:
- Attacker/Utility
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Huntington Beach HS
2017
Played in 19 matches, making zero starts … earned ACWPC All-Academic "superior" honors ... also earned MPSF All-Academic accolades ... scored five goals on 11 attempts, converting at a 45.5 percent rate … scored a season-high one goal in five different games … he scored at least one goal in five of the 19 contests he played … also had eight assists, 10 steals, one field block and one earned exclusion.
2016
Played in 25 matches, making 10 starts … earned 2016 ACWPC All-Academic "Excellent" accolades ... scored 10 goals on 29 attempts, converting at a 34.5 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high three goals in a 20-2 win over Chapman (Sept. 4) … he scored at least one goal in eight of the 25 games he played … also had 16 assists (tied for 7th on team), nine steals, five field blocks (tied for 6th on team) and four earned exclusions.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner as a utility at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. for head coach Sasa Branisavljevic … also lettered in swimming two years … earned First Team All-Sunset League and Second Team All-CIF in 2015 … was a Distinguished Academic USWP All-American in 2014 and 2015 … named Second Team All-Sunset League in 2013 … was second on the team in scoring as a senior (2015) with 53 goals … also second in 2013 in assists with 25 … in swimming, was named a Scholar Athlete for Academic Achievement in 2014 and for water polo in 2014 and 2015.
Personal
Full name: James Vlachonassios … born January 2, 1998 in Yuma, Ariz. … his parents are Natalie and Konstantinos Vlachonassios … is an only child … speaks Greek fluently … his uncle, Andreas Vrakas, was a member of the Greek National Rowing Team from 1982-1988, winning multiple international awards … competed with the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club ... says he chose UCLA because, "UCLA is one of the only universities in the whole world that can combine both world-renowned academics with top-level athletics" … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "winning Sunset League at Huntington Beach HS, ending a decade-long drought of a league title" ... lists Michael Jordan, Jason Lezak, LeBron James, Michael Phelps and Cam Newton as the athletes he most admires … lists photography, playing basketball and beach volleyball, and traveling as his hobbies … majoring in business/economics.
Played in 19 matches, making zero starts … earned ACWPC All-Academic "superior" honors ... also earned MPSF All-Academic accolades ... scored five goals on 11 attempts, converting at a 45.5 percent rate … scored a season-high one goal in five different games … he scored at least one goal in five of the 19 contests he played … also had eight assists, 10 steals, one field block and one earned exclusion.
2016
Played in 25 matches, making 10 starts … earned 2016 ACWPC All-Academic "Excellent" accolades ... scored 10 goals on 29 attempts, converting at a 34.5 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high three goals in a 20-2 win over Chapman (Sept. 4) … he scored at least one goal in eight of the 25 games he played … also had 16 assists (tied for 7th on team), nine steals, five field blocks (tied for 6th on team) and four earned exclusions.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner as a utility at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. for head coach Sasa Branisavljevic … also lettered in swimming two years … earned First Team All-Sunset League and Second Team All-CIF in 2015 … was a Distinguished Academic USWP All-American in 2014 and 2015 … named Second Team All-Sunset League in 2013 … was second on the team in scoring as a senior (2015) with 53 goals … also second in 2013 in assists with 25 … in swimming, was named a Scholar Athlete for Academic Achievement in 2014 and for water polo in 2014 and 2015.
Personal
Full name: James Vlachonassios … born January 2, 1998 in Yuma, Ariz. … his parents are Natalie and Konstantinos Vlachonassios … is an only child … speaks Greek fluently … his uncle, Andreas Vrakas, was a member of the Greek National Rowing Team from 1982-1988, winning multiple international awards … competed with the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club ... says he chose UCLA because, "UCLA is one of the only universities in the whole world that can combine both world-renowned academics with top-level athletics" … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "winning Sunset League at Huntington Beach HS, ending a decade-long drought of a league title" ... lists Michael Jordan, Jason Lezak, LeBron James, Michael Phelps and Cam Newton as the athletes he most admires … lists photography, playing basketball and beach volleyball, and traveling as his hobbies … majoring in business/economics.
| James Vlachonassios's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2016 | 25/10 | 10 | 29 | .345 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 2017 | 19/0 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 44/10 | 15 | 40 | .375 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 5 |
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