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Jersey Number 24
George Avakian
- Position:
- Center
- Class:
- Senior
- Height/Weight:
- 6-2 / 250
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake
- Major:
- Undeclared
At Cal
2022 (Jr.)
National
High School/Club
Personal
2022 (Jr.)
- Helped the Golden Bears win a second straight national championship with 19 goals and 14 drawn exclusions
- Opened the season with five goals and two earned exclusions in a win over Johns Hopkins
- Tied a career-high with seven goals in a win over Penn State Behrend at the MPSF Championships
- Also tallied five steals, three field blocks and a steal
- Scored a goal in the Bears' 13-12 win over USC in the NCAA final
- Registered seven goals and five field blocks
- Second on the team with 19 drawn exclusions
- Tied for fifth on the team with 11 goals
- Tied for fourth in the MPSF with four field blocks
National
- Played for Team USA at the 2021 FINA Junior World Championship, along with Cal teammates Adrian Weinberg and Sam Untrecht
- Represented the United States throughout his prep career
- Member of the USA Water Polo 15U Cadet Team & 18U Youth National Team
- Was an alternate for the Men’s Junior National Team that competed in the 2019 FINA Men’s Junior World Championship in Kuwait City, Kuwait
- Member of Team USA’s gold medal-winning roster at the 2019 UANA Youth Pan American Championship in Couva, Trinidad & Tobago
- Led the USA Cadet Team to a gold medal at the 2017 Darko Cucik Memorial Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia
- Scored a team-high three goals in the championship match victory over Croatia
High School/Club
- Graduated from Harvard-Westlake School (Los Angeles, Calif.) in the spring of 2020
- Earned 2019 High School All-American First Team honors as a senior
- Helped lead top-seeded Harvard-Westlake to the 2019 CIF SoCal Regional Division I title
- Scored the game-winning goal for the Wolverines in their regional semifinal win over Huntington Beach
- Los Angeles Daily News 2019 All-Area First Team selection
- Played key role in Harvard-Westlake’s run to the 2018 CIF SoCal Division I runner-up finish
- Played club for L.A. Premier Water Polo
Personal
- Full name is George Leon Avakian
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