2024 Men's Water Polo Roster

24 George Avakian

  • Position Center
  • Class Senior
  • Height/Weight 6-2 / 250
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • High School Harvard-Westlake
  • Major Undeclared
  • Instagram @george_avakian

Biography

At Cal
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
2021 (So.)
  • Scored a goal in the Bears' 13-12 win over USC in the NCAA final
  • Registered seven goals and five field blocks
2020 (Fr.)
  • 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

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2020Freshman

    Center
    6'2" 250 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2021Sophomore

    Center
    6'2" 250 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2022Sophomore

    Center
    6'2" 250 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2023Junior

    Center
    6'2" 250 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2024Senior

    Center
    6'2" 250 lbs
    24