Albert Ponferrada

William Kelly

ATT

/ Men's Water Polo

No. 2 Cal Edges No. 11 Pepperdine In Berkeley

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Position:
Attacker
Class:
Senior
Height/Weight:
6-4 / 215
Hometown:
Barcelona, Spain
High School:
IES CAR Sant Cugat

ACCOLADES
2x National Champion
Second Team All-MPSF honoree
ACWPC All-American ('23)
2x CSC At-Large Academic All-District Team
2x ACWPC All-Academic Team (Outstanding)
Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll ('23)
MPSF All-Academic Team ('23)

At Cal
2024 (Jr.)

Seventh on team in goals (19).
Posted at least two goals in five games.
Had a season-high of four goals against No. 1 UCLA (Nov.23).
Second in the MPSF in assists (48).

2023 (So.)

Appeared in 27 games for the NCAA three-peat-clinching Golden Bears
Had a breakout sophomore season ending with an ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
Second on the team in assists (50) and steals (36) and fourth in goals (38)
Ended the year with a huge four-assist, three-steal effort in the NCAA Championship Game
Recorded five hat tricks, the first coming in a four-goal performance in a 16-10 win over No. 7 UCSB (Sept. 3)
Had three goals against four ranked opponents, including his game-winning goal in an 18-17 overtime win over Stanford (Sept. 23) and in a 10-9 win over No. 3 USC (Oct. 8)

2022 (Fr.)

Ranked second on the team and sixth in the MPSF with 30 assists
His 22 goals were good for seventh on the team
Scored a season high three goals in a 7-6 win over UCLA
Totaled 12 steals, seven drawn exclusions and eight field blocks

National

Represented Spain at the 2022 FINA World League Super Final
Played for Spain in the 2021 FINA Junior World Championship. along with Cal teammates Max Casabella and Roberto Valera

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