2025 California/Hawaii Boys' All-American Water Polo Teams

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2025 California/Hawaii Boys’ All-American Water Polo Teams
First Team
Kai Kaneko Newport Harbor 12
Connor Ohl Newport Harbor 12
William Weir Corona Del Mar 11
Flynn Guenther Mira Costa 12
Wyatt Williamson Oaks Christian 12
Connor Colman Jserrra 12
Evan Wu Santa Margarita 12
Clay Carrington Sacred Heart Prep 12
Oliver Marcin Sacred Heart Prep 12
Tristan Tucker Miramonte 12
Will Corr De La Salle 12
Dexter Black La Jolla 11
Second Team
Mason Netzer Newport Harbor 12
Koosha Mirrafiti Corona Del Mar 12
Nathan Simoncelli Corona Del Mar 12
Lucas Pearce Mira Costa 12
Vaughan Baker Long Beach Wilson 11
Kane Fogg Oaks Christian 12
Ellis Culleton Campolindo 11
Sloan Brown De La Salle 12
Lucas Ruano Rio Americano 12
Brock Bliss Miramonte 12
Colin McPhail Cathedral, SD 12
Third Team
Geoff Slutzky Newport Harbor 12
Ben Kubichek Corona Del Mar 12
Kai Nelson Mira Costa 12
Darian Wang Oaks Christian 12
Logan McGann Santa Margarita 11
Jonas Ransford Jserra 12
Hunter Coleman Menlo School 10
Gates Gamble Sacred Heart Prep 11
Caleb Kulak Buchanan 11
Will Maguy Campolindo 11
Tor Martin La Jolla 12
Fourth Team
John V Cowles Loyola 12
Nicholas Tramontano Long Beach Wilson 11
Max Jakel Laguna Beach 12
Connor Clougherty Newport Harbor 12
Cooper Harlan Corona Del Mar 12
Nic Austen College Park 12
Nate Greenberg Archie Williams 11
Murdoch Baker-Matsuoka Sacred Heart Prep 12
Brady Hasset Miramonte 11
Finn Swanson St. Francis 12
Braylen Axline Cathedral 11
Nick Davidson Punahou 12
Fifth Team
Grant Anderson Mira Costa 11
Tobin Hunt Loyola 12
Morgan Chrichton Mater Dei 11
Noah Jurgensen Mater Dei 12
Grant Nelson Dos Pueblos 11
Harry Siafaris Harvard Westlake 11
Jack Pointner Buena 12
Alex Minton Clovis 12
Reid McCall Merced 12
Hayden Tulley De La Salle 12
Colton Bell Bishop’s 12
Sixth Team
Caleb Yost Loyola 12
Dante D’Sa Mater Dei 12
Will Stuart San Marcos 12
Luke Weichert Sage Hill 12
Noah Loo Westlake 12
Lucas Neushul Dos Pueblos 11
Jackson Walroth Rio Americano 12
Evan Liberatore San Ramon Valley 12
Ryan Madsen Los Gatos 12
Rafael Suarez-Abraham Soquel 11
Davis Jespersen Santana 11
Matias Sherida Punahou 12
Seventh Team
Asher Chenerinski Harvard Westlake 10
Dash D’Ambrosia Newport Harbor 12
Ryder Bjork Oaks Christian 11
Max Jakel Laguna Beach 12
Tate Hudson Yucaipa 12
Minjum Kim Beckman 10
Jakob Enberg Redwood 11
Will Cutler Davis 11
Jesse Bryan Clovis West 12
Cade O’Hare Campolindo 11
Jett Taylor Cathedral 11
Eighth Team
Grant Christian Corona Del Mar 12
Lars Knepper Jserra 10
Pedro Mattiazo Santa Margarita 12
Jameson Greenstone Mira Costa 11
Fernando Regon Long Beach Wilson 11
Charles Montano San Juan Hills 12
Carson Crocket Buchanan 12
Samuel Nagy-Hornok Valley Christian 9
Mathjijs Dirven Los Gatos 12
Tucker Gavin Archbishop Mitty 12
Aden Shin Bishop’s 10
Ninth Team
Jacob Duong Huntington Beach 12
Matthew Moran Downey 12
Maxwell Keldorf Loyola 12
River Davis Buena 12
Bobby Ray Sage Hill 10
Jacob Magid San Marcos 12
Jack Elder Las Lomas 12
Alex Stoffel Menlo School 12
Trent Smith Miramonte 11
Stryder Steick Soquel 12
Jackson Kirkley Rio Americano 12
Quinn Daniels La Jolla 12
Salvador Recca Kamehameha 10
Tenth Team
Kenzy Hadjaz Capo Valley 12
Zack Montoya Damien 12
Lian Friedman San Juan Hills 10
Christian Couch Westlake 12
Tannor Bachuber Santa Margarita 12
John Bergstedt Foothill 12
Genta Fuji Clovis North 11
Colin Wright Serra 11
Zach Dortch Alameda 12
Oliver Knoflick Northgate 12
Ryan Fresca Carlsbad 12
Dylan McManus Punahou 12

Edited on February 21 to add the athletes from Hawaii.

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A whole ten athletes from San Diego Section?

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Is there a link / website ?

Thanks!

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By contrast, the Acalanes high school district (two schools represented) has eight players selected and Newport Mesa high school district (two schools represented) has twelve players selected.

SDS teams placed second and tied for 3rd in SoCal regionals for Div 1, and first and second in SoCal regionals for Div 2.

Maybe ten athletes is not the right number?

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I am not suggesting that there are not twelve players from Newport and CDM or eight players from Miramonte and Campolindo who are qualified to be selected for the CA/HI AA roster, but I am suggesting that there might be more than ten players from San Diego Section that could have been selected.

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It’s definitely not the most well done list and hasn’t been as long as I can remember. Slots are predetermined. SDS (and I believe combined with Hawaii) get 10 no matter what, and they are spread across each team so it’s one SDS athlete per team.

Not sure why there isn’t something better/more accurate at the point.

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Why even make such a list to be honest. Combining CA/Hawaii for an All American list is weird from the start.

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Especially strange as there appear to be zero players from Hawaii listed on a Cal/Hawaii AA list

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I was told that the Hawaii coaches haven’t submitted their list yet. The Hawaii athletes will be added later.

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In SDS it is not one athlete per team, but rather the order they finish in All-CIF Voting. It easy to reconcile, first team is player of the year and then just straight down the list. You are correct in they get ten spots, and the spots go to the 10 first team players. Cathedral and LJHS each had 3 players on the CA/Hawaii list and Bishops had 2, not one per school.

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Jett Taylor not among the top 60 players. Not sure what UCLA sees in him.

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Maybe other Sections (SS, Central, etc) go deeper in their divisions because the other sections actually publish selections from other than Open Division (with an occasional if rare nod to the D1 MVP).

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One poster recently said Taylor might be one of the best players in his class

He definitely has the genes with a NFL father

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I think it was a joke showing the ridiculousness of such an “all American” list.

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SDHSPolo,

I never mentioned anything about schools. I said there is one SD player per team, and since we are talking about All American teams, I figured it’d be obvious I meant one SD player per All American team. Perhaps I could have articulated that better. I am aware that the team each SD athlete is placed on is based on how they were ranked on their All-Section team.

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That makes more sense than the ranking

Thanks for reminding me there’s some occasional humor to be found here!

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