C/O 2028 Players

As requested, here’s a 14-man roster comprised of players from the Class of 2028. Dozens of other players deserve mention.

Ethan Wallace – goalie, Tamalpais

Stefan Vukojevic - goalie, JSerra

Lars Knepper - center defender, JSerra

Storm Jackson - center defender/attacker, Redwood

Hunter Coleman – center, Menlo

Grayson Taylor – center, Cathedral Catholic

Mason Tunney - LH attacker, Miramonte

Jackson Shaw - attacker, Brunswick School

Dylan Park – attacker, JSerra

Sean Anderson – attacker, Newport Harbor

Aden Shin – attacker, Bishop’s

Christian Yonker – attacker, San Marcos

Tanner Gorman - attacker, Santa Margarita

Jack Davis – attacker, Cathedral Catholic

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I’ll add a few more top 2028 players. This is mostly based on last year’s high school rosters of some of the top teams in CA. In no particular order. Clearly it is incomplete list so please add or update.

Caruso Polenzani Utility Newport/Newport Harbor

Parker Johnson Attacker Mission/JSerra

Andrew Schneider Attacker Mission/JSerra

Maximus Bruhn Attacker Del Mar/Cathedral

Diego Dantas Attacker Del Mar/Cathedral

Calvin Lubsen Utilty SD Shores/Bishops

Roman Kachinskiy Attacker SD Shores/Bishops

Hanrui Liu Attacker Del Mar/Bishops

Ronan Keane Attacker Mission/JSerra

Charlie Feaver Center 680/SRV

Oliver Ruotsi-Falk Attacker 680/Campolindo

Drew Vella Attacker 680/Monte Vista

Jake Panagotacos Attacker 680/SRV

Graham Hodson Attacker 680/SRV

Dylon Porter Center 680/Monte Vista

Caden Keane G Lamo/Miramonte

Bryce Batiochok Attadker Lamo/Miramonte

Simon Mains Attacker Lamo/Miramonte

Luke Sagara 2MD Lamo/Miramonte

Evan Thomas Attacker Lamo/Miramonte

Miles Gaffney Attacker Lamo/Miramonte

Tate Lustig Attacker Diablo/DLS

Lincoln Bott Attacker Stanford/Menlo

Adam Afar Attacker Stanford/Menlo

Ossi Carrico Attacker SJX/Harker

Rollan Tannert Attacker SJX/St. Francis

Nicolas Ruano Attacker Rio Americano

William Mills G St Ignatious/CCU

Jasper Feldman Attacker SHAQ/Tamalpais

Nash Van Wagenen Attacker Rocklin/CC United

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Excellent lists. In my opinion, Jackson Shaw, over in Greenwich, leads these lists in skill and experience. Very crafty and packs a punch. He was a part of the World Champs Cadet team that went to Malta. He can attack hips and drive with ease. Grayson Taylor is massive, and if he grows like his brother, Jett, he will be able to make an impact at top NCAA teams.

William (Yummy) Mills is a top goalie on this list. Very talented and understands the pool. Very vocal on and off the pool deck. He plays for CCU and has been a part of the National Team Pipeline for some time. Yummy’s brother is quite the performer for both USC and the Junior National Team.

Arda Demiryurek is a talented attacker for Trojan. He can lock goalies and make an extra pass because of his view of the pool and his faking with a “hitch.”

Sungwon **(**Aden) Shin plays for Del Mar. He is extremely talented from the outside and knows everything that is happening in the pool. Aden plays up with older national team groups and was the captain of the 2025 17u Men’s Pan Am with the USA Cadet National Team.

Sean Anderson is quite the player. It seems to me like he can do a lot. He helped the 16s and 18s at Newport. Sean lights it up from anywhere in the pool. He has definitely learned some post-up skills from his older brother, Tyler Anderson.

Mentioned on the second list is Fran Pintaric. He is a very talented class of 2029 player at Loyola High School. Great attacker and overall high-IQ player. He heavily contributed to the Trojan 16u team despite being a 14u. His dad knows a few things about water polo, but his work ethic has taken him far, too.

The Class of 2028 is a very talented class with lots of National Team experience. It will be interesting to see the impact of roster limits trickle down on this class for those who want to play at the collegiate level.

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My son’s team played against Greenwich 16’s in JO’s and I was very impressed by Jackson Shaw. He’s definitely one to watch out on the East Coast and could be the next from Greenwich to head out west for collegiate water polo.

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Ronan Keane is an attacker and is now at Mission/Jserra… Big pickup for them

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Thanks, keep the names and corrections coming, I am editing as I get information. If you prefer, I’ve gotten a couple of messages also and made those changes/additions.