Alec Mendelsohn

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Height:
5-11
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Studio City, Calif.
High School:
Harvard-Westlake School

Awards:
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2018, 2019)
CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team (2018, 2019)

2019: Played in 21 games … Added 15 goals, 24 assists and 10 steals … Scored a goal vs. No. 2 UCLA (Sept. 7) … Contributed two assists vs. Austin College (Sept. 8) vs. No. 9 UC San Diego (Sept. 13) and vs. Navy (Sept. 21) … Dropped in four helpers at No. 13 LMU (Sept. 28).

2018: Played in every game, starting 19 contests … Put up 41 goals, 23 assists, 22 steals and 12 drawn ejections … Recorded a goal in eight straight games (Sept. 1-9) … Multi-goal performance vs. Wagner (Sept. 1) … Snagged four tallies vs. Santa Clara (Sept. 7) … Secured three points vs. No. 1 UCLA (Sept. 9) … Contributed four points (two goals, two assists) vs. Brown (Sept. 29) … Registered four tallies vs. No. 7 Harvard (Sept. 30) … Multi-goal games vs. MIT (Oct. 6), Claremont Mudd-Scripps (Oct. 13) and Iona (Oct. 19) … Dropped in two points and three steals vs. No. 7 Pepperdine (Oct. 28) … Hat trick vs. No. 18 St. Francis-Brooklyn (Nov. 4) … Ended the year with four consecutive multi-goal performances (Nov. 16-24) … Added four points in the NWPC Semifinal vs. St. Francis-Brooklyn (Nov. 17) … Had three points in the NWPC Championship Game vs. No. 12 Harvard (Nov. 18).

2017: Did not miss a game and made one start … Scored 11 goals, had 13 assists and 15 steals … Started the season with two goals and two steals vs. Salem International (Sept. 2) … Had five points with two goals and three assists vs. LaSalle (Sept. 2) … Back-to-back games with goals vs. Chapman (Sept. 8) and Johns Hopkins (Sept. 8) … Dropped in two goals vs. Iona (Nov. 1).

Before Princeton:
High School: Daily News All-Area second team in 2016 … Elite Eight Tournament Champion during senior season … 2016 CIF SS Semifinalist … CIF SS Runner-up in 2015 … Was part of three straight Mission League championships (2013-15) … Took home two CIF SS titles in 2013 and 2014 … Squad went undefeated in 2014, going 29-0.

Club Team: L.A. Premier Water Polo … USA Water Polo First Team All-American … Won two bronze medals at the Junior Olympics (2013, 2016) … Two-time U-18 Junior Olympics Silver Medalist (2014-15) … Ironman Water Polo League Champion in 2013 and 2016.

ODP/National Team: Selected to the U.S. Development National Team in 2013.

Academic: Three-time USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American honoree … Honor Roll from 2014-17 … Harvard-Westlake Chapter of National Honor Society and Cum Laude.

Career Highs:

Season	GP	Goals	Shots	Assists	Steals	Sprints (W-L)	Ej. Drawn	Ejections	Blocks
2017	28	11	31	13	15	0-0	6	24	3
2018	30	41	95	23	22	0-0	12	29	4
2019	21	15	59	24	10	0-0	7	15	3
Career	79	67	185	60	47	0-0	25	68	10

	Career Highs
Goals	4, vs. No. 7 Harvard (9/30/18)
Assists	3, 4x - MR - at No. 16 Fordham (10/16/19)
Steals	3, 2x - MR - vs. No. 19 Brown (11/23/19)
Ej. Drawn	2, 4x, MR - vs. MIT (10/6/19)
Blocks	3, vs. MIT (10/1/17)