Gavin Appeldorn

Photo by: Kathy Swart

Height:
6-3
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Newport Beach, Calif.
High School:
Newport Harbor

Awards
All-NWPC First Team (2025)
NWPC Player of the Week (Dec. 9, 2025)
ACWPC Honorable Mention All-America (2024)
NWPC Rookie of the Tournament (2024)
NWPC All-Tournament Second Team (2024)
All-NWPC Second Team (2024)
NWPC Rookie of the Week (Nov. 4, 2024, Nov. 11, 2024, Nov. 25, 2024)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2024)

2025: First-team All-NWPC honoree ... played in 31 games and made 18 starts ... scored 42 goals on 89 shots ... added 24 assists, 17 steals, 47 ejections drawn and seven blocks ... earned NWPC Player of the Week honors on Dec. 9 after scoring two goals in the NCAA quarterfinals against eventual champ UCLA ... season-high three goals came against Pepperdine on Oct. 12 and again against Iona on Nov. 1 ... had four assists against Long Beach State on Oct. 16 ... drew six ejections against Iona.

2024: Played in all 32 games and made 19 starts…Led the team in drawn ejections with 61 and added 52 goals, 31 steals, 17 assists and six blocks…Scored five goals and drew three ejections versus Occidental (Sept. 7)...Tallied four drawn ejections, three steals a goal and an assist against No. 18/19 Santa Clara (Sept. 13)...Hat trick versus No. 17 Navy (Sept. 14)...Drew four ejections against Bucknell (Sept. 13)...Recorded four goals against No. 1 UCLA and No. 12/15 UCSD at the MPSF Invite (Sept. 20-21)...Had a four goal, four drawn ejection game versus LIU (Sept. 28)...Had back-to-back games drawing four ejections (Oct. 15-16)...Produced three goals and three steals versus LIU (Nov. 2)...Went three for three and drew five ejections in the regular season finale against No. 18 Brown (Nov. 10)...Recorded a hat trick and three drawn ejections in the NWPC Championship versus No. 19 Brown (Nov. 24)

Newport Harbor: First-Team All-CIF … Top 15 NHHS Athlete … Junior Olympic Second-Team … Team won the CIF and CIF regional titles in 2022 … Squad was CIF runner-up in 2023 … Junior Olympic 2023 Champions … Won the Michael Grier Award …. NHHS Link Crew … AP Scholar with Distinction … USAWP Academic All-American.

Personal: Son of Tyler and Randy Appledorn … Has a sister, Parker, and brother, Fletcher.

Career Stats:

Season	GP	Goals	Shots	Assists	Steals	Sprints (W-L)	Ej. Drawn	Ejections	Blocks
2024	32	52	95	17	31	0-0	61	32	6
2025	31	42	85	24	17	0-0	47	42	7
Career	63	94	180	41	48	0-0	108	74	13

	Career Highs
Goals	5, at Occidental (9/7/24)
Assists	4, at Long Beach State (10/16/25)
Steals	4, vs George Washington (9/8/24)
Ej. Drawn	6, vs. Iona (11/1/25)
Blocks	5, at No. 19 Brown (11/10/24)