2025 Men's Water Polo Roster
Gavin Appeldorn
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Newport Harbor
Awards
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)
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 |
| Career | 32 | 52 | 95 | 17 | 31 | 0-0 | 61 | 32 | 6 |
| Career Highs | |
| Goals | 5, at Occidental (9/7/24) |
| Assists | 2, 4x - MR - at No. 19 Brown (11/10/24) |
| Steals | 4, vs George Washington (9/8/24) |
| Ej. Drawn | 3, at Iona (10/8/23) |
| Blocks | 5, at No. 19 Brown (11/10/24) |
