Vladan Mitrovic

Photo by: Shelley M. Szwast

Photo by: Nicole Maloney

Height:
6-5
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Novi Sad, Serbia
High School:
Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj High School

Awards:
ACWPC Third-Team All-America (2023, 2024)
Honorable Mention All-America (2022)
NCAA Second Team All-Tournament (2023)
All-NWPC First Team (2023, 2024)
NWPC All-Tournament First-Team (2021, 2024)
NWPC All-Tournament Second-Team (2022)
NWPC Player of the Week (Oct. 24, 2022, Sept. 11, 2023, Dec. 4, 2023)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2024)

2024: Played in all 32 games with 30 starts…Led the Tigers in blocks with 20…Recorded 47 goals, 32 assists, and 17 steals…Had four goals, two blocks and an assist against George Washington (Sept. 8)...Started the season off with five multi-goal games in a row (Sept. 7-14)...Scored a single game career high five goals and added two blocks versus No. 7 Pacific…Found the back of the cage four times against No. 12/15 UCSD at MPSF Invite (Sept. 21)…Tallied one goal, one drawn ejection, and three blocks against No. 15 Harvard (Nov. 9)... Back-to-back hat tricks in NWPC Tournament against Iona and No. 19 Brown (Nov. 23-24)

2023: Appeared in 31 games, adding 54 goals, 22 assists and 16 blocks … Hat trick vs. Wagner (Sept. 9) … Recorded three consecutive games with four goals each (Sept. 9-10) … Hat trick vs. MIT (Sept. 30) … Posted four tallies at No. 1 UCLA (Oct. 18) … Back-to-back games with two goals each at MIT and No. 11 Harvard (Oct. 29) … Hat trick and two assists vs. No. 6 UC Irvine in the NCAA Quarterfinals (Dec. 1) … Four points vs. No. 1 UCLA in the NCAA Semifinals (Dec. 2).

2022: Played in 27 contests … Added 32 goals, 17 steals, and 11 assists … Stole three passes vs. George Washington (Sept. 3) … Hat trick vs. No. 11 Harvard (Oct. 2) … Three straight games with at least two goals (Oct. 18-21) including a hat trick at No. 10 Pepperdine … Led the team with four tallies vs. No. 3 Stanford (Oct. 23) … Hat trick vs. No. 16 Fordham in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 26) … Put up two goals and two steals vs. No. 1 USC in the NCAA Quarterfinals (Dec. 1).

2021: Contributed 27 goals, 30 assists, 23 steals … Multi-goal performance vs. No. 3 Stanford (Sept. 11) … Dropped in two goals at No. 17 LMU (Sept. 18) … Remarkable six-point performance with a hat trick at No. 10 Pepperdine (Sept. 18) … Contributed two goals and three helpers vs. Brown (Oct. 2) … Put up three helpers at No. 11 Harvard (Oct. 30) … Snagged two goals and four helpers at Brown (Oct. 31) … Hat trick in the NWPC Championship vs. No. 19 St. Francis-Brooklyn (Nov. 21).

Before Princeton:

Vojvodina Water Polo Club: Team earned first place in the Serbian Junior Cup in 2010 (U12), 2013 (U15) and secured second place in 2014 (U17) … Squad was also first in the Serbian Junior League in 2011 (U14) and 2012 (U15) and second in in 2013 (U16) … Was member of the unit that earned first place in the Junior Regional Cup in 2010 (U12), second twice (U14) in 2011 and 2012 (U15) along with third place tally in 2014 (U17) … Helped team to third place at the A2 Regional Water Polo League in 2017 and 2018.

Serbian National Team: Led the squad to first place at the Junior World Championships in 2011-13 (U15) and European Olympic Games in 2015 … Unit was fifth at the 2016 FINA World Junior Championships.

Personal: Son of Sanja and Spasoja Mitrovic … Has a brother, Vojilsav, who played water polo at Princeton and is the program's all-time leader in saves with 1,142.

Career Stats:

Season	GP	Goals	Shots	Assists	Steals	Sprints (W-L)	Ej. Drawn	Ejections	Blocks
2021		27	98	30	23	0-0	6	28	18
2022	27	32	85	11	17	0-0	5	32	9
2023	31	54	143	22	15	0-0	9	32	16
2024	32	47	125	32	17	0-0	6	32	20
Career		163	451	95	72	0-0	26	124	63

Career Highs:
Goals: 5, vs. No. 7 Pacific (9/15/2024)
Assists: 4, x2 - MR - at No. 1 UCLA (9/20/2024)
Steals: 3, 4x - MR - vs. MIT (10/5/2024)
Ej. Drawn: 3, 4x - MR - vs. No. 19 Brown (11/24/2024)
Blocks: 3, 2x - MR - at No. 15 Harvard (11/9/2024)