2025 Men's Water Polo Roster
Swart, William

Jersey Number 15
William Swart
- Height:
- 5-9
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Atherton, Calif.
- High School:
- Sacred Heart Prep.
Bio
Awards:
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic-Team (2023, 2024)
2024: Saw action in 20 games…Scored 16 goals and had 22 helpers…Tallied a goal and three assists against Occidental (Sept. 7)...Scored twice and added a steal, assist and drawn ejection against George Washington (Sept. 8)...Had two goals and two assists versus No. 17 Navy (Sept. 14)…Assisted on four goals against LIU (Nov. 2)…Hat trick and two helpers versus Iona (Nov. 2)...Scored twice, won two sprints and had one block against MIT (Nov. 9)...Recorded two goals in the NWPC Championship game against No. 19 Brown (Nov. 24)
2023: Appeared in 31 games, putting up 20 goals, 15 assists and 13 steals … Scored twice in the season opener vs. LIU (Sept. 2) … Helped out with three assists vs. Bucknell (Sept. 16) … Scored in three straight games (Oct. 8-17) …. Hat trick vs. Iona (Nov. 4).
Before Princeton:
Sacred Heart Prep: Four-year starter who scored 94 goals and registered 39 assists as a senior … CCS Co-Most Valuable Player … WCAL First Team … California/Hawaii Coaches' All-American in 2022 …. WCAL Second Team and CCS Honorable Mention in 2021 … CCS Honorable Mention in 2019 … Team was the 2022 WCAL, CCS Open Division and CIF Norcal Open Division titles … Was a Junior Olympics Silver Medalists … Unit won the 2021 Elite Eight title along with the North vs. South Challenge and the WCAL CCS Open Division crowns … Team won the WCAL and CCS Open Division championships in 2019 … Also lettered in swimming … Class President for two years … SHP Academic Excellence Awards in Spanish, History and English … AP Scholar Award … National Merit Commended Scholar … Four-time USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American … Cal-Hi Sports Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Son of Kathy and Gary Swart … Has a sister, Hannah and two brothers, Alex and Michael … Brother, Michael, played water polo at Princeton from 2015-18 … Brother, Alex, played water polo at George Washington University.
Career Stats:
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic-Team (2023, 2024)
2024: Saw action in 20 games…Scored 16 goals and had 22 helpers…Tallied a goal and three assists against Occidental (Sept. 7)...Scored twice and added a steal, assist and drawn ejection against George Washington (Sept. 8)...Had two goals and two assists versus No. 17 Navy (Sept. 14)…Assisted on four goals against LIU (Nov. 2)…Hat trick and two helpers versus Iona (Nov. 2)...Scored twice, won two sprints and had one block against MIT (Nov. 9)...Recorded two goals in the NWPC Championship game against No. 19 Brown (Nov. 24)
2023: Appeared in 31 games, putting up 20 goals, 15 assists and 13 steals … Scored twice in the season opener vs. LIU (Sept. 2) … Helped out with three assists vs. Bucknell (Sept. 16) … Scored in three straight games (Oct. 8-17) …. Hat trick vs. Iona (Nov. 4).
Before Princeton:
Sacred Heart Prep: Four-year starter who scored 94 goals and registered 39 assists as a senior … CCS Co-Most Valuable Player … WCAL First Team … California/Hawaii Coaches' All-American in 2022 …. WCAL Second Team and CCS Honorable Mention in 2021 … CCS Honorable Mention in 2019 … Team was the 2022 WCAL, CCS Open Division and CIF Norcal Open Division titles … Was a Junior Olympics Silver Medalists … Unit won the 2021 Elite Eight title along with the North vs. South Challenge and the WCAL CCS Open Division crowns … Team won the WCAL and CCS Open Division championships in 2019 … Also lettered in swimming … Class President for two years … SHP Academic Excellence Awards in Spanish, History and English … AP Scholar Award … National Merit Commended Scholar … Four-time USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American … Cal-Hi Sports Scholar Athlete.
Personal: Son of Kathy and Gary Swart … Has a sister, Hannah and two brothers, Alex and Michael … Brother, Michael, played water polo at Princeton from 2015-18 … Brother, Alex, played water polo at George Washington University.
Career Stats:
Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Ejections | Blocks |
2023 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 2-1 | 8 | 6 | 3 |
2024 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 4 | 4-2 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
Career | 51 | 36 | 53 | 37 | 17 | 6-3 | 11 | 15 | 5 |
Career Highs | |
Goals | 3, x2 - MR - vs. Iona (11/2/24) |
Assists | 4, vs. LIU (11/2/24) |
Steals | 3, at No. 9 UC Irvine (10/15/23) |
Ej. Drawn | 2, vs. No. 20 Fordham (9/10/23) |
Blocks | 1, 3x - MR - vs. Iona (11/18/23) |
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Thank You for Roaring Forward on TAGD 2021
Wednesday, December 01