A total of 12 UC Davis student-athletes - six men and six women - were selected for 2008-09 All-Academic awards by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches, it was announced by executive director Bryan Kimbell. Furthermore, the Aggie women's team was honored collectively for its overall grade-point average. More
The NCAA announced on Wednesday that two UC Davis teams - men's water polo and women's tennis - have been honored with public recognition awards for Academic Progress Rate (APR) success, each of them earning distinction for the second consecutive year.
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Senior utility Adam Bennett scored three goals while senior defender Adam Lindsay added two to lead 11th-ranked and third-seeded UC Davis to an 8-6 win over Santa Clara in the third-place game of the Western Water Polo Association men's championship at Claremont's Axelrod Pool Sunday.
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Senior driver Grant Muenter earned a first-team nod while seniors Adam Bennett and Adam Lindsay picked up second-team and honorable-mention accolades on the 2008 All-Western Water Polo Association team, it was announced during the conference tournament.
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Senior Adnan Jerkovich scored four goals to lead second-seeded UC San Diego to a 10-9 win over third-seeded UC Davis in a semifinal game of the Western Water Polo Association men's championship at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' Axelrod Pool Saturday afternoon. Senior utility Adam Bennett scored two goal...
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Sophomore two-meters Aaron Salit scored a game-high three goals to lead third-seeded and 11th-ranked UC Davis to a 6-4 win over sixth-seeded and 20th-ranked Air Force in the quarterfinal round of the Western Water Polo Association men's tournament at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' Matt M. Axelrod Pool F...
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With an 11-14 overall mark and 8-4 record against its conference opponents, UC Davis has earned the No. 3 seed at the Western Water Polo Association men's championship, hosted by Claremont-Mudd-Scripps at the Matt M. Axelrod Pool from Friday, November 21 to Sunday, November 23. The Aggies will fa...
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No. 11 UC Davis rode a 5-0 start to a 6-5 win over No. 16 Santa Clara in a Western Water Polo Association men's game at the Sullivan Aquatic Center Saturday afternoon. The Aggies improve to 11-14 and 8-4 in conference play, virtually assuring themselves the third seed at the upcoming WWPA Champio...
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The 11th-ranked UC Davis men's water polo team wraps up its regular season with a key road game at No. 16 Santa Clara. With the two teams having split their previous matchups and the Western Water Polo Association on the near horizon, Saturday's game could have a major impact on the tournament se...
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Senior utility Adam Bennett scored three first-quarter goals while Philippe Chordas and Aaron Salit each added two to lead 11th-ranked UC Davis to a 14-3 victory over UC Santa Cruz in a Western Water Polo Association men's game at Schaal Aquatics Center Sunday afternoon. The Aggies honored the se...
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Daniel Garcia scored a game-high four goals and No. 8 UC San Diego used four unanswered scores in the second half to earn a 9-6 victory over No. 11 UC Davis in a Western Water Polo Association game at Schaal Aquatics Center Friday night. Senior Adam Lindsay and sophomore Aaron Salit each scored ...
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Sam Paneno Gives Back More Than He Lost
Sam Paneno doesn't do self-pity.
"Why me?" never crossed his lips.
Or his mind.
"I was always taught to look at life from different perspectives," the former UC Davis running back says, "and that you have a choice on how you react to things."
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Spotlight Aggie: Heidi Kucera
Balancing a varsity sport and a full schedule of classes is a challenging task for any student-athlete. Adding a second varsity sport to that mix makes things even more hectic. But UC Davis junior Heidi Kucera finds a way to excel in water polo and swimming, using complementing skills to help contribute in both.
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Spotlight Aggie: Austin Graham
The numbers - 86 and 63 - make more sense as the high-low temperatures on a typical fall day in Davis than they do as back-to-back rounds of golf.
But there they were, seemingly polar-opposite figures, staring up from Austin Graham's first-day scorecard on Oct. 13 at The Prestige at PGA WEST, co-hosted by UC Davis and Stanford.
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Spotlight Aggie: Renee Ibekwe
UC Davis has long held a belief that athletics plays an integral role in the educational process. A student-athlete, as the term suggests, is a student first. A coach is a teacher. Playing a sport - even at the highest collegiate levels - remains at its core a learning experience.
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