Andrew (Andy) Michael Stevens (born December 4, 1987) is an American

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

goalkeeper. While playing at

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, he was a 4-Time All-American. Previously he played for the United States Mens National Team, and most recently competed for Team USA at the 2013 FINA World Championships.

Career

High school

Stevens played water polo at Villa Park High SchoolISHOF Celebrates Black History in Aquatics
in Orange County from 2002 to 2005. In 2004 and 2005, he was named to the California-Hawaii All-America first team and in 2005 was also OC Registers All-Orange County Team Goalkeeper."Andy Stevens"
. usawaterpolo.org. Retrieved September 24, 2012.

College

Stevens then went to Loyola Marymount University, where he redshirted the 2006 season. In 2007, he started 28 games as goalkeeper and had a 7.8 goals against average he finished the season as Honorable Mention All-American, the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Newcomer of the Year including All-WWPA Honorable Mention, WWPA All-Tournament second-team and LMU Athletics' Male Newcomer of the Year. The following year in 2008, he started 31 games, had a 7.15 goals against average, and was named to was named third-team All-American, first-team All-NCAA Tournament, the WWPA Player of the Year, first-team All-WWPA, MVP of the WWPA Tournament, first-team WWPA All-Tournament as well as LMU Male Athlete of the Year.
lmulions.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012. Stevens started 28 games in 2009. He had 321 saves and a 6.15 goals against average. Following the season, he was named Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Player of the Year (Making him the first player in his programs history to earn back-to-back Player of The Year Honors), Third-Team All-American, First-Team WWPA All-Conference, WWPA Tournament MVP, First-Team WWPA All-Tournament, First-Team NCAA All-Tournament, LMU Male Co-Athlete of the Year. In 2010, in his last and final collegiate season he started 29 games, made 305 saves, and had a 6.41 goals against average. His performance helped LMU reach the NCAA Championships for the fourth year in a row. In his last year he finished the season as second-team All-American, first-team All-WWPA, WWPA Tournament MVP, first-team WWPA All-Tournament, and for the third year in a row he was the only goalkeeper to be named first-team NCAA All-Tournament. He finished his college career with 1,232 total saves, setting a school record.

United States National Team

Stevens has been a goalkeeper for the U.S. National Team since 2005 and most recently competed in the 2013 FINA World Championships, in Barcelona, Spain. USA Men's Senior National Water Polo Team * 2013 FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain * 2013 FINA World League Super Final, Chilyabinsk, Russia * 2013 UANA World Aquatic Championships, Calgary, Canada * 2012 Olympic Alternate * 2012 Pan Pacific Tournament, Melbourne, Australia * 2011 FINA World Championships, Shanghai China * 2011 26th World University Games, Shenzen, China * 2010 FINA World Cup, Oradea, Romania * 2010 FINA World League Super Final, Nis, Serbia * 2010 4th Volvo Cup International Tournament in Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary * 2009 25th World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia * 2009 3rd Volvo Cup International Tournament in Eger, Hungary USA Junior National Team * 2005 Six Nations Water Polo Tournament in Cosenza, Italy * 2006

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in Montreal, Canada 1st Place * 2007 FINA Junior World Championships in Long Beach, CA 6th Place * 2007 Low Tatras Cup in Novaky, Slovakia 2nd place, * 2007 L.E.N. Zagreb Cup in Zagreb, Croatia 4th place

Professional Highlights

Stevens previously played for Vaterpolo Klub Radnički Kragujevac located in Kragujevac, Serbia."Andy Stevens"
VKRadnicki.com. Retrieved September 24, 2012. * 2013 LEN Cup Champion (European Champions)

Personal

Stevens was born in

Arcadia, California Arcadia is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, located about northeast of downtown Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley and at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains. It contains a series of adjacent parks consisting of th ...

, on December 4, 1987. He is 6 feet, 3 inches tall. He resides in

Orange, California Orange is a city located in North Orange County, California. It is approximately north of the county seat, Santa Ana, California, Santa Ana. Orange is unusual in this region because many of the homes in its Old Town District were built before ...

References

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