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2023 Men's Water Polo Roster

1 Ethan Zirh

1 Ethan Zirh

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Sydney, Australia
  • Major:
    Psychology
  • High School:
    Castle Hill
  • Previous School:
    Wagner

Summary

Biography

2023:
  • Registered 395 saves in 31 games 
  • Reached 20-save plateau four times, against California Baptist (twice), Pepperdine and Princeton
  • Averaged 12.7 saves per game
  • Finished collegiate career with 1,250 saves
  • Recorded 37 steals, 26 assists and one goal
  • Recorded 1,000 career collegiate saves against Brown on Sept. 30
  • CWPA Defensive Player of Week on Oct. 3, Nov. 13
  • CWPA Defensive Player of Week Honor Roll on Oct. 10
  • Entered season with 855 career saves

2022:
  • Tallied 248 saves in 19 matches, including 10 penalty saves
  • Reached 15-save plateau in four matches, vs. MIT, La Verne and Wagner (twice)
  • Averaged 12.7 saves per match
  • Produced 32 steals, 12 assists and two goals
  • In LIU debut and first match in program history, made 10 saves at Washington and Jefferson on Sept. 3
  • NEC Fall Commissioner's and Academic Honor Roll


Background:
  • Set Wagner College record for career saves (607) and single-season saves (320, in 2021) during undergraduate career
  • In 65 career starts as sophomore and senior at Wagner, produced 90 steals and 22 assists
  • Four-time MAWPC Defensive Player of Week
  • ACWPC All-Academic Team Member, NEC Fall Commissioner's Honor Roll and NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll in 2019
  • Received Wagner College award for most clinical psychology potential while graduating summa cum laude
  • Member of Wagner psychology honor society
  • Graduated from Castle Hill High School in Sydney, Australia, in 2017
  • Earned high school's Caltex all-round award for academic and athletic excellence
  • Played water polo for UNSW Wests Magpies in Ashfield, Australia, twice capturing bronze medals at junior nationals and winning five state championships, one goalkeeper of tournament award and two season MVP honors
  • Represented Australia at Youth Water Polo World Championships in 2018

Personal:
  • Son of Patrice and Burak Zirh
  • Has two brothers, Aydin and Izaac
  • Pursuing master's degree in psychology
  • Born Jan. 8, 2000

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    2022Graduate Student

    Goalkeeper
    6'2" 200 lbs
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    2023Graduate Student

    Goalkeeper
    6'2" 200 lbs
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