Males’s Water Polo – Tue, Nov. 30, 2021
OAKLAND, Calif. – UC Davis head coach Daniel Leyson has been named the 2021 Western Water Polo Affiliation (WWPA) Coach of the 12 months after guiding the seventh-ranked Aggies to their fourth convention title prior to now six seasons.
The award was decided through a league-wide ballot of convention head coaches following the 2021 WWPA Championship. It marks the fourth time Leyson has taken dwelling the convention’s high coach award (2016, 2017, 2019, 2021).
UC Davis (18-8) was picked to win the convention title within the Preseason Coaches Ballot and lived as much as its billing. UCD received its first seven convention matches, clinching the No. 1-seed and an everyday season convention title with a one-goal win over Loyola Marymount on Nov. 4.
The Aggies had their 14-match convention profitable streak snapped by UC San Diego two days later, however rebounded by rattling off three straight wins whereas outscoring its opponents 43-19 in the course of the WWPA Championship on the way in which to their sixth convention title. Goalkeeper Aaron Wilson was named Event MVP and UCD had 4 named WWPA All-Event.
Leyson additionally mentored 2021 WWPA Participant of the 12 months Nir Gross, the sixth time in Leyson’s profession during which he has had a participant earn WWPA Participant of the 12 months (Bernie Rodgers, 2013; Sean Seize, 2015; Ido Goldschmidt, 2016; Corey Laidig, 2017; Ido Goldschmidt, 2018; Nir Gross, 2021).
The Aggies will make their eighth all-time postseason look within the Nationwide Collegiate Water Polo Championship after they tackle Golden Coast Convention champion Lengthy Seaside State (22-5) within the quarterfinals on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 12pm.
