Men's Water Polo has 4 All-Conference selections

Reagan Hesse was a 1st-Team selection on the Sierra Pacific All-Conference squad with Connor Revay, Aldric Terral, and Ian Iverson-Villanueva garnering 2nd-Team All-Conference recognition.

The Keelhaulers four all-conference selections equalled the amount of players receiving honors for UC Davis' A-squad and the conference powerhouse Cal Bears.

Terral was a 1st-team selection in in 2017 as a sophomore and was again recognized for being a force in the Sierra Pacific Conference.

"Two is in a row is pretty incredible," Terral said. "A change in coach, a change in structure, and a lot of seniors graduated, but we kept up good, steady play, had a very good team, and I'm happy about it. It's a pretty tough conference and there are good players. Cal has a good team, Davis too, and Stanford this year put up a good fight."

With all the changes going into this season several Keelhaulers had to step into larger leadership roles.

"After the coaching change we all tried to find our base and a lot of us stepped up and took on roles we probably wouldn't have before," Terral noted. "New goalie, Connor Revay stepped up in replacing Gaetano Antonellis, who was a strong pillar on this team. Reagan, Ian, Manna (Ryne Robello), Karsten Johnson, a lot of good players stepped up this year."

Iverson felt his leadership and how he set an example for the underclassmen was where he grew the most as a player as well, which was a bit of a new role for him.

"Being able to help the freshman out and give them pointers in practice and show them how to focus on their legs and their off hand to shoot was a big point of emphasis," Iverson said. "Coach would even video tape me in practice and say, 'look at Ian, see how he's shooting?' It was interesting because it was the first time I had gotten compliments on my shooting technique and had been put in the spotlight by a coach like that. It really showed me that I am that player I strived to be."

Iverson began playing water polo in the 7th grade and came to Cal Maritime as an alternative to going into the Navy. The junior come a long way as a player at the college level.

"This year I stepped up to the plate and was able to make second team all conference which is an honor to say the least," Iverson said. "Coming up from club water polo to the collegiate level was pretty tough for me personally at first. Everybody's so much bigger, stronger and has the water-polo IQ of a person who's been playing for 10 years so it's somehting I had to adapt to. But after two years I got the hang of it and the coaches really helped me improve."

Hesse was a First-Team Sierra Pacific All Conference selection in his first time making the all-conference squad. The sophomore is a Mechanical Engineering major and began playing water polo in the 8th grade, and even played at the club level with Iverson and followed him here to Cal Maritime.

"It's a great honor and I know there are a lot of great players in this league and it feels really good to be recognized for this," Hesse said. "The friendships on this team are really very strong. A lot of funny and great guys and it's been a lot of fun to be a Keelhauler."

Cal Maritime finished 3rd in the Sierra Pacific Conference in 2018. Their season will renew again this coming October.