2024 Northeast Water Polo Conference Championship All-Tournament Team Released; Kovacs, Appeldorn & Mercado Claim Most Valuable Player, Rookie & Coach of the Tournament Recognition
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — The 2024 Northeast Water Polo Conference (NWPC) Championship All-Tournament team is released based on selections from the head coaches of Brown University, Connecticut College, Harvard University, Iona University, Long Island University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Princeton University.
An Honorable Mention team is added this year as the total number of recognized athletes from the three-day championship events on Friday-Sunday, November 22-24, at Princeton’s DeNunzio Pool rises to 21.
Princeton goalkeeper Kristof Kovacs (So., Hódmezovásárhely, Hungary/Bethlen Gábor Reformed) and first-year Gavin Appeldorn (Fr., Newport Beach, Calif./Newport Harbor) claim Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Rookie of the Tournament status for leading the Tigers to the program’s fourth consecutive NWPC Championship. Brown head coach Felix Mercado is lauded with Coach of the Tournament honors for guiding the Bears to the title game versus host Princeton.
| 2024 Northeast Water Polo Conference Championship | |
| All-Tournament Team | |
| Most Valuable Player: | Kristof Kovacs (Princeton University) |
| Rookie of the Tournament: | Gavin Appeldorn (Princeton University) |
| Coach of the Tournament: | Felix Mercado (Brown University) |
| First Team | |
| Kristof Kovacs (Goalie) | Princeton University |
| Dimitris Kratimenos (Goalie) | Brown University |
| Roko Pozaric | Princeton University |
| Vladan Mitrovic | Princeton University |
| Ilias Stothart | Brown University |
| James Rozolis-Hill | Harvard University |
| Pavle Musikic | Iona University |
| Second Team | |
| Tanner Furtak (Goalie) | Harvard University |
| Gabe Chang | Brown University |
| Jack Burghardt | Harvard University |
| Gavin Appeldorn | Princeton University |
| JP Ohl | Princeton University |
| Rick Lundh | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Mohamed Refaat | Iona University |
| Honorable Mention |
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| Ramzi Megalli | Brown University |
| Cormac Stevens | Connecticut College |
| Tyler Hogan | Harvard University |
| Coby Scanlon | Iona University |
| Josep Jodra Munoz | Long Island University |
| Adam Ivatorov | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Gavin Molloy | Princeton University |
