IRVINE, Calif. - Following the best season in program history, the Concordia University Irvine men's water polo team saw 15 student-athletes earn WWPA All-Academic honors.

To qualify for the WWPA All-Academic Team, a player must:
- Be an active participant of their team.   
- Carry over a 3.0 Cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale).
- Be classified as a "full-time" student for all terms of attendance.
- Have completed a minimum of 1 semester or 2 quarters at their institution.

Here are the 15 CUI student-athletes who met all those criteria and excelled in the classroom this past season:

Luke Addington, Sr., Sports Business
Nicolas Fuchs, Jr., Engineering
Harry Bentham, Sr., Economics
Luc Chapman, Fr., Business Administration
Pablo de Souza, Jr., Business Administration
Oscar Garcia Blomback, Sr., Kinesiology
Canyon Johnson, So., Engineering
Charlie Johnson, Sr., Business Administration
Kaliq Khan, Jr., Behavioral Sciences
Derek Maddox, Fr., Business Administration
Porter Rosenlof, Jr., Business Administration
Kanoa Stoddard, Jr., Engineering
Ethan Sutherland, Fr., Business Administration
Hugo Wouters, Fr., History/Political Thought
Kai Young, Sr., Business Administration

CLICK HERE for the full list of WWPA All-Academic Team honorees

De Souza, Wouters and Young were also named ACWPC All-Americans after Concordia's best season in the NCAA DII era.  The Golden Eagles won their first WWPA Conference Tournament and earned their first trip to the NCAA Touranment, where they threw a scare into No. 1 seed USC in the national quarterfinals. Concordia's Justin Johnson was also named NCAA DII Coach of the Year and Konstantinos Koulouris was tabbed as NCAA DII Assistant Coach of the Year.

CLICK HERE for a look back at the historic 2025 CUI men's water polo season