2021 Men's Water Polo Roster
Gavin Jones
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Villa Park, CA
- High School:
- Villa Park
- Position:
- C/D
2020 (Junior): Played in all 11 games and was fourth on the team in goals (12) and points (18) … led the nation with eight field blocks … fourth on the team, and seventh in the league, with 12 steals and four drawn exclusions … scored a point in eight of the first nine games … season-best four points against Loyola Marymount and Austin College … season-best of three goals against Austin and California Baptist … career-high three field blocks against CBU.
2019: Played in 27 games and was sixth on the team with 47 points … fifth on the team with 29 goals … third on the team with 18 assists … third on the team with 22 steals … third on the team with 10 field blocks … career highs of five goals and seven points against Princeton … three goals against Salem … career high three assists against Whittier … career high three steals against Cal Baptist … WWPA all-academic selection.
2018: Played in 24 games and had four goals and six assists … season-highs of two goals and three points against Concordia … two assists against Santa Clara … WWPA all-academic selection.
High School: Lettered four years in swimming and water polo … water polo and swimming team captain … named MVP of both sports … earned water polo All-American honors as a senior … holds the school career record for steals (broke the record held by Olympian Josh Samuels) … led the team in scoring as a senior … earned his school’s Academic Scholar Award as a junior and senior, given to the varsity athlete with the highest GPA … first-team all-league and named to the North Orange County senior all-star team … his 200 medley relay team set the school record (butterfly) … placed second in the 200 free and third in the 100 fly at the league championships as a junior … earned the team’s best defender award as a junior … club team, SOCAL, won the California Cup state championship in the 18U division … team placed third in the U.S. Club Water Polo Championships … competed in the USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics and the ODP National Championships … was the team captain of the 16U SOCAL team … member of National Honor Society … graduated Summa Cum Laude … 2018 Villa Park High School Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year … National Merit Scholarship Program letter of commendation.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 28 … son of Chris and Nicol Jones … has three siblings … great-grandfather, Robert McKinson, was an animator/illustrator/director for Warner Bros. cartoons, best known for his work with Looney Tunes … major is undecided … greatest individual moment in sports was scoring on a five-meter shot to send his high school team to the CIF state semifinals … greatest team moment was when his team upset the No. 1 seed in the CIF … hometown is nicknamed “The Hidden Jewel” as the smallest city in Orange County with a population of 6,000 … grandfather, great-grandfather and several uncles have served in the military … credits his mother and father as having the greatest impact on his career as “they always pushed me to do better and made me try new things, which has made me into the person I am today” … hobbies are reading, video games and hanging out with friends.
