2024 California/Hawaii All-American Team

High School - Boys
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Here is the 2024 California/Hawaii boys’ high school water polo All-American team. I can’t remember the last time one school had five high school All-Americans who were (or are in Newport Harbor’s case) returning the following year.

First Team
Kai Kaneko Newport Harbor 11
Lucca Van Der Woude Newport Harbor 12
Connor Ohl Newport Harbor 11
Taylor Bell JSerra 12
Tyler Anderson JSerra 11
Camden Kocur Oaks Christian 12
Jackson Harlan Corona Del Mar 12
Oliver Marcin Sacred Heart Prep 11
Breydon Congo De La Salle 12
Chase Krupitzer St. Francis 12
Harper Gardner Rio Americano 12 (G)
Kenly Braylen Axline Cathedral Catholic 10

Second Team
Luke Harris Newport Harbor 12 (G)
Jonas Ransford JSerra 11 (G)
Max Burstein Oaks Christian 12
Micah Grantham Corona Del Mar 12
Collin Caras Harvard Westlake 12
Jake Lee Loyola 12
Lucas Ruano Rio Americano 11
Tristan Tucker Miramonte 11
Hayden O’Hare Campolindo 12
Vincent Krilanovich Archie Williams 12
Eamon Bruhn Cathedral Catholic 10

Third Team
Connor Kim Harvard Westlake 12
Kyson Becker Mater Dei 12
Charles Johnson Loyola 12
Evan Wu Santa Margarita 11
Colt Bradley JSerra 12
Saul Biddle Oaks Christian 12
Jackson Boettner Bellarmine 12
Clay Carrington Sacred Heart Prep 11
Lukas Peters De La Salle 12
Charlie Martin Bishop’s 12
Puna Blair Punahou 12

Fourth Team
Mason Netzer Newport Harbor 11
Connor Colman JSerra 11
Jaden Winters Oaks Christian 12
Grant Christian Corona Del Mar 11
Taj Draper Harvard Westlake 12
Morgan Chrichton Mater Dei 10 (G)
Christian Couch Westlake 11
Griff Tunney Miramonte 12
Vyom Vidyarthi Harker 12
Murdoch Baker-Matsuoka Sacred Heart Prep 11
Caspar Lightner Bishop’s 12

Fifth Team
Landon Castillo Corona Del Mar 12
Dash D’Ambrosia Newport Harbor 11
Otto Stothart Harvard Westlake 12
Logan McGann Santa Margarita 11
Flynn Guenther Mira Costa 11
River Davis Buena 12
Will Maguy Campolindo 10
Mathijs Dirven Los Gatos 11
Jacob Carrera Archie Williams 12
Hunter Coleman Menlo School 9
Jett Taylor Cathedral Catholic 10

Sixth Team
Brody Metz Foothill, SA 12
Cannon Shupe San Clemente 12
Samuel Rich San Marcos 12 (G)
Christopher Petrossian Loyola 12
Dylan Hazen Mater Dei 12
Ossie Joplin Redwood 12
Gigo Sarimsakci St. Ignatius 12
Reed Hanna Tamalpais 12
Carter Clenney Buchanan 12
Colton Bell Bishop’s 11
Caleb Wright Kamehameha 12

Seventh Team
Geoff Slutzky Newport Harbor 11
Milan Sumich JSerra 12
Kane Fogg Oaks Christian 11
Jordan Hanna Mater Dei 12
Jack Pointer Buena 11
Alexey Malkov Westlake 11 (G)
Aiden Botteril Clovis West 12
Blake Fuchslin Davis 12
Alexander Minton Clovis 11
Tor Martin La Jolla 11
Nicholas Davidson Punahou 11

Eighth Team
Beck Early JSerra 12
Wyatt Williamson Oaks Christian 11
Dean Luke Santa Margarita 12
Mateo Obando San Marcos 12
Nathan Simoncelli Corona Del Mar 11
Chase Walburger San Juan Hills 12
Will Corr De La Salle 11 (G)
Damon Winton Rocklin 12
Brody Biederman Ripon 12
Patrick Stice Miramonte 12
Colin McPhail Cathedral Catholic 11

Ninth Team
Jaden Joemtree Arcadia 12
Issac Squires Huntington Beach 11
Dylan Williams Laguna Beach 11
Lucas Pearce Mira Costa 11
Noah Loo Westlake 11
Enzo Brigagliano Long Beach Wilson 12
Davidka Skov De La Salle 12
Mikhail Popov College Park 12
Donovan Swann San Ramon Valley 12
Dexter Black La Jolla 10
Konnor Chang Kamehameha 12

Tenth Team
Matthew Moran Downey 11
Carter Wiliamson El Segundo 12
Blake Minkler Yucaipa 11
Zachary Miller Westlake 12
Kyle Franks Brea Olinda 11
Rylan Pierce College Park 12 (G)
Sawyer Goldberg Redwood 12
Finn Swanson St. Francis 11
Pa’Kalini Saxton Santa Cruz 12
Max Arnold Cathedral Catholic 11
Skylar Tjapkes Punahou 12

Honorable Mention
Spencer Carty La Habra 12
Elijah Webb Los Alamitos 12
Ryder Tonkovich Portola 12
Dylan Rosmann Sage Hill 12
Declan Murphy Servite 11
Matt Bauer Capistrano Valley 12
Carson Crocket Buchanan 11
Jackson Jeske Rio Americano 11
Jackson Coleman Menlo School 12
Dominic Sousa RIghetti 12
Rowan Taggatz Jesuit 12
Garrett Crabb Valley Christian 12
Ryan Fresca Carlsbad 11
Nick Grandinetti Bishop’s 12

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Cathedral Catholic has 5 this year, too. Three are 10th graders.

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There is a 9th grader on the list. Hunter Coleman for Menlo. I’ve never seen him play. Is he good?

Looks like he plays Club for Stanford. He’s a right handed Center.

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Good catch, WaPo.

Center Hunter Coleman scored 141 goals in his freshman season at Menlo. If he continues on this trajectory, he will have multiple “Big 4” offers by his junior year.

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Kai Kaneko went from 2023 HM to 1st team. Very impressive.

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Any idea how the team is determined, and why is Hawaii included?

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It appears that they take all the All-CIF open team players and split them up in to the first two or three teams. Then, all the DI kids make the next set up teams. Some d2 and beyond get slotted in with some “at large” entries from teams that did well in the tourneys but the player didn’t make all CIF.

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Could be, @gibson. For the San Diego Section honorees, they went with CIF Open Division first team selections plus the first two listed on the second team (12 total, of which 3 are seniors, 5 are juniors, and 4 are sophomores).

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@cmbreeze. Incredible there are only 3 seniors in the Top12! The Teams are listed by votes received which is why the Top 2 on the 2nd Team got selected. Where the teams finish determines how many players a team gets on each team. Similar to JO’s.

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Actually this looks decent compared to other years. Last year was ridiculous considering some of the kids that were on the Top Tier Teams. It’s an incredibly flawed, yet difficult system of voting when you’re just taking kids off of lists and not actually going out and watching games. it appears that some coaches have more influence than others when it comes to voting as well. Then there are high school coaches who don’t care about this stuff. Same with Junior Olympic AA voting. Too many kids on winning teams make the cut. In a perfect world they would have media voting as well.

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Hunter Coleman made the Development National Team last summer and will certainly be on the Cadet National Team. In fact the Class of 2010 is the next great class in my opinion…lots of size and talent. Hunter is a gifted center with long arms, has a great demeanor for the game, and plays with moxie. I watched him last weekend lead his talented Stanford 16s team against CIU 18s. In a narrow loss he dominated.

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Kai Kaneko is arguably the best all-around attacker in the class. Great demeanor, skilled shooter, and plays both ends. Not overly dynamic in any aspect of the game but very few, if any, weaknesses.

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Yes, my point was that you have to play on an open team to be placed on one of the top teams. The unquestioned best player could be in a team that played in D1 and they won’t make the top teams. It’s not a ranking at all, but it’s certainly not a ranking of kids across divisions. Just like JOs. The best player may finish on the 8th place team and will be 2nd team or HM.

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