PLAYER PROFILES
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team offensive most valuable player his senior season, finishing the year second on the team with 51 goals…served as team co-captain his senior season…gained ninth-team California All-America honors and fifth-team All-Southern California accolades in 2008…earned third-team All-CIF Division I and first-team All-Pacific Coast League honors as a junior (2007)…named the team’s most improved player as a junior, totaling 40 goals, 23 steals and 16 assists that season…helped lead Corona del Mar to the 2007 Pacific Coast League championship.
lucas
REYNOLDS
Club – Competed for SoCal Water Polo Club…led team to the 2009 Junior Olympic Championship ...also won the 2009 Winterfest Championship and 2009 National Club Championship title.
RS Freshman • Center • 6-5 • 215 Newport Beach, Calif. (Corona del Mar)
Personal – Full name: Lucas Wil Reynolds…born March 2, 1991 in Newport Beach, Calif…Lucas is the younger of Bruce and Lynn Reynolds’ two sons…has one older brother, Patrick…father, Bruce, played on the men’s water polo team at UC Irvine…undeclared major.
2009 – Redshirted. High School – Two-year varsity water polo and varsity swimming letterwinner at Corona del Mar High School…under head coach Barry O’Dea…secured second-team All-CIF Southern Section Division I and first-team All-Pacific Coast League accolades as a senior (2008)…named the Corona del Mar
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josh
SAMUELS
Sophomore • Utility • 6-4 • 205 Villa Park, Calif. (Villa Park) 2009 – Played in all 30 matches, making six starts…scored 32 goals, the fourth-highest total on the team, on 87 attempts, converting at a 37 percent clip…also registered 18 steals, nine blocks, seven assists and six earned exclusions…named a second-team All-NCAA Tournament selection…scored in 18 matches, totaling 10 multiple-goal games…recorded a season-high four goals against Iona (Sept. 12) at the Princeton Invitational…had two three-goal efforts – at Loyola Marymount (Oct. 22) and versus California (Nov. 29) in the Bruins’ 10-7 championship win at the MPSF Tournament. High School – Four-year varsity water polo and varsity swimming letterwinner under head coach John Carcich…also was a two-year varsity basketball letterwinner under head coach Kevin Reynolds… named the 2009 Orange County Register Male Athlete of the Year and the 2009 Century League Male Athlete of the Year…earned 2008 Orange County Register Boys Water Polo Player of the Year honors…gained first-team All-County honors (Orange County Register) in 2006, 2007 and 2008…secured first-team California-Hawaii All-America and NISCA All-America acclaim in 2006, 2007 and 2008…earned All-CIF Division II honors all four seasons (first-team honors in 2007 and 2008; co-MVP honors in 2008)…helped lead Villa Park to the 2007 CIF Division II title…also guided Villa Park to four Century League titles…was a four-time All-Century League selection…earned Century League Player of the Year honors in 2007 and 2008…two-year team captain and four-year scholar-athlete selection…concluded career as Villa Park’s all-time leading scorer – 408 career goals (scored 140 in 2008; 138 in 2007; 78 in 2006; 51 in 2005)…also established the school record for career assists with 541 (totaled 61 in 1008; 65 in 2007; 53 in 2006; 29 in 2005)…also excelled on the swimming team, earning Century League MVP honors in 2008 and 2009…was a two-year swimming team captain and helped lead Villa Park to four Century League titles…was the 2009 CIF Division II 50 freestyle champion…finished third in the 100 freestyle in 2009…earned second-team All-Orange County Register honors in the 50 and 100 freestyle in 2009…also earned NISCA All-America honors in the 50 and 100 freestyle in 2009…established the school record in the 50 freestyle (20.71 seconds). Club – Competed for the SoCal Water Polo Foundation…led the 16-and-under team to the gold medal in 2007, earning Co-MVP honors…also led the 18-and-under team to the gold medal in 2009, securing MVP honors. National Team – Competed for the U.S. Junior National Team from 2004-09 (Cadet, Youth and Junior National Teams)…was a three-year team captain…helped lead the USA Men’s Junior National Team to the gold at the 2008 Junior Pan-American Games – scored two goals in Team USA’s 13-12 win in the gold-medal match on July 31, 2008…scored a team-leading six goals for Team USA in a 15-11 semifinal win over Brazil at the 2008 Junior Pan-American Games.
JOSH SAMUELS’ CAREER Statistics Year GP/GS G 2009 30/6 32 Totals 30/6 32
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ATT 87 87
PCT .368 .368
AST STL 7 18 7 18
BLK EE 9 6 9 6
Personal – Full name: Joshua Martin Kugler Samuels…born July 8, 1991 in Newport Beach, Calif…Josh is the youngest of Martin Samuels and Elizabeth Kugler’s three children…sister, Angela, competes for the Loyola Marymount women’s swimming team…brother, Albert, competes for the Loyola Marymount men’s water polo team…undeclared major.
League Co-MVP as a senior (2008), totaling 112 goals, 59 assists and 17 field blocks…earned first-team All-CIF Southern Section Division IV honors and first-team All-Ventura County accolades as a senior and junior…secured fourth-team All-Southern California honors as a senior…named a fifth-team All-Southern California selection and 10th-team California-Hawaii All-America honoree as a junior…ranked second in scoring and led Royal in assists his junior season…captured second-team All-Marmonte League accolades as a sophomore (2006)…a talented student-athlete, earned USA Water Polo Academic All-America honors.
scott
SNYDER
Club – Competed for Ventura County Premier.
RS Freshman • Attacker • 6-4 • 205 Simi Valley, Calif. (Royal)
Personal – Full name: Scott Warren Snyder…born Feb. 8, 1991 in Woodland Hills, Calif…Scott is the younger of Steve and Ann Snyder’s two sons…brother, Barry, is a redshirt freshman on the Long Beach State water polo team…father, Steve, played water polo at Long Beach State in the 1970s; also serves as head water polo and swimming coach at Royal High School…undeclared major.
2009 – Redshirted. High School – Four-year varsity water polo and varsity swimming letterwinner under head coach Steve Snyder at Royal High School…finished high school career having registered 225 goals and 240 assists…helped lead Royal to the CIF semifinals as a freshman, sophomore and junior and to the Marmonte League championship as a freshman, sophomore and senior…named Marmonte
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