Dec. 28, 2003

Los Angeles, CA (Dec. 28) - Sophomore Endre Rex-Kiss of the Loyola Marymount University men's water polo team was selected second-team All-American American Water Polo Coaches Association on Saturday.

Rex-Kiss finished the 2003 season with a team-high 61 goals and 31 assists. He was second on the team with 39 steals and finished the season with a 42.7 shooting percentage as he helped the Lions finish the season winning the Western Water Polo Association championship.

The Lions had a record of 17-15 and advanced to the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championships for the second time in three years. The Lions took third with a win over Navy in the third place game at the championships.

The sophomore from Hungary finished the season on a torrid pace. Rex-Kiss, who was the male Student-Athlete of the Month at LMU in October and November, finished the season for the Lions with 21 goals in the final month of the season. He started the month with a hat-trick in a tough overtime loss to third-ranked UCLA and finished November with four games of three goals or more.

He had four goals against Stanford in the NCAA semifinals and three to pace the Lions to a third place finish in the NCAA Men's Water Polo Championships. He added 19 steals and 11 assists in the final stretch of the season. He earned honorable-mention all-conference honors and his seven goals in the NCAA Championships earned him first-team all-tournament.

American Water Polo Coaches Association All-American Selections, 2003

Division I
Tony Azevedo, Player of the Year Stanford University
Jovan Vavic, Coach of the Year University of Southern California

First Team
Tony Azevedo - Stanford University
Attila Bahidy - University of California, Berkeley
Predrag Damjanov - University of Southern California
Brett Ormsby - University of California, Los Angeles
Jesse Smith - Pepperdine University
Juraj Zatovic - University of Southern California
Bozidar Damjanovic (Goaltender) - University of Southern California

Second Team
Nathan Allard - Long Beach State University
Mike Derse - Stanford University
Mike Hausmann - Pepperdine University
Dan Noon - University of California, Irvine
Will Quist - University of California, Berkeley
Endre Rex-Kiss - Loyola Marymount University
Chad Taylor (Goaltender) - Stanford University

Third Team
Brian Alexander - University of California, Santa Barbara
Joe Donahue - United States Naval Academy
Eric Geoffroy - Long Beach State University
Rick Merlo - University of California, Irvine
Chris Przekota - Iona College
James Shin - University of Southern California
Peter Sabbatini (Goaltender) - Princeton University

Honorable Mention
Joseph Axelrad (Goaltender) - University of California, Los Angeles
Scott Butler - United States Air Force Academy
Gergely Fabian - St. Francis College
Gadi Hadar - University of Southern California
Jonathan Hopkins - University of California, San Diego
Thomas Hopkins - Stanford University
Vanja Kalabic - Brigham Young University, Hawaii
Mikhail Klochkov - Queens College
Michael March - University of California, Los Angeles
Matt Moore - California Baptist University
John Stover - Princeton University
Eddie Wieniewski - University of the Pacific