Valdes Named Western Water Polo Association Player of the Week

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Nov. 5, 2008) – A four-year member of the men’s water polo at Occidental College, Andrew Valdes has lived by the motto, “Leave it all in the pool” and maybe even more fitting, “Leave it in the net.”

In two games this week the senior attacker scored eight goals, four in each game, stretching his four-goal performance to four consecutive games while he has tallied four or more in the last seven of eight games.

This week his victims were Whittier College and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps as the Tigers picked up a pair of wins defeating the teams 12-10 and 14-10, respectively. Against Whittier he added an assist and a steal while he dished out a pair of assists with two steals against CMS.

Valdes leads the conference in scoring with 78 goals and is ranked third across the nation.

For more information on this week’s results click here.