After winning the South Coast Conference championship, the Cerritos College men's water polo team had nine of their players receive post-season awards. For the second year in a row, sophomore Angel Rojas (Colegio Fray Luis Amigo, Venezuela) has earned All-American honors, as well as 1st Team All-Southern California and the conference's Co-Most Valuable Player award.
Rojas finished the season with 138 goals, while adding 68 assists and 63 steals on a team that was second in the state in goals scored (471). He finishes his Falcon career as the school record holder for goals in a season (155), single season assists (99), single season steals (105), career goals (293), career assists (167) and career steals (168).
He was joined as an All-American selection by his brother Jesus Rojas (Colegio Fray Luis Amigo, Venezuela), who also earned 2nd Team All-Southern California honors and 1st Team All-SCC recognition. He finished the year with 41 goals, while leading the team in assists (79) and steals (65). Freshman Ever Resendiz (Colegio de Bachilleres 6, Mexico), who posted 59 goals on the season, was named 2nd Team All-SoCal and 1st Team All-SCC.
Also named 1st Team All-South Coast Conference were freshman Kameron Simmons (Evanston Township, IL HS) and sophomore Jeffrey Park (Cerritos HS), with freshman Salvador Orozco (Montebello HS) and sophomore Israel Rodriguez (Whittier HS) selected to the 2nd Team. The duo of sophomore Cesar Altamirano (Tustin HS/Orange Coast College) and freshman Matthew Contreras (Montebello HS) were named Honorable Mention.
Simmons posted 39 goals, 33 assists and 53 steals for the Falcons, with Park turning in 10 goals, 24 assists and 13 steals. Orozco finished fourth on the team with 40 goals, with Rodriguez producing 28 goals and 20 steals. Contreras shared the goalkeeping during and concluded the season with a 14-2 record, along with 155 saves, 27 steals and eight assists. Altamirano had 11 goals, 13 assists and 17 steals for Cerritos.
November 26, 2016
M. Water Polo: Angel Rojas named CCCAA Athlete of the Month
November 17, 2016
M. Water Polo: Falcons receive post-season awards
November 11, 2016
M. Water Polo: Season ends abruptly with playoff loss
November 6, 2016
M. Water Polo: Cerritos seeded #2 for SoCal Playoffs
November 5, 2016
M. Water Polo: Team wins conference championship
November 4, 2016
M. Water Polo: Win in semifinals sends Falcons to the finals
October 26, 2016
M. Water Polo: Falcons score record number of goals
October 21, 2016
M. Water Polo: Team splits two games at tourney
October 19, 2016
M. Water Polo: Loss to LBCC drops Falcons into second place
October 14, 2016
M. Water Polo: Tournament nets pair of wins
October 12, 2016
M. Water Polo: High-scoring game nets 19-18 win
October 8, 2016
M. Water Polo: Falcons win three of four games at tourney
September 30, 2016
M. Water Polo: Tourney host wins both games
September 28, 2016
M. Water Polo: Win keeps Falcons undefeated in conference
September 23, 2016
M. Water Polo: Falcons earn pair of wins in San Diego
September 15, 2016
M. Water Polo: Cerritos pulls out win over LA Valley
September 9, 2016
M. Water Polo: Cerritos continues strong start with two more wins
September 7, 2016
M. Water Polo: Team posts 17-4 win over Rio Hondo
September 4, 2016
M. Water Polo: Cerritos splits final two games at the Navy Open
September 3, 2016
M. Water Polo: Falcons open season with three impressive wins