M. Water Polo: Falcons receive post-season awards

Angel Rojas named All-American for second year in a row
Angel Rojas named All-American for second year in a row

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.