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14 - Rodrigo Baca
Height: 5-10
Weight: 165
Year: Soph
High School: Kennedy HS / La Palma (CA)
Position: Driver
Major: Business
gp 32
p 40
g 12
a 28

Cerritos College Men’s Water Polo (2018): Named All-South Coast Conference Honorable Mention… Voted the team’s Most Improved Player… Played in all 28 games and finished with 14 goals, 13 assists and 42 steals… Scored a season-high three goals against Southwestern College and posted a season-high four steals in four separate matches, including the conference semifinals against Mt. San Antonio College…..

Cerritos College Men’s Swimming (2019): Took sixth place at the CCCAA State Championships in the 100-yard butterfly and was 12th in the 100-yard backstroke… His times in both events rank second on the college’s all-time list… Qualified for the CCCAA State Championships in the 100-yard backstroke (52.99) and 100-yard butterfly (51.18) after placing second in the South Coast Conference Championships in both events… Also took third place in the 50-yard freestyle (21.46), with the times of all three events being the second fastest in school history… Won the 50-yard butterfly at the Golden West Invitational with a time of 24.78 and placed second in the 50-yard backstroke with a clocking of 25.85)…..

Golden West College: Attended the school, but did not play water polo…..

Kennedy HS: As a senior, he was named his school’s Athlete of the Year, as well as the Empire League Athlete of the Year… Won the CIF championship in the 100-yard butterfly… Spent four seasons on the water polo and swimming teams, as well as one season with the soccer team… While on the swimming team, he specialized in the 100-yard freestyle (47.63), 100-yard butterfly (50.40) and 100-yard backstroke (54.31)…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when he won the CIF championship in the 100-yard butterfly… Aspires to be a detective… Hobbies include fly fishing… Has two siblings – Bertha (25) and Eduardo (18)… Is the son of Rodrigo and Bertha Baca… Born in Lynwood, CA on November 19, 1997…..

Favorite Athlete:  Michael Phelps                       Favorite Movie:  “Step Brothers”
Favorite Food:  Tacos                                        Favorite TV Show:  “Narcos”
Favorite Book: “The Book of Mormon”

Recent Games
Oct 26 at Golden West L, 17-9
Oct 30 Long Beach City L, 13-10
Nov 7 Rio Hondo W, 19-4
Nov 7 Mt. San Antonio L, 13-10
Nov 9 El Camino W, 16-8
Nov 15 vs. Cuesta L, 10-9
Statistics category Overall Conf
Games 32 7
Points 40 13
Goals 12 7
Assists 28 6
Shots 33 17
Shooting percentage 36.4 41.2
Steals 34 10
Turnovers 34 5
Blocks 3 1
Exclusions Drawn 7 2
Exclusions 29 8
Date Opponent Score g a stl to ed blk sh sh%
Aug 30 at Merced W, 15-8 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 -
Aug 30 vs. Lindenwood (MO) University W, 14-6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -
Aug 31 vs. Sierra W, 13-9 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 100.0
Aug 31 vs. Modesto W, 18-7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -
Sep 6 vs. Palomar W, 12-6 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 6 at Golden West L, 15-6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 -
Sep 7 vs. Long Beach City L, 8-5 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 50.0
Sep 7 vs. Los Angeles Valley L, 13-10 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 18 at El Camino W, 16-9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0
Sep 21 vs. MIT L, 13-7 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 -
Sep 21 vs. Saddleback W, 18-11 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 100.0
Sep 22 at Connecticut College W, 16-12 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -
Sep 22 vs. Iona College W, 8-5 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 -
Sep 27 at San Diego Mesa W, 12-10 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -
Sep 27 vs. Citrus W, 18-7 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 -
Oct 2 Rio Hondo W, 22-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100.0
Oct 4 Orange Coast W, 9-8 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 50.0
Oct 4 Chaffey W, 20-6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -
Oct 9 Chaffey W, 15-6 1 1 3 1 1 0 1 100.0
Oct 11 vs. Orange Coast W, 7-6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -
Oct 11 vs. Long Beach City L, 14-9 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -
Oct 12 vs. Golden West L, 13-5 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0.0
Oct 12 vs. Los Angeles Valley L, 8-7 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0.0
Oct 23 at Mt. San Antonio L, 12-9 1 0 2 1 1 1 3 33.3
Oct 25 vs. Cuesta W, 9-8 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0.0
Oct 25 vs. Long Beach City L, 14-8 0 1 2 2 0 0 1 0.0
Oct 26 vs. Los Angeles Valley L, 12-7 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0.0
Oct 26 at Golden West L, 17-9 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -
Oct 30 Long Beach City L, 13-10 1 1 1 2 0 0 4 25.0
Nov 7 Rio Hondo W, 19-4 - - - - - - - -
Nov 7 Mt. San Antonio L, 13-10 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 50.0
Nov 9 El Camino W, 16-8 2 2 3 0 0 0 5 40.0
Nov 15 vs. Cuesta L, 10-9 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 -
  gp gs g a stl to ed blk ex sh sh%
2018-19 27 23 14 12 38 28 14 6 24 30 46.7
2019-20 32 19 12 28 34 34 7 3 29 33 36.4
Total 59 42 26 40 72 62 21 9 53 63 41.3
  gp gs g a stl to ed blk ex sh sh%
Total 32 19 12 28 34 34 7 3 29 33 36.4
Conference 7 5 7 6 10 5 2 1 8 17 41.2
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - -
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Home 7 5 7 8 10 4 1 0 5 15 46.7
Away 7 5 1 4 5 10 1 1 9 4 25.0
Neutral 18 9 4 16 19 20 5 2 15 14 28.6
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Wins 18 11 8 18 21 12 2 0 16 14 57.1
Losses 14 8 4 10 13 22 5 3 13 19 21.1
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August 4 2 1 5 4 3 0 0 5 1 100.0
September 11 7 2 9 10 16 3 0 9 6 33.3
October 14 7 6 10 14 14 4 2 9 19 31.6
November 3 3 3 4 6 1 0 1 6 7 42.9