Derek Klotzer
Derek Klotzer
Height: 6-0
Weight: 166
Year: Soph
High School: Downey
Events: Free/Back

Cerritos College Swimming (2012): Came in second place in the 400-yard IM (4:28.42) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:03.75) at the South Coast Conference Championships, as well as seventh in the 200-yard IM (2:06.95)… Also competed in the 100-yard backstroke (1:05.71) and 200-yard freestyle (2:02.95) during the season…..

Cerritos College Water Polo (2012):
Served as a red-shirt…..

Cerritos College Water Polo (2011):
Played in 26 games and scored 12 goals, with 13 assists and 17 steals… Best game of the season came against Los Angeles Trade-Tech College when he recorded a season-high four goals, four assists and five steals… Also scored a pair of goals against Cal Tech and had two goals and three assists against San Diego Miramar College… Assisted on a pair of goals against Mt. San Antonio College…..

Downey HS:
Qualified for the CIF Prelims in swimming… Was a two-time All-San Gabriel Valley League selection in water polo… Scored 46 goals as a senior and was voted his team’s Defensive Most Valuable Player… Accounted for 50 goals as a junior… Spent four years on the water polo and swimming teams…..

Personal:
Most memorable moment was when he scored from half-tank in the league championship game… Would like to transfer to UC Riverside… His older brother, Ethan (22), was on the Falcon water polo team from 2007-09… Is the son of Horst and Pia Klotzer… Born on December 28, 1992…..

Favorite Athlete:
  Miroslav Klose              Favorite Movie:  “Transformers 3”