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Santa Clara University

2023 Men's Water Polo Roster

Don Jedlovec, Santa Clara Athletics

22 Bennett Stafford

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 210
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Healdsburg, Calif.
  • High School Cardinal Newman HS
  • Position Utility

Biography

WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Silver Honors (2023-24)
3x WWPA All-Academic Team (2020-2022)
2x ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023)
CSC Academic All-District (2022)
WCC All-Academic (2023)


AT SANTA CLARA: Played in 81 career games over four seasons with the Broncos ... Posted 70 goals and 48 assists for his career ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honoree as a junior. 

AS A SENIOR (2023): Appeared in all 26 games his senior season ... Finished with 27 goals, 26 assists, 18 steals and 31 drawn exclusions (second-most on the team) ... Ranked fourth on the team with 53 points ... Tied his career-high of four goals against Iona (9/8) ... Posted nine games with multiple goals ... Scored three goals in the regular season finale vs. Air Force ... Had six games with two assists ... Also had a season-best two steals on three occasions ... Drew three exclusions vs. San Jose State (10/12). 

AS A JUNIOR (2022): Played in all 26 games this season ... Scored 24 goals to go with 12 assists and 20 kickouts drawn … Set a career-high of four goals on two separate occasions - vs. Austin (10/8) and vs. Bucknell (10/21) … Posted four games with two assists … Earned a spot on the WWPA All-Academic team and was a CSC Academic All-District honoree. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2021): Played in 26 of 27 games, all as a reserve ... Scored 18 goals and tallied 10 assists and four steals ... Career-high three goals vs. Redlands (9/18) and San Jose State (9/19) ... Posted five games with multiple goals ... Tied career high of two assists with two goals against McKendree (10/2). 

AS A FRESHMAN (2020-played in spring 2021): Played in all three games as a reserve … totaled one goal, one steal, and two kickouts drawn … had a career-high one goal, one steal, and one kickout drawn vs. San Jose State (Feb. 28) ... secured 'superior' distinction on the ACWPC All-Academic Team ... member of the WWPA All-Academic Team.

HIGH SCHOOL:  Attended Cardinal Newman High School in Healdsburg, California … as a senior he was awarded Vine Valley Athletic League Player of the Year after posting 128 goals, 89 assists and 58 steals … as a junior his team was named North Coast Section Division II champions … earned 2018-19 North Coast Section Division II Player of the Year … as a sophomore he was a first team All-North Bay League selection ... earned Academic All-America honors as a junior and senior. 

PERSONAL: Majoring in finance … made the Dean’s List all four years in high school.

CAREER HIGHS:

  • Goals: 4, multiple times, last vs. Iona (Sept. 9, 2023)
  • Assists: 2, multiple times, last vs. Pepperdine (Nov. 5, 2023)
  • Steals: 2, multiple times, last vs. San Jose State (Oct. 12, 2023)
  • Kickouts Drawn: 4, vs. Iona, (Sept. 11, 2022)

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Historical Player Information

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    2020Freshman

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    6'0" 185 lbs
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    2021Sophomore

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    6'0" 185 lbs
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    2022Redshirt Sophomore

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    6'1" 205 lbs
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    2023Senior

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    6'1" 210 lbs
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