ERIE, Pa. – Senior Raz Yuval (Kibbutz Yagur, Israel/Carmel Zvulun) of the Gannon men's water polo team was named to the All-Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Southern Division Second Team announced by the association Friday.
 
Competing in 17 matches this season, Yuval led the Golden Knights in goals (49), assists (39) and steals (57). His performance placed him in a tie for eighth on the program's all-time single-season goals list. In addition, he ranked sixth on the school's single-season assists list and seventh on the program's single-season steals list. He registered multiple goals in 13 matches this campaign, scoring a hat trick in 10 of those matches.
 
Competing for the Golden Knights in two seasons after transferring from Diablo Valley (Calif.) College, Yuval finished his career with 120 goals, 77 assists and 139 steals. Among the all-time career leaders in program history, he finished seventh in goals and eighth in total assists, while earning a share of sixth in career steals.
 
The Kibbutz, Israel, native owns the program's single-match goal record after scoring 11 tallies in a 21-12 win over Salem International on Sept. 22, 2013. In his career, he has garnered three CWPA weekly honors, all three in the form of Southern Division Rookie of the Week awards.
 
At the 2014 CWPA Division II Championship Oct. 18, held at the Carneval Athletic Pavilion, Yuval helped guide the host Golden Knights to its first team title in program history. Compiling three goals, five steals and four assists against Salem International and reigning champion Mercyhurst, the senior earned a spot on the all-tournament team.
 
Head coach Don Sherman and the Golden Knights concluded the season with an 8-9 overall mark. The team collected a seventh-place finish in consecutive seasons at the CWPA Southern Division Championship. In the final match at the divisional championship, the Golden Knights relied on a five-goal fourth-quarter run to capture a 14-12 victory over rival Mercyhurst. The Golden Knights rallied for the second time this season past the crosstown Lakers after earning a comeback victory to claim the CWPA Division II Championship.
 
2014 MEN'S VARSITY ALL-CWPA NORTH/SOUTH TEAMS
 
NORTH TEAM                      
Player of the Year: Joey Colton (Harvard University)
Coach of the Year: Felix Mercado (Brown University)
Rookie of the Year: Colin Chiapello (Harvard University)
 
First Team                  
Noah LeBeau (Goalie), Fordham University
Hank Fox, Brown University
Will Klein, Brown University
Joey Colton, Harvard University
Ben Zepfel, Harvard University
Vuk Vujosevic, Saint Francis (N.Y.) College
Jake Lloyd, Iona College
                         
Second Team              
Colin Woolway (Goalie), Harvard University
Blake Lee, Harvard University
Ory Tasman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kale Rogers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nick Deaver, Brown University
RJ Simmons, Fordham University
Carlos Heros, Connecticut College
                         
SOUTH TEAM                       
Player of the Year: Drew Hoffenberg (Princeton University)
Coach of the Year: Jay O'Neil (Washington & Jefferson College)
Rookie of the Year: Grant Curry (Bucknell University)
 
First Team                  
Vojislav Mitrovic (Goalie), Princeton University
Thomas Nelson, Princeton University
Drew Hoffenberg, Princeton University
Stefan Aleksic, Bucknell University
Bogdan Petkovic, George Washington University
Johnny Beal, Johns Hopkins University
Thomas Patterson, United States Naval Academy
                         
Second Team              
Keegan Williams (Goalie), Bucknell University
Grant Curry, Bucknell University
Wes Hopkins, Johns Hopkins University
Dave Matuls, Mercyhurst University
Raz Yuval, Gannon University
Carl Dowzicky, United States Naval Academy
Mike Magdic, Washington & Jefferson College