Nick Rascon

Nick Rascon in the MPSF Men's Water Polo Tournament match against Pacific at McDonalds Swim Stadium on the campus of USC, Sun., Nov. 25, 2012.

Nick Rascon in the MPSF Men's Water Polo Tournament match against Santa Barbara at McDonalds Swim Stadium on the campus of USC, Sat., Nov. 24, 2012.

Nick Rascon reacts after recording his hat-trick in the fourth quarter against UC Irvine Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Campus Pool.

Nick Rascon fires in one of this three goals against UC Irvine Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Campus Pool.

Nick Rascon trying to break free from UCI's #11 Justin Papa Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Campus Pool.

Nick Rascon fires a shot against UC Irvine Sunday, Nov. 11, at the Campus Pool.

Nick Rascon in the Men's MPSF Conference Water Polo match against Pacific at the 49er Campus Pool, Long Beach, Calif., Sun., Nov. 4, 2012.

Nick Rascon in the MPSF conference match against UCLA Saturday November 3, 2012, at the Spieker Aquatics Center in Los Angeles, Calif.

Nick Rascon in the MPSF Conference opener against USC at the 49er Campus Pool, Long Beach, Calif., Friday, Oct. 19, 2012.

Nick Rascon in the non-conference match against Loyola Marymount at the 49er Campus Pool, Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012.

Nick Rascon in the non-conference Water Polo match against Navy at the 49er Campus pool, Thurs, Sept., 27, 2012.

Photo by: Steven Georges

Photo by: Stephen Carr

Nick Rascon Long Beach State at UCI Invitational

Photo by: Stephen Carr

Long Beach State - Spring Athletics [Head Shot]

Position:
Attacker
Height:
6-2
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Major:
Journalism
Hometown:
Laguna Hills, Calif.
Prev School:
El Toro HS

Long Beach State (2013): Redshirt

(2012): Recording 24 goals in 22 appearances while starting 14 matches ... Earned his second All-MPSF Honorable Mention honors as well as All-American Honorable Mention accolades ... Notched a goal in an 11-10 loss to Pacific in his first match of 2012 ... Followed up with four goals the next three games to wrap up the SoCal Tournament ... Recorded a season-high three goals against Harvard ... One of five 49ers to score a pair of goals in an 18-3 victory over La Verne ... Found the back of the net twice to help LBSU upset fifth-ranked Cal 11-10 on the road ... Scored a goal the following day in a near upset of No. 4 Stanford 12-11 ... Tied his season-high of three goals in a 12-10 defeat of UC Irvine ... One of six 49ers to notch a pair of goals in 14-11 victory against UC Santa Barbara.

(2011): Scored 32 goals in 21 games for the 49ers ... Good for fourth on the team and 19th overall in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation with a 1.52 goals per game average ... Earned MPSF All-Academic honors ... Racked up game-high four goals against St. Francis, Pepperdine, and Air Force as well as a game-high three goals against Loyola Marymount ... Scored multiple goals in two other games vs. Vanguard and California.

(2010): Earned honorable mention All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation honors as a true freshman after leading the 49ers in goals with 37 ... Finished 13th in the MPSF in goals averaging 1.68 per game ... Scored goals in 20 of LBSU[apos]s 22 games, including the first 14 and 17 of the first 18 ... Had a season-high five goals against Fresno Pacific ... Scored multiple goals in 10 different games, including three against Whittier, Pacific, Pepperdine and Stanford ... Led the 49ers in scoring in seven games.

High School: A three-year letterman at El Toro High School in El Toro, Calif. ... Named CIF Division I co-player of the year and first-team All-America ... Earned first-team All-Sea View League honors after scoring 112 goals as a senior ... Earned first-team all-league honors as a junior ... High school coach was Don Stoll.

Personal: Played on the U.S. Junior National Team for the third time in August-September 2011 ... In 2009, helped the junior national team to an eighth-place finish at the Junior World Championships in Sibenik, Croatia ... In 2008, helped the junior team to a first-place finish at the Pan-American Games in Rio de Janiero.

Major: Journalism