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Photo by: John Fajardo

Photo by: Photo by John Fajardo

Garrett Zaan

Position:
Utility
Height:
6-0
Weight:
195
Class:
Freshman
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Prev School:
Huntington Beach HS

Career: Starts his senior season with 100 career goals, the 30th 100-goal scorer at the Beach.

Long Beach State (2021): Earned Honorable Mention All-America for the second time in his career … A first-team All-Golden Coast Conference selection … Named to the GCC All-Tournament Team … Had the highest shooting percentage of Long Beach State’s regulars at 57% … Finished the year with 36 goals, fourth on the team … Second on the team in drawn exclusions … Opened the season with a goal against Whittier … Scored three goals against Occidental also at the Triton Invitational … Matched his season high with three goals against Redlands … Scored three goals against No. 7 UC Davis, the first of a three-game multi-goal streak … Netted a pair in back-to-back games against Fresno Pacific and Redlands … Scored two goals against No. 3 USC … Had three goals in a GCC win over No. 6 Pacific … Scored three goals against LMU … Scored four goals and made an assist against No. 14 UC Irvine, leading the team … Had a monster game in the GCC Championship match, scoring four goals and making three assists in the 13-9 win over Pacific … Scored a goal, drew six exclusions and won two sprints in the NCAA Tournament game against UC Davis.

(2020): Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

(2019): Represented Team USA at FINA Men’s Junior World Championship … Awarded Second Team All-GCC … Appeared in 28 games and scored 37 goals and had 12 assists and 24 steals … Had 13 multi-goal games … Scored season-high three goals against Air Force (Sept. 15), Air Force (Sept. 22) and Pacific (Nov. 1).

(2018): Honorable Mention All-America … Named to the All-GCC Second team and All-Freshman team with his first season competing for the Beach … Selected as GCC Player of the Week after helping the Beach defeat No. 5 Pacific on Nov. 9 … Second on the team in total goals with 25 … First on the team in drawn exclusions with 16 … Made seven steals and six field blocks … Tied his career high in goals with 4 on Oct. 14 against Pacific and Nov. 24 against Pomona-Pitzer.

Huntington Beach High School: Lettered on varsity all four years with the Oilers … Earned First Team All-Sunset League and first-team All-CIF … Competed for Team USA in the 2018 FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships in Szombathely, Hungary … Won gold in the Pan American Games and was a 3-time Gold Junior Olympian … Also played for Vanguard Athletics club under Sasa Branisavljevic.

Major: Communications