Charger Water Polo Player Named First Team All American

Two water polo players from El Toro High have been named high school all-Americans. 

The players—one recently graduated and the other coming back for his senior season in the fall—were named to the 2012-13 NISCA/Speedo Boys All-America Water Polo Team.

Recently graduated Joey Colton was a first-team selection. Colton was one of four Orange County players named to the 23-person first team. Others were senior Jon Walters and junior Baron McGuin from Mater Dei, and senior Sam Pfeil from Dana Hills.

Byron Rivers, a junior last season for El Toro, was named to the fourth team. 

The awards are sanctioned by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association.

Other local players, according to NISCAonline.org, selected to the team included: 

• Reid Chase, senior, Corona del Mar, second team
• James Walters, junior, Mater Dei, second team
• Chandler Jarrels, senior, Los Alamitos, third team
• Dan Stevens, senior, Newport Harbor, third team
• Chase Woollett, junior, Foothill, third team
• Jonathan Beck, senior, Capistrano Valley, fourth team
• Kent Oinoue, junior, Mater Dei, fourth team
• Justin Harrison, junior, Edison, fifth team
• Christian Macias, senior, Mission Viejo, fifth team
• Joshua Mundell, senior, El Toro, honorable mention
• Riley Thomas, senior, Laguna Beach, honorable mention
• Kyle Trush, senior, Corona del Mar, honorable mention