Men’s water polo: Former Sailor honored

Former Newport Harbor High water polo star Jon Pharris, now a

senior at Princeton, has been named Most Valuable Player of the Southern

Division by the Collegiate Water Polo Association.

A CWPA Player of the Week three times this season, Pharris made 233

saves to help Princeton win the Southern Division championship and finish

18-8.

He was team co-captain and comes off a year in which he earned CWPA

first-team All-Southern honors and was named to the America Water Polo

Coaches Association’s Academic All-American team.

Princeton finished its season by placing sixth at the Eastern

Championships.