Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Has a total of 183 goals and 96 assists in 85 games over his first three seasons.

2024: Led the Waves with 119 points in 29 games during junior campaign ... All-WCC second team honoree ... WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention ... ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention ... Tabbed five goals and six points in win over CSU Fullerton (Sept. 8) ... Scored five times at No. 3 USC (Sept. 15) ... Notched three goals to help defeat Westcliff (Sept. 19) ... Recorded third straight hat trick in victory over No. 13 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 19) ... Logged three goals and three assists in win over No. 9 Long Beach State (Sept. 28) ... Posted five points against No. 3 Stanford (Sept. 29) ... Registered three goals and three assists in both games of doubleheader against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 4) ... Had consecutive efforts with four goals versus Concordia (Oct. 5) and No. 2 UCLA (Oct. 12) ... Tabbed hat tricks at No. 17 LMU (Oct. 25) and at CSU Fullerton (Oct. 26) ... Led the Waves to win over No. 15 Cal Baptist with four goals and four assists (Nov. 3) ... Dominated with 10 points through six goals and four assists in WCC Tournament first round win over LMU (Nov. 22).
 
2023: Played in all 31 games during his sophomore season … Earned All-WCC second team honors and was an All-American honorable mention … Also was named to the All-WCC Preseason Team ... Scored a team-high 61 goals and had 28 assists for a total of 89 points … Collected 22 steals and drew 12 exclusions … Scored a career-high eight goals in the season opener against Fordham (9/2) … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

2022: Named to the Second-Team GCC All Conference Team … Also made the GCC All-Freshmen Team … Appeared in 25 games as a freshman … Scored 52 goals along with 25 assists … Had a seven-goal game against UC San Diego (9/4) … Tallied two three-assist games against UC Irvine (9/25) and Pomona-Pitzer (10/1) … Named GCC Player of the Week twice (10/6) and (11/7) … Earned ACWPC All-American honorable mention honors ... Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

HUNGARY: Has been part of the Hungarian National Team system since the age of 8, and made the Junior National Team in 2015.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from BME International Secondary School in 2022.
 
CLUB: With his club teams, UVSE Hunguest Hotels and KSI SE, has been a two-time Hungarian champion and a two-time Hungarian Cup winner ... Also has a silver medal from the Hungarian Championships ... Won a Hungarian Division 2 championship ... Competed with San Diego Shores and had a pair of top-seven finishes at Junior Olympics.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-international business ... Born in Budapest, Hungary ... Son of Csapo Istvan and Szep Krisztina ... Has two siblings, Rakos Mark and Rakos Lili ... Father had a long and successful water polo career with Szeged ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “I somehow always knew that I would live in California, so when I had to make the decision, Malibu seemed like the ideal place for me to be. The coaching staff and their straightforwardness made me decide that I wanted to become part of the Waves’ family.”
 
FAVORITES: Favorites include LeBron James, Tom Brady and Csapo Istvan (pro athletes), New England Patriots (pro sports team), Belichick and Brady (book), Hustle (movie), Prison Break and The Last Dance (TV shows), Drake (musical artist), fried chicken and pizza (food) and basketball and football (sports other than water polo).