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CAREER: Has a total of 96 goals and 108 assists in 87 games in his first three seasons.

2024: Saw action in all 29 games of junior campaign ... Ranked fourth on the team with 38 goals and 74 points ... Logged team-best 39 steals which ranked top-five in the WCC ... ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention ... All-WCC Honorable Mention ... WCC All-Academic Team ... ACWPC All-Academic Team ... Scored a hat trick in win over No. 2 Cal (Sept. 8) ... Registered four goals and seven points to help take down No. 13 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 19) ... Had four-point effort in victory against No. 20 Cal Baptist (Sept. 20) ... Contributed four assists in win over CSU Fullteron (Sept. 21) ... Added four assists and a goal versus No. 11 Princeton (Oct. 15) ... Picked up hat tricks in consecutive efforts against UC Irvine (Oct. 27) and Santa Clara (Nov. 1).
 
2023: Appeared in all 31 games as a sophomore with the Waves … Scored 31 goals and had 36 assists … Tallied 30 steals and seven field blocks … Tied his career-high with a four-goal game vs. Loyola Marymount (10/15) … Dished out four assists vs. Pacific (11/10) … Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A WCC All-Academic honorable mention … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

2022: Made the GCC All-Freshman Team … Appeared in all 27 games as a freshman … Scored 27 goals and tallied 36 assists on the year … Had a career-high four goal game against Princeton (10/18) … Also had a career-high four assists vs. Air Force (10/1) … Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Leovey Klara Gimnazium in 2021.
 
CLUB: Played with Ferencvarosi Torna Club for nine years ... Took first place at the 2020-21 U19 Hungarian Championship and at the 2018-19 U17 Hungarian Championship.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-business administration ... Born in Budapest, Hungary ... Son of Sandor Gal and Agnes Galne Szoke ... Has two siblings, Balazs and Attila ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because it “provided me with a great opportunity to achieve my educational goals while continuing to play collegiate water polo.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys riding bikes or going on walks with his family ... Lists his sports hero as Derrick Rose ... Favorites include Denes Varga (pro athlete), Ferencvarosi Torna Club (pro team), Harry Potter series (books), Catch Me If You Can (movie), Game of Thrones (TV show), Jack Harlow (musical artist), porkolt (food) and basketball (sport other than water polo) ... Favorite thing about water polo is “playing on a team and giving my best to the team so we can achieve our goals together.”