Pepperdine University Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS (Princeton):
Honorable Mention All-American — 2022
All-NWPC First Team — 2022
All-NWPC Second Team — 2019
NWPC All-Tournament First Team — 2021
NWPC All-Tournament Second Team — 2019, 2022
NWPC Defensive Player of the Week — 9/23/19, 10/7/19, 10/6/21, 10/11/21, 11/22/21, 9/12/22, 10/10/22, 10/24/22, 12/5/22
NWPC Rookie of the Week — 10/14/19
ACWPC All-Academic Team — 2019, 2020

PEPPERDINE 2023: Earned All-American third team honors … Named WCC Player of the Year … Made the All-WCC first team… One-time WCC Player of the Week (9/12) … Played in 29 games and started 28 … Collected 294 saves on a .524 save percentage with a goals-against-average of 9.74 … Led the team with 27 steals … Dished out five assists … Had a season-high 18 saves at Loyola Marymount (9/9) … Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Silver’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PRINCETON: Graduated from Princeton University in 2023 ... Played three seasons (2019-22), and the 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19 ... Had a career total of 587 saves (210 as a 2019 freshman, 199 as a 2021 junior, and 178 as a 2022 senior) ... Received an All-American honorable mention in 2022 ... Earned an NWPC All-Tournament first team in 2021 and two NWPC All-Tournament second team honors in 2019 and 2022 ... Had a career save % of .551 … Helped Princeton win back-to-back NWPC Championships in 2021 and 2022 including an undefeated NWPC record of 11-0 at home during the 2022 season.

CLUB: Played for VK Jug from 2011-18 and VK Bellevue from 2017-20.

PERSONAL: Son of Ivo and Paula Knez ... Has one sibling, Ivan ... Will earn his MS in business from the Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business ... As a 12-year-old, was an extra in Game of Thrones ... Chose Pepperdine because of "its legendary coaching staff, great business school, and beautiful location."

FAVORITES: Favorites include Veselin Djuho (pro water polo athlete), Tyson Fury (pro athlete), VK Jug (professional water polo team), The Screwtape Letters (book), The Prestige (movie), Peaky Blinders (TV show), Oliver Dragojevic (music artist) and soccer (sport besides water polo).