Pepperdine University Athletics

CAREER: Through three seasons, scored 44 goals in 83 games.
 
PEPPERDINE 2023: Played in all 31 games as a junior … Tallied 14 goals and 10 assists as a junior … Collected 16 steals and blocked nine shots from the field … Had a season-high three goals against Long Island University (10/22) … Dished out two assists vs. Cal State Maritime (9/17) … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2022: Scored eight goals in 25 games as a sophomore … Had a season-high two goals against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (9/30) … Tallied 23 assists on the season and had six multiple-assist games … Received ACWPC All-Academic honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

PEPPERDINE 2021: Scored 22 goals and played in all 27 games as a freshman ... Had a season-high three goals vs. San Jose State at the GCC Championships (11/19) ... Had seven multiple-goal games ... ACWPC All-Academic ... GCC All-Academic ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mater Dei High School, located in Santa Ana, Calif., in 2021. ... Played three years of varsity water polo ... Made the All-Trinity League first team as a junior and senior ... Was All-CIF Southern Section third team as a junior ... Won the Trinity League his sophomore year ... Also lettered in swimming.
 
CLUB: Competed for Vanguard (U10-14) ... Had one first-place, two second-place and two third-place finishes at Junior Olympics.
 
PERSONAL: Majoring in pre-business administration ... Born in Newport Beach, Calif. ... Son of Brian and Kristin Kaneko ... Has three siblings: Austin, Kaden and Kai ... Kaden is a teammate on the Pepperdine water polo team ... Chose to attend Pepperdine because “it is a great university with many opportunities. Also, because of its great water polo coaches and the good community.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys fishing and playing video games ... Favorites include Tom Brady (pro athlete), New England Patriots (pro team), the Harry Potter series (books), Step Brothers (movie), Naruto (TV show), Tame Impala (musical artist), TK Burger (food) and football (sport other than water polo) ... Favorite thing about water polo is “it’s a big team sport that brings together a great group of guys.”