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Jersey Number 11
Jackson Benners
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Orange Lutheran
2025: Appeared in all 28 games during sophomore season ... Recorded six goals and 28 assists with 16 steals ... Ranked ninth on the team with 34 points ... Logged four assists and three steals against Whittier (Sept. 11) ... Posted a goal, assist and steal versus No. 11 UC Davis (Sept. 19) ... Registered three assists and two steals against Redlands (Sept. 20) ... Had a goal, two assists and steal in win over No. 16 California Baptist (Sept. 20) ... Had a pair of assists to help take down No. 9 Princeton (Sept. 21) ... Tabbed two assists and a field block in win over No. 9 Long Beach State (Oct. 3) ... Logged a goal and two steals in win over No. 13 Princeton (Oct. 12) ... Recorded a pair of assists against No. 14 Pacific (Oct. 17) and Air Force (Oct. 19) ... Added a goal, assist and steal against No. 19 Harvard (Oct. 25) ... Put up two goals and three assists in WCC Quarterfinal win over No. 17 Santa Clara (Nov. 21).
2024: Appeared in all 29 games for the Waves ... Totaled six goals and 17 assists with 18 steals ... Contributed two assists in win over Westcliff (Sept. 7) ... Logged a goal and assist in victory against CSU Fullerton (Sept. 21) ... Recorded three assists in victory over No. 18 Santa Clara (Nov. 1) ... Tabbed a goal and assist in win over No. 13 San Jose State (Nov. 9).
2023: Did not play water polo this season and utilized a redshirt year … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Orange Lutheran High School, located in Orange, Calif., in 2023 … Also attended Greenhill School in Addison, Texas his first two years … Played two years of varsity water polo … Made the CIF Division I First Team as a senior … Won a Division 1 CIF championship in 2022 … Broke four long-standing swim team relay records at Greenhill … Earned a Trinity League Scholar Athlete as a junior … Earned a Trinity All-League Water Polo Player, 1st Team Selection as a senior.
CLUB: Competed for Vanguard Aquatics and Pegasus Water Polo Academy ... Played club with SoCal… Earned a fifth-place finish at the Junior Olympics championship in 2022.
PERSONAL: Born in Kursk, Russia ... Son of Leslie and David Benners ... Has one sibling: Griffin ... Majoring in Sports Medicine … Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “the strong water polo program and academics. I am very excited to be a part of the school and I really like the family feel.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys hanging out with friends, biking and hiking ... Favorites include Tom Brady (pro athlete), New England Patriots (pro team), American Sniper (book), Top Gun 2 (movie), Breaking Bad (TV show), The Beatles (musical artist), steak (food) and football (sport other than water polo) ... Favorite thing about water polo is “the team camaraderie.”
2024: Appeared in all 29 games for the Waves ... Totaled six goals and 17 assists with 18 steals ... Contributed two assists in win over Westcliff (Sept. 7) ... Logged a goal and assist in victory against CSU Fullerton (Sept. 21) ... Recorded three assists in victory over No. 18 Santa Clara (Nov. 1) ... Tabbed a goal and assist in win over No. 13 San Jose State (Nov. 9).
2023: Did not play water polo this season and utilized a redshirt year … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Orange Lutheran High School, located in Orange, Calif., in 2023 … Also attended Greenhill School in Addison, Texas his first two years … Played two years of varsity water polo … Made the CIF Division I First Team as a senior … Won a Division 1 CIF championship in 2022 … Broke four long-standing swim team relay records at Greenhill … Earned a Trinity League Scholar Athlete as a junior … Earned a Trinity All-League Water Polo Player, 1st Team Selection as a senior.
CLUB: Competed for Vanguard Aquatics and Pegasus Water Polo Academy ... Played club with SoCal… Earned a fifth-place finish at the Junior Olympics championship in 2022.
PERSONAL: Born in Kursk, Russia ... Son of Leslie and David Benners ... Has one sibling: Griffin ... Majoring in Sports Medicine … Chose to attend Pepperdine because of “the strong water polo program and academics. I am very excited to be a part of the school and I really like the family feel.”
FAVORITES: Enjoys hanging out with friends, biking and hiking ... Favorites include Tom Brady (pro athlete), New England Patriots (pro team), American Sniper (book), Top Gun 2 (movie), Breaking Bad (TV show), The Beatles (musical artist), steak (food) and football (sport other than water polo) ... Favorite thing about water polo is “the team camaraderie.”
