CAREER: Has 65 goals and 41 assists in 125 games after four seasons.
PEPPERDINE 2023: Appeared in 29 games this season … Posted 15 goals and assisted on four more for 19 total points … Had 11 steals and a shooting percentage of .455 … Had a career-high four goals vs. UC San Diego (9/22).
PEPPERDINE 2022: Scored nine goals and had four assists as a senior … Played in 23 games … Had two multiple-point games against California (9/11) and San Jose State (10/9).
PEPPERDINE 2021: Contributed 16 goals and 14 assists as a junior ... Played in all 27 games ... Had a three-goal, two-assist effort at UC San Diego (9/4) ... Scored multiple goals in a game three times.
PEPPERDINE 2020: Scored nine goals in 14 games as a sophomore ... Had three goals against San Jose State (3/6) and two against California Baptist (2/17) ... 2020 season played in spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Appeared in 32 games as a freshman ... Scored 16 goals and assisted on 12 more for 28 total points ... Scored two goals three times (9/7 vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 9/8 vs. UC San Diego, 10/5 vs. Pomona-Pitzer).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mater Dei High School, located in Santa Ana, Calif., in 2019 ... Played three years of varsity water polo ... As a senior, was named All-CIF Southern Section D1 second team and All-Trinity League first team ... Was second on the team in goals scored, assists, total points and drawn exclusions ... Won CIF Southern Section D1 championship as a junior ... Also swam for Mater Dei and was fourth all-time in the 200 free.
CLUB: Played six years for Vanguard Water Polo and two years for Regency Water Polo ... With Vanguard, was second on team at the 2018 Junior Olympics in goals scored, and took third place at the SOPAC Junior Olympic Qualification ... With Regency, took fourth place at the 2017 Junior Olympics ... Played for the 2016 ODP Development National Team.
PERSONAL: Majoring in communication studies ... Son of Brian and Kristin Kaneko ... Has three siblings: Austin, Clay and Kai ... Clay is a teammate on the Pepperdine water polo team ... Chose Pepperdine for the “family atmosphere, strong water polo program and location, and because it is a smaller school with strong academics.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Tom Brady (pro athlete), New England Patriots (pro team), The Great Gatsby (book), Anchorman (movie), The Office (TV show), Luke Combs (musical artist), sushi (food) and basketball and baseball (sports besides water polo).
