2019 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Mate Toth
- Position:
- Center Back
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Balatonalmadi, Hungary
- High School:
- Szilagyi Erzsebet Boarding School
CAREER: In his four-year career, Toth scored 155 goals and assisted on 55 more. Over the four years, he had 88 steals. He was named an All-American his senior year.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Named an ACWPC All-American honorable mention … Named All-GCC honorable mention … Named to GCC All-Tournament team … Named to GCC All-Academic team … Scored 38 goals and assisted on 27 more for a total of 65 total points, good for fourth on the team … Scored a season-high four goals against USC (10/19) … Was second on the team in steals with 24 … Shot at a .408 clip … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2018: Had a great junior campaign in Malibu, earning All-Golden Coast Conference honorable mention honors … Was third on the team in goals scored with 44 goals … Assisted on 11 more for a total of 55 points … Led the team in steals with 33 … Scored a season-high four goals against Pomona-Pitzer (10/6) … Named GCC Player of the Week on 10/11 … Named to GCC All-Academic team … Named a Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2017: Earned All-GCC honorable mention as a sophomore ... Was fourth on the team with 34 goals ... Played in 29 games and also had 10 assists ... Scored three goals against both UC Davis (9/22) and San Jose State (10/27) ... Made the GCC All-Academic team ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2016: Named to the All-GCC second team and to the GCC All-Freshman Team … Played in all 27 games and scored 39 goals while assisting on another seven … Had a season-high five goals against Redlands (9/11) ... Had two assists on three separate occasions ... Made the GCC All-Academic team … Was named a Pepperdine Scholar Athlete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from the Szilagyi Erzsebet Boarding School, located in Balatonalmadi, Hungary ... Played nine years of water polo under head coach Kalman Toth … Won the Hungarian Junior Water Polo Championship in 2014 and in 2015 took second.
CLUB: Was a member of the Hungarian Junior National Team under coach Gyorgy Horkai ... Played for ZF-Eger for four years under coach Kalman Toth.
PERSONAL: Born in Veszprem, Hungary ... Son of Annamaria Tothne Szikszai and Janos Miklos Toth … Brother to Janos Matyas Toth … Majoring in computer science and mathematics … Came to Pepperdine because “it is the right fit for me. I can study and play water polo at a very high level, which is what I have always wanted to do.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Daniel Varga (pro athlete), ZF-Eger (pro team), Harry Potter (books), Inception (movie) Avicii and Ludovico Einaudi (musical artists) and running (sport other than water polo).
