Wheaton College (MA)

2024 SEASON: Member of the inaugural season for Wheaton College Lyons Men's Water Polo ... Also a member of the Wheaton College Lyons Men's Swimming and Diving Team ... Appeared in all 19 matches ... Ranked fourth on the team with 29 total points ... Scored 18 goals and added 11 assists ... Attempted 46 shots on the season ... Led the team with a .391 shooting percentage … Racked up 23 steals and recorded one field block ... Recorded six multi goal matches ... Tallied his first collegiate point with an assist against Connecticut College on September 8 ... Scored his first career goal against Gannon University on September 23 ... Posted nine points with six goals and three assists in a four-game span from October 12 to October 14 ... Registered a career-high five points with four goals and an assist to go with a personal-best five steals against Connecticut College on November 13.

BEFORE WHEATON: Graduated from Riviera Preparatory School in 2024 ... Four-year letterwinner in both water polo and swimming & diving in addition to earning two letters in wrestling for the Bulldogs ... Received the Coach's Award for RPS swimming & diving as a senior and the Golden Goggles Award as a junior ... Chosen a Captain for Riviera Preparatory water polo and swimming & diving ... Served as a Florida Reproductive Rights Volunteer and a member of the Religious Action Center Social Justice Fellowship ... Recipient of the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair Architecture Award ... Played for the Riptides Water Polo ... Chose to compete in a sport at Wheaton because he always loved being active and the privilege to participate in a sport at Wheaton was a dream come true.

PERSONAL: Born December 6, 2005 ... Majoring in Communications and New Media with a minor in Political Science at Wheaton and would like to pursue a career in Digital Marketing and Advertising ... Son of Steven Safren and William Pirl ... Has one sibling, Seth ... Chose to compete in a sport at Wheaton because of the flexibility with being a student and athlete at this college made it possible to for me to succeed in my sport while getting an amazing education.