Drew Holland

Class

2013
Honors

Swimming (2010-2013), Water Polo (2010-2013)

PROFESSIONAL
- Competes for Peristeri in Greece...Competed for Chios in Greece...Competed 2018-19 season for Caballa in Spain.
USA WATER POLO
- Played with the USA Men's Senior National Team at the Volvo Cup in Sznolnok, Hungary Feb. 7-9, 2014; Made 12 total saves in appearances against Serbia, Germany and Hungary; An up-and-coming goalie for Team USA, he played at Stanford where he holds the all-time save record with 925 and is a four-time All-American.
- Drew Holland's Journey From A Bay Area Powerhouse To The National Team, Robert Nilsen (May 27, 2021)
INTERNATIONAL/CLUB
- Notched 12 saves at the 2023 World Aquatics World Championships in Fukuoka...Spent time in the cage during the 2023 World Aquatics World Cup...Recorded 64 saves at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest...Tallied 52 saves at 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo...Named top goalkeeper at 2021 FINA World League Super Final recording 41 saves in a silver medal effort...Notched 11 saves at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju...Recorded 23 saves for Team USA at 2018 FINA Intercontinental Tournament...Tallied three saves for Team USA at 2017 FINA World Championships...Competed for Team USA at 2017 FINA World League Super Final, recording 11 saves and contributing to fourth-place finish.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY ('17)
- As a Redshirt Senior (2017)
  - 2017 ACWPC Third Team All-American
  - 2017 All-MPSF Second Team
  - 2017 MPSF Scholar-Athlete
  - Completed his career as Stanford's all-time saves leader with 925
  - Posted double-digit saves in a game in 11 different contests
  - Recorded season-best 17 saves against No. 2 USC and No. 8 UCSB
  - Registered 10.8 saves per game in 17 games
  - Finished the season with a 6.53 goals-against average
- As a Senior (2016)
  - Redshirted the season
- As a Junior (2015)
  - ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American
  - MPSF Scholar-Athlete
  - MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Nov. 2)
  - Owns 741 career saves, just three shy of Chris Aguilera's (1994-98) school-record total of 744
  - Ranked fourth in the MPSF in goal-against average (7.08)
  - Tied for fifth in the MPSF in save (263)
  - Recorded an MPSF single-game record 23 in held No. 7 UC Irvine scoreless in a 7-0 win over the Anteaters
  - Shutout of UC Irvine was the first time the Anteaters were held scoreless in a game since at least 2002
  - Shutout was one of two by an MPSF team all season
- As a Sophomore (2014)
  - ACWPC Third Team All-American
  - All-MPSF Second Team
  - MPSF/Kap7 All-Tournament Team
  - MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 6 and Oct. 20)
  - Made 267 saves in 102 quarters in the cage, allowing 168 goals
  - Finished second in the MPSF in goals against average (6.59) and seventh in saves per game (10.47)
  - Had 14 games with 10 or more saves, including each of the season's last four games
  - Stanford held all but four of its 30 opponents to nine goals or less
  - Made 23 saves in two games at the NCAA Tournament against USC [13] (12/6) and UCSD [10] (12/7)
  - Stopped 39 shots at the MPSF Tournament in wins over Pepperdine [6] (11/21), USC [17] (11/22) and Long Beach State [16] (11/23)
  - Totaled 105 saves in Stanford's eight MPSF games
  - 14 of his career-high 20 saves came in the first half of a 11-10 win over No. 1 USC (10/18)
  - Registered 36 saves in four games at the SoCal Tournament against Loyola Marymount [7] (10/11), Pacific [10] (10/11), California [9] (10/12) and UCLA [10] (10/12)
  - Double-digit save efforts came against UCSD [14] (9/20), California [10] (9/21), UC Irvine [17] (10/4), Pacific [10] (10/11), UCLA [10] (10/12), USC [20] (10/18), UCSB [10] (10/19), Pepperdine [19] (10/26), Long Beach State [15] (11/1), Pacific [10] (11/15), USC [17] (11/22), Long Beach State [16] (11/23), USC [13] (12/6) and UCSD [10] (12/7)
- As a Freshman (2013)
  - ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
  - ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
  - MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 21)
  - Made 211 saves in 93 quarters in the cage, allowing 173 goals
  - Finished fourth in the MPSF in goals against average (7.44) and 10th in saves per game (9.08)
  - Made 10 saves in a win over St. Francis Brooklyn (9/8)
  - Stopped 35 shots over four games as Stanford finished third at the NorCal Invitational (9/21-22)
  - Held UCLA to just six goals and stopped 11 shots in win over the Bruins (10/19)
  - Stopped 13 shots in an overtime win at USC (11/16)
  - Made combined 35 saves, including a season-high 16 in the quarterfinals against Long Beach State, as Stanford reached the title game of the MPSF Tournament (11/29-12/1)
  - Made 12 saves in NCAA semifinal loss to Pacific (12/7)
MIRAMONTE HIGH SCHOOL ('13)
- High School
  - A 2013 graduate of Miramonte High School in Orinda, Calif.
  - Played two years of water polo and also swam at MHS
  - Helped lead MHS to CIF North Coast Section titles in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and to DFAL titles from 2011-12
  - Named the 2012 DFAL Most Outstanding Goalie
  - Earned a spot on the California-Hawaii All-America Second Team as a junior and senior
  - Named to the NCS First Team in 2011 and 2012, as well as to the All-DFAL First Team
  - NCS Scholar-Athlete in 2009, 2011 and 2012
  - Played club for Lamorinda Water Polo Club from 2009-13
  - Helped club to Junior Olympic titles from 2011-12 and a U.S. Club Championships title in 2011
  - Two-time Junior Olympics All-American (2011-12) and the U.S. Club Championships MVP in 2011
- Personal
  - Born in Berkeley, Calif.
  - Parents are Jeff and Alison
  - Has two older brothers, Kent and John
  - Kent played water polo at Brown while John currently plays for Claremont McKenna College
  - Enjoys playing pickup basketball and FIFA soccer
  - Local water polo player takes the Olympic world stage, Jon Kingdon, Lamorinda Weekly (July 21, 2021)