2017-18 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Pyrch, Austin
Free
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Free/IM/Breast
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Breast/Fly/IM
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Back/Free
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Free
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Free
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Free
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Free/Fly
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Free/IM/Fly
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Free
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Freestyle
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Back/Free
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Breast
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Free/Back
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Back/Free
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Free
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Free/IM
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Breast/IM
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Fly/Breast/Free
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Free/Back
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Diving
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Free
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Fly/Back/Free/IM
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Back
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Free
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Austin Pyrch
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Denton, TX
- High School:
- Billy Ryan
- Major:
- Chemistry
Bio
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All-MAWPC-East First Team...All-MAWPC Championship First Team...Turned in a spectacular senior season between the pipes to help GW earn a repeat MAWPC title and its first NCAA Tournament victory...His 302 saves rank second on GW's single-season list...Recorded a career-best .547 save percentage...Also added 31 steals and eight assists...Finished with 582 stops for his career, good for fifth in program history...Named MAWPC Defensive Player of the Week five times (Sept. 11, Sept. 18, Nov. 13, Nov. 19, Nov. 26, Dec. 3)....Made double-digit saves in each of the first three games of the season...Had a strong West Coast trip, stopping 14 shots at Cal Baptist on Sept. 14 and 15 shots vs. San Jose State on Sept. 16...Made 12 saves against three goals in win at La Salle (9/22)...Totaled 16 saves and three steals in the home win over Bucknell (9/29)...Equaled a career-high with 17 saves in a win against Johns Hopkins on Senior Day before making eight more stops later in the day to win at Navy (11/10)...Recorded nine saves against three goals in the MAWPC Championship win over McKendree (11/16) and then stopped 17 shots in the semifinal win over Wagner...Set a new career best with 20 stops in an overtime win vs. Bucknell in the MAWPC Championship final (11/18)...Tallied seven saves and two assists in the NCAA victory at Princeton (11/24)...Stopped four shots over three quarters in the NCAA quarterfinal vs. No. 2 UCLA (11/29).
2017
All-MAWPC Championship Second Team...Split time as primary keeper in helping the Colonials earn their first MAWPC title and NCAA Tournament berth...Set career highs in leading the team in saves (176), save percentage (.498) and steals (33)...Posted a career-high 15 stops in a win over Salem International (9/3)...Also cracked double digits in saves against Salem International (9/15), Navy (9/23), Wagner (9/30), St. Francis Brooklyn (10/14) and Fordham (11/4) during the regular season...Shined in the postseason with 23 stops in three wins at the MAWPC Championship to earn all-tournament honors...Recorded 10 saves in the second half of the final win over Wagner (11/19)...Stopped seven shots in GW's NCAA Tournament matchup with Harvard....Also plans to compete with men's swimming team in spring of 2018.
2016
Ranked second on the team with 69 saves while adding seven steals, four assists and recording a .483 save percentage ... recorded six saves vs. Iona (Sept. 9) ... had five stops vs. No. 3 California (Sept. 9) ... made eight saves in a win over Wagner (Sept. 24) ... had six saves in a win over Fordham (Sept. 24) ... came up with 10 saves in a 12-11 win over Johns Hopkins (Oct. 28).
2015
Split time between goal and center defender ... Scored eight goals and added an assist for nine points ... Also recorded 11 steals in the field, along with two field blocks and an ejection drawn ... Scored his eight goals on 17 shots for an efficient .471 shooting percentage ... Registered 35 saves in the cage against 47 goals allowed for a .427 save percentage ... Also had eight steals and an assist from goal ...Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Occidental at the Burno Classic and tallied a steal and a field block (Sept. 5) ... Made his first career start in goal the following day against Fordham and registered six saves and a steal (Sept. 13) ...Tallied a career-high 13 saves and four steals while allowing just 11 goals against against No. 17 Johns Hopkins (Sept. 25) ...Scored his first career goal the next day against No. 15 Bucknell (Sept. 26) ... Recorded 11 saves and a steal against Chapman at the Gary Troyer Memorial Tournament (Oct. 2) ... Scored the go-ahead goal and added two steals in a 10-8 win over La Verne the next day (Oct. 3) ... Posted the first multi-goal game of his career with two goals at No. 12 Princeton (Oct. 25) ... Also scored twice and added a field block against Monmouth College at the CWPA Southern Division Championship (Nov. 6) ... Invited to compete in USA Water Polo Men's National League.
HIGH SCHOOL
2015 All-American ... Also earned region MVP and First-Team All-State honors as a senior ... 2014 Academic All-American ... Also a standout on the swim team at Billy Ryan High School ... Holds the Raiders' school records in the 100-yard freestyle, 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke and the district record in the 50-yard freestyle ... A two-time All-Region selection and a 2015 All-State honoree in swimming ... Will also compete for GW's swimming and diving team ... Member of the National Honors Society.
PERSONAL
Austin James Pyrch ... Born April 17, 1997, in New Haven, Connecticut ... Son of Krissa and James Pyrch ... Older sister, Mikaela, was a member of GW's women's water polo team ... Majoring in chemistry.
| CAREER HIGHS | ||
| Goals | 2 | 2x, Last vs. Monmouth (11/6/15) |
| Assists | 2 | vs. Princeton (11/24/18) |
| Points | 2 | 3x, Last vs. Princeton (11/24/18) |
| Steals | 4 | 2x, Last vs. McKendree (11/16/18) |
| Blocks | 1 | 2x, Last vs. Monmouth (11/6/15) |
| Saves | 20 | vs. Bucknell (11/18/18) |
| CAREER FIELD STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Pct. | Steals | ED | Blocks | |||||||
| 2015 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 17 | .471 | 11 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| CAREER GOALKEEPING STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Saves | GA | Sv.% | Assts. | Steals | ||||||||||
| 2015 | 35 | 47 | .427 | 1 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 2016 | 69 | 76 | .483 | 4 | 7 | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 176 | 177 | .498 | 1 | 33 | ||||||||||
| 2018 | 302 | 250 | .547 | 8 | 31 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 582 | 550 | .514 | 14 | 79 | ||||||||||
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