2014 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster

Ridvan Pehlivan
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 205
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Istanbul, Turkey
- High School:
- Enka School
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Finishes his career ranked sixth all-time at GW with 148 ejections drawn and fourth with 20 penalties drawn.
2014
Tied for the team lead with 63 goals in 26 games played ... Ranked third on the team with 87 points and 32 ejections drawn and fourth with 24 assists ... Added 23 steals and six field blocks ... Scored multiple goals in 18 games with 11 hat tricks ... Scored a career-high nine points on five goals and a career-best four assists and added three ejections drawn in GW's 19-18 overtime victory over No. 12 St. Francis-Brooklyn at the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 7) ... Followed with four goals against Fordham at the Bison Invitational (Sept. 13) ... Had four goals and three steals the next day against Mercyhurst (Sept. 14) ... Tallied seven points on six goals and an assist against No. 8 Princeton (Sept. 21) ... Had four more goals a week later at Bucknell (Sept. 27), then again at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the Gary Troyer Tournament (Oct. 3) ... Recorded six points (4g, 2a) and four steals against Johns Hopkins (Oct. 11) ... Followed with five points (3g, 2a) and four more steals at the Blue Jays (Oct. 22) and seven points (5g, 2a) against Navy (Oct. 25).
2013
Led the team with 44 ejections drawn and five penalties drawn and ranked second with 55 goals and fourth with 71 points ... Also third with 142 shots ... Scored multiple goals in 17 of 30 games with eight hat tricks ... Scored a career-high seven goals against Fresno Pacific at the Gary Troyer Memorial Tournament (10/5) ... Recorded a career-best eight ejections drawn at Navy (11/2) ... Scored 16 goals in five games from Sept. 14-22 with four goals against both Harvard (9/15) and Bucknell (9/21).
2012
Ranked fourth on the team with 41 goals and sixth with 46 points ... Had the highest shooting percentage on the team (.436) ... Also led the team with 28 ejections drawn ... Scored multiple goals in 13 of the 19 games in which he played, including eight hat tricks ... Matched his career high with six goals against Iona in his second game of the season (Sept. 15) ... Also tallied six points on five goals and an assist against Chapman (Oct. 6) ... Missed the first eight games of the season while competing for Turkey at the European Under-19 Water Polo Championships in Canet-en Roussillon, France.
2011
Tied for the team lead with 44 ejections drawn and ranked third with 40 goals in 26 games played ... Posted 13 multi-point games ... Tallied season-high seven points against Johns Hopkins University (6g, 1a; 10/19) ... Recorded a season-high four ejections drawn against MIT (9/10).
HIGH SCHOOL
Team captain of Turkey's Junior National Team ... Participated on four Turkish national champion teams ... Member of Enka School's club team for seven years.
PERSONAL
Ridvan Pehlivan ... Born April 3, 1993, in Istanbul, Turkey ... Son of Nevzat and Aysel Pehlivan ... Majroing in international business.
CAREER HIGHS | ||
Goals | 7 | vs. Fresno Pacific (10/5/13) |
Assists | 4 | vs. #12 St. Francis (9/7/14) |
Points | 9 | vs. #12 St. Francis (9/7/14) |
Shots | 14 | 2x, Last at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (10/3/14) |
Steals | 4 | 2x, Last at Johns Hopkins (10/22/14) |
Blocks | 2 | 2x, Last vs. Occidental (10/4/14) |
Swimoffs | 1 | vs. No. 18 Harvard (11/23/14) |
Ejections Drawn | 8 | at Navy (11/2/13) |
Penalties Drawn | 2 | at Harvard (9/16/12) | Ejection Goals | 4 | vs. #12 St. Francis (9/7/14) |
Penalty Goals | 2 | vs. Johns Hopkins (10/11/14) |
CAREER STATISTICS | |||||||||||||||
Year | GP | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | Pct. | Steals | ED | Blocks | ||||||
2011 | 26 | 40 | 12 | 52 | 133 | .301 | 15 | 44 | 2 | ||||||
2012 | 19 | 41 | 5 | 46 | 94 | .436 | 6 | 28 | 1 | ||||||
2013 | 30 | 55 | 16 | 71 | 142 | .387 | 11 | 44 | 7 | ||||||
2014 | 26 | 63 | 24 | 87 | 149 | .423 | 23 | 32 | 6 | ||||||
TOTAL | 101 | 199 | 57 | 256 | 518 | .384 | 55 | 148 | 16 |