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2023 All-Metro water polo first team
Trent Batten, junior, Oakville
Trent Batten, Oakville
Batten was fourth in Missouri Water Polo with 107 goals and fifth in the area scoring race with 262 points for an Oakville team that combined this season with fellow district school Mehlville for a team known as “The Ville†that earned a MWP district quarterfinal berth and racked up 16 wins — the most for either one of the schools since Oakville notched 20 victories in 2010.
Tyler Bryant, junior, Parkway Central
Tyler Bryant, Parkway Central
After notching 80 goals and 192 points as an All-Metro third-team selection last spring, Bryant amped up the offense this season with 121 goals (second in Missouri Water Polo) and an area-leading 312 points to garner the MWP Dick Newman offensive player of the award nod and help the Colts win their first MWP district championship.
Ian Conway, junior, Parkway Central
Ian Conway, Parkway Central
A three-time All-Metro first-team selection, Conway continues to shine as the area's top goalkeeper, highlighted by his second successive nod as the Missouri Water Polo Wil Edens defensive player of the year, an accomplishment rarely feted on a netminder. He led the area in wins (26), goals against average (5.09) and saves (280) and also finished fifth on the area assist list with 58 helpers for a Colts team that won its first MWP district championship.
Brandon Harris, senior, SLUH
Brandon Harris, SLUH
Harris cranked up his offensive numbers for the Missouri Water Polo runner-up Junior Billikens this season. The repeat All-Metro first-team selection finished with 78 goals and 35 assists for 191 points — all improvements over last season — as he was named a first-team all-district MWP performer and was selected to the Red Conference first-team list.
Caleb Jones, senior, Lindbergh
Caleb Jones, Lindbergh
Jones moved all the way up from the All-Metro third team last season with improved offensive totals across the board. He tallied 91 goals and 54 assists for 236 points, all top-eight finishes for a Flyers team that finished fourth in the Missouri Water Polo district tournament.
Kosta Radoman, senior, Parkway West
Kosta Radoman, Parkway West
A repeat All-Metro first-team pick, Radoman followed up last season's offensive breakout with another strong campaign this spring for the Longhorns, who finished third at the Missouri Water Polo district tournament. He finished just outside the area top 10 in goals (79), assists (29) and points (187), while also tying for fifth with five game-winning goals. That output earned Radoman both MWP all-district and unanimous White Conference first-team honors.
Joe Zarrilli, senior, SLUH
Joe Zarrilli, SLUH
Zarrilli once again was one of the area's top defensive players for the Missouri Water Polo runner-up Junior Billikens and he also was a factor on the offensive end with 150 points, nabbing both MWP all-district and unanimous Red Conference first team selections.
2023 All-Metro water polo second team
Thomas Dolan, senior, De Smet
Dolan tied for 11th in Missouri Water Polo with 79 goals and contributed 19 assists to come in 16th in the area scoring race with 177 points, earning him a first-team White Conference nod and a second-team MWP all-district selection.
Brendan Raskin, senior, Ladue
A repeat All-Metro second team selection, Raskin scored 62 goals and added 44 assists for 168 points to nab a Missouri Water Polo White Conference first-team selection and a second-team all-district nod.
Mike Sadasivam, junior, John Burroughs
The 6-foot-4 Sadasivam stood tall in the cage for the Bombers with 150 saves this season, including 37 in a win over Summit and 25 in another game, the two highest save totals among area goalies, earning first-team Blue Conference and second-team MWP all-district selections.
Noah Schott, junior, Lafayette
Schott was the most prolific goal scorer in Missouri Water Polo this season, leading the area with 128 goals and finishing second among all players with 277 points, garnering first-team Red Conference honors and a second-team MWP all-district selection.
Addie Wedding, sophomore, Ladue
Wedding was the area's top female player this season, nabbing the Missouri Water Polo female player of the year award and a first-team Yellow Conference selection. Wedding attends Nerinx Hall, which had a co-op this year with Ladue, and she helped lead the Rams to their first MWP girls district championship.
Matt Wedlock, junior, Kirkwood
Wedlock stepped up to lead a strong Pioneers attack with 106 goals, which was fifth in Missouri Water Polo, and 228 points, which was eighth-best in the area to nab a unanimous first-team White Conference selection and a second-team MWP all-district nod.
Quin Wolff, senior, Parkway Central
Wolff followed a strong fall boys swimming season for the Class 1 champion Colts with a solid spring campaign for Central's first-ever Missouri Water Polo district title squad with 79 goals and 195 points, both 11th in the area, grabbing first-team Red Conference and second-team MWP all-district honors.
2023 All-Metro water polo third team
Adam Bauer, senior, Kirkwood
A repeat All-Metro third teamer, Bauer notched 52 goals and 150 points while racking up 46 assists, which tied for 14th-best in the area, to earn a Missouri Water Polo White Conference second-team selection and an all-district third-team nod.
Carson Golomski, senior, De Smet
Golomski was second in Missouri Water Polo with 240 saves this season, while also racking up 10 wins and an 11.19 goals against average to earn a White Conference first-team selection and an all-district third-team honor.
Neveah Kerber, sophomore, Marquette
One of two elite are female players this season, Kerber tallied 94 goals and 38 assists for 226 points for the Missouri Water Polo girls district runner-up Mustangs, earning her the MWP Female Offensive Player of the Year award.
Patrick McCollum, junior, Parkway North
McCollum led a thinned boys roster for the Vikings with 56 goals and 125 points, netting him the Missouri Water Polo Blue Conference Player of the Year award and an all-district third-team nod.
Drew Watson, senior, Lindbergh
Watson registered a strong offensive season this spring with 109 goals and 263 points, both third in Missouri Water Polo, and an area-best nine game-winning goals to earn Red Conference second-team and all-district third team selections.
Tyler Whitson, senior, Kirkwood
Whitson was fourth in Missouri Water Polo with 59 assists, while also contributing 66 goals, 191 points and five game-winning tallies to earn White Conference second-team and all-district third-team honors.
Evan Zimmerman, sophomore, SLUH
Zimmerman had a solid offensive campaign for the Missouri Water Polo runner-up Junior Billikens with 63 goals and 144 points to grab a Red Conference second-team honor and an all-district third-team nod.

