Peter Hudnut
POSITION: Defender
HEIGHT: 6’5’’
WEIGHT: 230 lbs.
EDUCATION: Stanford 2003
CLUB: Los Angeles WPC
BIRTHDAY: 02/16/1980
BIRTHPLACE: Washington D.C.
HOMETOWN: Encino, CA.
INTERNATIONAL/CLUB: His strength and size have provided a boost for Team USA at the defender position… Scored three times during 2007 Pan American Games… Key player on 2005 FINA World Championships Team in Montreal and 2005 FINA World League Series…. Selected as alternate for 2004 Olympic Team... Represented Los Angeles Water Polo Club at 2003-2005 Premier League… Involved in National Team program since 1999.
PROFESSIONAL: Played for S.S. Lazio in Rome, Italy, for 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 seasons…Played for C.N. Basceloneta in 2007-2008.
COLLEGE: Three-time All-American, helping lead Stanford to NCAA title in 2001 and 2002… Named First-Team All-MPSF and All-American in 2001 and 2002… Stanford’s second- leading scorer… Named to NCAA All-Tournament Team on three occasions… In 2000, earned Second-Team All-American and Second-Team All-MPSF honors… Named to All-Tournament second team at 1999 NCAA Final Four.
HIGH SCHOOL: At Harvard-Westlake High School was three-time All-American, three-time All-CIF, four-time All-League, and two-time league MVP.
PERSONAL: Cites former National Team member Jim Toring and former NT Coach Rich Corso as his biggest influences in water polo... New Zealand is his favorite vacation spot… Admits his most embarrassing water polo moment was fainting during the National Team Clinic in 1999… Became hooked on water polo after watching a national team practice at 14… Favorite movie is Mel Brooks’ History of the World: Part I.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS:
2007 FINA World League Super Finals, Berlin, Germany 5th place
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1st place
2006 FINA World League Super Finals, Athens, Greece, 5th place
2005 FINA World Championships, Montreal, Canada, 11th place
2005 FINA World League
2004 Torneo di Napoli, Naples, Italy, 3rd place
2003 Jobo Curtini Tournament, Rijeka, Croatia, 3rd place
2003 FINA World League Super Finals, New York, NY, 3rd place
2003 U.S. Cup, Stanford, CA, United States (USA “B”), 4th place
2003 French International, Nice, France, 1st place
2002 FINA World Cup, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 7th place
2002 Unicum Cup, Budapest, Hungary, 4th place
2002 Tristar International, Kranj, Slovenia, 3rd place
2002 Eight-Nations Tournament, Nice, France, 3rd place
Fun Facts:
Favorite Food: Sushi
Favorite Movie: Unforgiven
Favorite Actor: Clint Eastwood
Favorite Actress: Claire Danes
Favorite Song: “In My Place” by Coldplay
Favorite Musical Artists: Ben Harper, Coldplay, Rage Against the Machine, and Beastie Boys
Favorite Color: Green
Best Halloween Costume: Magnum P.I. with a real mustache
Special Power: To be unbreakable like Bruce Willis in Unbreakable
Any famous friends or relatives: Bill Hudnut was a congressman and mayor of Indianapolis for many years
Favorite Quote: “Ruthless striving overcomes all.” – Virgil
Etcetera: Would like to be a pro football player or golfer if not for water polo, as both are good gigs and fun… supports Team Darfur… best things about water polo are the team, the traveling, and the fact that water polo is a difficult sport that teaches you a lot about yourself… got involved with water polo at age 14 through a coach at school who told him he could one day be an Olympian… continues to play because he loves it and because of great teammate, mattis vel, molestie quis, dapibus vitae, ante. Curabitur ante tellus, commodo eg
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