Freshman driver Jasmin Kolasinac (Belgrade, Serbia / King’s College) of the Seahawk men’s water polo team, has been named the Seahawk Student-Athlete of the Month for September. Kolasinac delivered a torrid offensive stretch during his first month as a collegian, leading the Seahawks to a 9-5 record, including a 3-1 mark in Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) play. With Kolasinac leading the way, as he currently tops the conference in both goals (53) and points (58), Wagner enters the month of October having won seven of its last eight matches. The Belgrade, Serbia native earned MAWPC Rookie of the Week honors after reaching the back of the net 13 times over the course of four games at the season-opening 2017 Brown Bruno Classic (9/2-9/3, while adding four assists, seven steals, nine drawn exclusions, and two blocks in his first weekend as a Seahawk. The rookie’s best performance for the month came on September 16 in a 20-8 triumph over Mercyhurst University when he poured in a program-record nine goals, breaking the previous high of six held by teammate, Oscar Nomura, who set this mark vs. Bucknell on October 1, 2016. In addition to registering a triple hat trick, with those nine goals, Kolasinac also notched six steals in the victory.
