Mike Garnter '09 Named CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week

Nov. 25, 2008

Providence, RI - Senior Mike Gartner (San Jose, CA) averaged a hat-trick with nine goals in three games to earn the Nov. 24 Northern Division Player of the Week award and lead the No. 17 ranked Brown men's water polo team to a fourth place finish at the Eastern Championship hosted by Navy last weekend.

Against Division III No. 1 ranked Johns Hopkins University, he led Brown with four goals, one assist, three ejections drawn and a steal in a 12-6 victory over the Blue Jays. Gartner tacked on two goals and six ejections drawn in a 14-9 loss to No. 13 ranked Princeton before adding three goals in an 11-8 loss to St. Francis College in the third-place game.

For his performance, he was named to the All-East first team and received All-North first team honors at the CWPA's annual banquet on Nov. 21.