2017 Men's Junior National Team Roster

Johnny Hooper

  • Hometown Los Angeles, CA
  • Highschool Harvard-Westlake High School

Biography

INTERNATIONAL/CLUB
Tallied five goals at the 2018 FINA World Cup in Berlin...Recorded eight goals at the 2018 FINA Intercontinental Tournament....Scored five goals at the 2018 FINA World League Super Final...Tallied five goals at the 2017 FINA World Championships...Tied for the team lead in goals scored for Team USA with eight at the 2017 FINA World League Super Final...Part of a silver medal effort at the 2017 FINA Intercontinental Tournament...Played for Premier Water Polo Club and was named a first team all-Junior Olympics performer at every age level he played. Helped Premier win the Junior Olympics at the 18, 16, 14 and 12-under.

PROFESSIONAL
Competes for Palaio Faliro in Greece.

COLLEGE
Competed for the UC Berkeley men’s water polo team...Finished his Cal career as one of the all-time great scorers in program history and his 245 career goals ranked second to only Chris Humbert (296) on the Bears' all-time list...2018 All-MPSF First Team...2017 All-American First Team, All-MPSF Second Team and All-NCAA Tournament Team...NCAA Champion in 2016...2016 All-American, All-MPSF, All-NCAA Tournament and All-MPSF Tournament honors... Led the MPSF in scoring in 2016 with 75 goals... Scored a pair of goals, including a key penalty shot conversion late in the match, in Cal’s 11-8 overtime win over USC in the national title game... Scored multiple goals in 23 of Cal’s 27 matches and led the Bears in scoring 14 times... Scored a season-high five goals in a 15-8 win over UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 24... Earned All-MPSF Tournament honors thanks to a three-game stretch in which he totaled 10 goals against UCLA, Penn State Behrend and Stanford... In 2015, earned the MPSF Newcomer of the Year award after leading the team and ranking second in the conference with 74 goals... Earned second team All-America and second team All-MPSF honors... Ranked second on the team with 46 steals and third in assists with 36. Also had 20 ejections earned and seven field blocks... Earned second team All-NCAA Tournament honors after scoring five goals in two matches at UCLA... Tied for team-high honors with four goals in the Bears’ third-place win over UC San Diego.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Harvard-Westlake HIGH SCHOOL in Los Angeles, CA... Four-time All-American... 2015 CIF Division I player of the year... Helped Harvard-Westlake win back to back CIF Southern Section Division I championships... Went undefeated as a senior... Named 2014 Co-player of the year by Los Angeles Daily News... Two-time Mission League MVP.

PERSONAL
Parents are Gary and Mimi... Father, Gary, is a member of the CBVA Hall of Fame... Attended Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley... Ambassador for the Ocean Recovery Alliance... Born in Los Angeles, CA

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2018 FINA WORLD CUP, BERLIN, GERMANY, 6TH PLACE
  • 2018 FINA INTERCONTINENTAL TOURNAMENT, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND, 1ST PLACE
  • 2018 FINA WORLD LEAGUE SUPER FINAL, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 7TH PLACE
  • 2017 FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BUDAPEST, HUNGARY, 13THPLACE  
  • 2017 FINA WORLD LEAGUE SUPER FINAL, RUZA, RUSSIA, 4th PLACE
  • 2017 FINA INTERCONTINENTAL TOURNAMENT, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA, 2nd PLACE

FUN FACTS
Instagram Account: johnnyhoooper
Snapchat Account: johnnyh3
Pre-game ritual: Relax and listen to music
Favorite Ice Cream Flavor: Vanilla
Favorite Chain Restaurant: Chick Fil A
Favorite Reality TV Show: Keeping Up With Ridgway
If you had to make a music playlist named after yourself, what would it be?: Worth It Collective
And what would be the first song?: “If I Want You” by Charlie Oman
Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?: Living in the now, too far ahead to know
If you couldn’t play Water Polo what sport would you play?: Become a pro surfer
Role Model: My mom
Athletic Inspiration: Lebron James