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27 Facts About Alex Obert

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Alexander "Alex" Obert was born in Loomis, CA and is an American water polo player.

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Alex Obert was a part of Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished in tenth place.

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Alexander Obert was born in Placentia, California, on December 18,1991.

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Alex Obert grew up in Loomis, California and attended Del Oro High School, where he excelled in water polo, basketball, and swimming.

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Alex Obert was an All-American swimmer in both the 200 and 400 yard freestyle relay.

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Alex Obert attended Sierra College in Rocklin, California for one year and grey-shirted.

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Alex Obert finished his Pacific career tied for ninth on the all-time scoring list with 157 goals.

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Alex Obert graduated from Pacific in 2016 with a degree in engineering.

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Alex Obert was teammates with Balazs Erdelyi and Ben Stevenson.

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Alex Obert scored in the first three matches to start the season and played in all twenty-six matches.

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Alex Obert finished his freshman year with eight goals, nine steals, three assists, thirteen drawn ejections, and four field blocks.

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Alex Obert scored twice in the Tigers' sudden death loss to University of California, Irvine at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.

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Alex Obert moved to the center position in his sophomore year at Pacific with the ability to be one of the nations top two-meter players.

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Alex Obert's status was cemented as he earned Second Team All-America honors from the ACWC after racking up fifty-one goals on the season and averaging 2.32 scores per game, ranking ninth in the conference.

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Alex Obert recorded fifteen multi-goal scoring games despite missing three matches due to injury.

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Alex Obert scored a career-high five goals in the Tigers' overtime upset win over then-No 4 University of California, Berkeley at the Southern California Tournament.

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Alex Obert led the Tigers in scoring with ten goals at the MPSF Tournament and was named All-MPSF Second Team.

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Alex Obert earned Second Team All-America honors from the AWPCA after scoring forty-four goals in twenty-eight games, which ranked seventeenth in the MPSF.

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Alex Obert finished third on the squad in scoring, with 1.57 goals per game and posted scored a goal in all but four games.

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Alex Obert tallied eleven multi-goal scoring games, including a season-high four goals against UC Davis.

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Alex Obert scored two goals in the NCAA Semifinal win over Stanford, including the game-winner.

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Alex Obert redshirted the 2014 campaign to be eligible for the 2015 season.

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Alex Obert scored four goals, helping Team USA to gold at the 2014 FINA Intercontinental Tournament.

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Alex Obert set career-highs with fifty-four goals scored, forty-four drawn exclusions and thirty-one steals.

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Alex Obert finished tenth in MPSF in scoring with 1.93 goals per game.

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Alex Obert scored in 27 of 28 games with a career-high eighteen multi-goal scoring games.

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Alex Obert married Michele Relton, who he met at Pacific while she was on the women's water polo team.