James Thygesen

Class:
Senior
Position:
Attacker
Height:
6-5
Weight:
205
Hometown:
Menlo Park, Calif.
High School:
Menlo School

2019: Garnered Honorable Mention ACWPC All-America honors … Earned Second Team All-NWPC honors … Gained Second Team NWPC All-Tournament Team accolades … Collected Academic All-Ivy laurels … Won NWPC Player of the Week on Oct. 22 … Led the team in goals (75), assists (52), and sprints won (17) … Added 17 steals, eight ejections drawn, and eight field blocks on the season … Netted three or more goals in each of 17 games … Scored a season-high five goals at Iona (Oct. 5) … Netted four goals four times – vs. Wagner (Sept. 7), vs. Cal Lutheran (Sept. 7), vs. Wagner (Oct. 18), and vs. La Salle (Oct. 19) … Notched three goals in each of 12 games … Dished out a season-high six assists twice – vs. MIT (Oct. 12) and vs. Chapman (Oct. 26) … Tallied three goals, four assists, and three steals vs. California Baptist (Sept. 8) … Posted three goals and three assists vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Nov. 24) at the NWPC Championship … Compiled five or more points in each of 12 contests … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.

2018: Earned NWPC Player of the Week on Sept. 4 … Ranked third on the team in goals (39) … Posted 30 assists, 21 steals, six field blocks, and three ejections drawn on the year … Scored three or more goals in each of five games … Netted a season-high four goals in back-to-back games at the NWPC Championship – vs. MIT (Nov. 16) and vs. Harvard (Nov. 17) … Posted three goals, three assists, and two steals at Harvard (Oct. 6) … Dished out a season-high four assists vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Oct. 28) … Made a season-best four steals vs. Wagner (Oct. 14) … Registered three goals and two assists vs. C-M-S (Oct. 13) … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors … Gained CWPA Scholar-Athlete accolades.

2017: Recorded 17 goals, nine assists, 16 steals, four field blocks, three ejections drawn, and a sprint won on the year … Scored two goals in each of five games … Tallied two goals and three steals vs. Fresno Pacific (Oct. 22) … Netted two goals with a steal vs. George Washington (Sept. 9) … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.

2016: Scored eight goals on the season … Tallied eight assists and eight steals … Netted a season-high three goals vs. Conn. College (Sept. 28) … Handed out a season-best two assists twice – vs. Conn. College (Sept. 28) and vs. Fresno Pacific (Oct. 22) … Helped Brown win the NWPC regular season title … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.

Before Brown: Earned All-CIF Central Coast Section honors … Gained All-Peninsula Athletic League First Team accolades … Garnered NISCA Fifth Team All-America honors … Served team as captain … Helped lead team to PAL titles in 2014 and 2015 … Aided team to CIF CCS finals as a junior and senior … Played for head coach Jack Bowen … Competed on Stanford Water Polo Club … Also competed in basketball and swimming … A College Board AP Scholar with Distinction … Earned USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-America laurels.

Personal: James is the son of Terry and Allan Thygesen … Has three older siblings, Elise, Christoffer, and Emma … Emma is a member of the Brown volleyball Class of 2017 … Grandfather Niels Thygesen was a European Junior National Golf Champion and a five-time Denmark National Golf Champion … Sings a capella … Born on July 25, 1998 … Applied Mathematics-Economics concentrator.

Why Brown? “Right from the start of my college process, Brown was my top choice. Coach Mercado has developed an outstanding water polo program with a national reputation that I’m thrilled to join. I love the learning environment at Brown, and the open curriculum at Brown will allow me to design my education in a way that I can combine my primary focus in Economics with my interests in History and Computer Science.”