Joe Gallagher

Class:
Junior
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
6-4
Weight:
190
Hometown:
Los Altos Hills, Calif.
High School:
Saint Francis HS

2023: Finished tops on the team with 123 saves, adding 13 steals, four assists and a goal ... Posted 11 saves and two steals against Fordham (Sept. 3) ... Had 11 saves against George Washington (Oct. 14) ... Finished with 13 saves in a win over Air Force (Oct. 21) ... Collected 15 saves with a steal against Santa Clara (Oct. 22) ... Saved 15 shots wth two steals in the NWPC Tournament Third Place game against Iona (Nov. 19).

2022: Did not play

2021: Was second on the team with 102 saves and led all three goalies with 22 steals and 10 assists ... Earned his first win of the season with seven saves, a steal and an assist against Mercyhurst (Sept. 5) ... Posted four saves, allowing just two goals in an appearance against Gannon (Sept. 5) ... Had 11 saves, three steals and two assists in a win over George Washington (Sept. 11) ... Saved 11 shots, adding five steals and an assist, while allowing seven goals in a win over MIT (Oct. .9) ... Posted 10 saves and two steals in a win against Gannon (Oct. 17) ... Had 15 saves and an assist as Brown beat Iona (Oct. 30) ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic Honors.

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

Before Brown: Earned Fourth Team California All-America honors in 2019 … Gained First Team All-CIF Central Coast Section and Second Team All-WCAL in 2019 … Collected Honorable Mention All-CIF CCS and Second Team All-WCAL in 2018 … Played for coaches Gabor Sarusi and Terry O’Donnell … Competed on the club level for West Valley Water Polo … Gained NJO All-American accolades in 2019 … Earned USA Water Polo Academic All-American honors all four years … High honor roll student.

Personal: Joe is the son of Anne Marie and Fred Gallagher … Has three siblings, Kieran, Anneliese, and Audrey; Kieran ran track & field at Harvard and Anneliese competed in crew at Columbia … Entered Brown undecided on a concentration.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown because it seemed like the right fit for me athletically and academically.”