Riad Hallal

Class:
Sophomore
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
6-2
Weight:
205
Hometown:
Coronado, Calif.
High School:
Coronado

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Tallied 209 saves and a .512 save percentage on the season … Added eight steals and two assists on the year … Made double-figure saves in each of 11 contests … Registered a season-high 19 saves vs. Chapman (Sept. 22) … Stopped 16 shots vs. George Washington (Sept. 15) … Turned aside 14 shots vs. Princeton (Nov. 2).

2018: Earned Second Team All-NWPC honors … Won NWPC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Sept. 4, Oct. 9) … Totaled 158 saves and a .510 save percentage on the year … Made double-figure saves in each of seven games … Made a season-high 14 saves vs. Wagner (Oct. 14) … Blocked 13 shots vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Oct. 28) … Stopped 12 shots in each of two games – at Harvard (Oct. 6) and vs. San Jose State (Oct. 21) … Added five assists and six steals on the year.

2017: Earned NWPC Rookie of the Week five times (Sept. 14, Oct. 11, Oct. 25, Nov. 2, Nov. 14) … Gained NWPC Defensive Player of the Week twice (Sept. 6, Nov. 14) … Tallied 221 saves, 11 assists, and 18 steals on the year … Recorded a .547 save percentage … Made double-figure saves in each of 11 games … Stopped a season-high 15 shots vs. Princeton (Oct. 29) … Turned aside 13 shots vs. Fordham (Sept. 10) and vs. MIT (Nov. 17) in the NWPC Championship.

Before Brown: Earned All-America CA/HI honors as a junior and senior … Garnered First Team All-CIF in 2015 and 2016 … Earned team’s Defensive MVP honors in 2015 and 2016 … Won Most Valuable Goalie honors at the 2015 AFC Tournament … Recorded a .560 save percentage as a junior … Played for head coaches Randall Burgess and Sean Castillo … Competed on the club level for Coronado Aquatics Club, Del Mar Water Polo Club, and Pacific Southwest Regional ODP … An AP Scholar with Distinction … Gained the USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic Award twice.

Personal: Riad is the son of Melinda and Toufic Hallal … Has one younger sibling, Elias … Born on November 10, 1998 … Engineering concentrator.

Why Brown? “Brown will challenge me academically and athletically. I look forward to sharing the classroom with passionate professors and students who can inspire me towards choosing a career path.”

Career Stats:
Year	SV	GA	SV%	AST	STL
2017	221	183	.547	11	18
2018	158	152	.510	5	6
2019	209	199	.512	2	8
2020	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Totals	588	534	.524	18	32