Ugo Piovan

Class:
Freshman
Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
6-2
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Vouliagmeni, Greece
High School:
Athens College HS

2021: Named ACWPA Division I All-American Honorable Mention ... Earned Second Team All-NWPC honors ... Posted 223 saves and a .497 save percentage on the season ... Helped Brown to its first win over Harvard (Nov. 21) since 2018, earning Brown a third-place finish in the NWPC Tournament with nine saves and two steals ... Posted 10 games with double-digit saves ... Stopped a season-high 17 shots against Harvard (Oct. 9) ... Added 16 saves against Wagner (Oct. 17) ... Finished with 15 saves against both Air Force (Oct. 23) and Iona (Oct. 30) ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic Honors.

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2019: Posted 150 saves and a .474 save percentage on the year … Made double-figure saves in each of eight games … Stopped a season-high 14 shots twice – vs. Fresno Pacific (Oct. 26) and at MIT (Nov. 9) … Turned aside 13 shots twice – vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 19) and vs. Loyola Marymount (Oct. 25).

2018: Tallied 177 saves and a .484 save percentage on the season … Made double-figure saves in each of seven games … Stopped a season-high 15 shots vs. Fresno Pacific (Oct. 20) … Registered 12 saves in each of three games – vs. Wagner (Sept. 8), at MIT (Oct. 6), and vs. Harvard (Nov. 17) … Stopped 11 shots twice – at St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 29) and vs. Iona (Oct. 28) … Added 13 steals and seven assists on the year … Earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors … Gained CWPA Scholar-Athlete accolades.

Before Brown: Competed for the Greek Junior National Team, winning gold at the 2018 World Championships, placing eighth at the 2017 European Championships in Malta, eighth at the 2017 Mediterranean World Cup in Montenegro, and second at the Balkan Games in Serbia in 2016 … Played for Vouliagmeni Nautical Club, winning the U17 National Championships in 2016 and both the U19 and U15 National Championships in 2015; finished second at the U17 National Championships in 2017 … Earned Most Valuable Goalkeeper at a pair of international tournaments, the 2017 Petros Skandalis and 2017 Lori Voutsinos … Played for coaches Panagiotis Primpas, Marios Kazdaglis, and Kostantinos Loudis … Member of school’s Chess Club and Math & Physics Club, competing in national competitions with both … Volunteered with All Together, an NGO in Greece, tutoring orphan children, and with ANFASS in Italy, working with mentally challenged children … Completed two internships in Stuttgart, Germany … Gained the National Academic Excellence Award all four years.

Personal: Ugo is the son of Luca and Irini Piovan … Has one younger sibling, Niki … Born in Sassuolo, Italy … Engineering concentrator.

Why Brown? “What attracted me first to Brown was the intellect and diversity of the students. In Brown, I feel I will interact with intelligent and interesting people from all walks of life. Apart from that, I was really fascinated by both the prestigious academics and the competitive athletic programs. From one side, I genuinely feel that through Brown's unique curriculum I will be able to satisfy my thirst for constantly exploring new ideas/concepts and eventually discover the type of engineer I want to become. From the other side, Brown can offer me the opportunity to continue playing water polo at a very competitive level with an amazing team. Indeed, during my recent visit I had the chance to live with my future teammates and spend time with them, and I must say that I immediately felt comfortable and at home.”

Career Stats:
Year	SV	GA	SV%	AST	STL
2018	177	189	.484	7	13
2019	150	173	.464	0	6
2020	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2021	223	226	.497	2	16
Totals	550	588	.483	9	35