Bucknell University Athletics
Men's Water Polo's Jack Else and Stefan Aleksic Earn All-Conference Honors
11/22/2013 1:34:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell men's water polo senior Jack Else (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) and sophomore Stefan Aleksic (Belgrade, Serbia/Sport Gymnasium) were named to All-CWPA Southern Division, the league office announced Friday prior to the first game of the newly renamed CWPA Championship. A second-team selection each of the last two years, Else was named to the first team, while Aleksic earned a second-team nod.
Bucknell (13-9) has now had multiple all-conference selections every year since 2003. At least one Bison has been on the first team each year since 2007.
Else is Bucknell's first three-time all-conference pick since Richie Hyden was a first-team selection in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
An Honorable Mention All-American in 2012, Else leads the Bison with a career-high 57 goals this season. He ranks second on the squad with 59 points and his 66 ejections drawn are tops on the team by a wide margin.
Already the owner of the top two spots on the program's single-season ejections drawn list with 133 and 78 the last two years, Else needs to draw just four ejections at this weekend's CWPA Championship to move into third place on that ledger. Else entered the year with the career ejections drawn standard and is now 118 ahead of second-place Hyden with 304 in his four-year tenure in Lewisburg.
Else has scored 182 career goals to rank first among current Bison, while he is one of just two current Bucknell players to be over 200 points (203). Else is just five goals shy of moving into the top 10 in program history in goals scored. This season Else has posted 14 multi-goal outings and has found the back of the net at least once in 16 of the last 17 games.
Aleksic, the 2012 Eastern Championship Rookie of the Year, leads Bucknell in assists (33) and points (69). He ranks second to Else in goals scored (36). Not just an offensive player, Aleksic is first on the squad in steals (38) and field blocks (19).
Bucknell's leading scorer with 101 points as a freshman, Aleksic is now up to 87 goals and 83 assists in his career, which has spanned just 52 games.
Aleksic has scored at least one goal in each of his last 10 games played and has 11 multi-goal outings.
Bucknell opens play at the CWPA Championship Friday at 7:20 p.m. The Bison will play the winner of Friday afternoon's Brown-Fordham contest.
