U.S. national team water polo player Thomas Dunstan of New Canaan High in Connecticut — one of the hottest rising talents in the sport — said Tuesday at the Junior Pan American Games in Riverside that he has applied to attend Mater Dei but hasn’t heard the results from the school and isn’t sure that he will transfer.
“I applied but I’m still not sure if I’m moving or if I got in,” he said.
As for his reasons for considering the transfer, the 16-year-old said, “I just want more training closer to (U.S. national team coach) Dejan (Udovicic) and the senior team … so I don’t have to fly everywhere.”
Dunstan, a 6-foot-4 left-handed junior-to-be, made his senior team debut in the spring and helped the U.S. youth team claim gold on Tuesday. The U.S. senior national team now trains at Segerstrom High in Santa Ana, not far from Mater Dei.
Dunstan said he applied to Mater Dei in June. The Monarchs lost to Harvard-Westlake in last season’s Division 1 final but had claimed three consecutive Division 1 crowns before the loss.
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