Adam Mekni '23 Recruiting Profile

My Water polo journey began at the age of 9 when I was put into the sport by my father. I am currently 17 turning 18 in February of this year and have been training consistently and competitively through that time period. I grew up and trained with the same teammates at Shadow Water Polo throughout the majority of those years, and, as time went on, I got better and better and I eventually became captain for my age groups (U14, U16). The more I played, the more I started appreciating the sport and I was eventually invited into the Ontario Regional Development programme (RDC) for further training and development, eventually landing me a spot in the 2020 Ontario Provincial water polo team. That was right before the initial stages of the pandemic. Recently, I made the selection for the Canadian U18 Junior National Team for the Pan American Games which were going to be held in Brazil but got pushed back as a result of COVID-19. Water polo has been a huge part of my life and taking it to the next level all whilst getting a great education.