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California Institute of Technology

2025 Caltech Men's Water Polo Roster

Brandon Nimmers

15 Axel Haydt

  • Height 6-1
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • High School Westlake
  • Position UTL
  • Major Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Minor

Biography

Research and STEM Activities

Interned at NASA JPL on the electric propulsion team designing and building a rocket engine test stand... Completed a summer undergraduate research fellowship (SURF) in which he conducted fluid dynamics experiments to study the formation of vortex dipoles due to the Crow Instability.

Honors and Achievements

Academic Honors: SCIAC All-Academic Team 2023-24... USA Water Polo Academic All American 2019-2020... USA Water Polo Academic All American with Outstanding Honors 2020-2021... USA Water Polo Academic All American with Outstanding Honors 2021-2022... USA Water Polo Academic All American with Outstanding Honors 2022-2023... AP Scholar Award 2021... AP Scholar Award 2022.. AP Scholar Award with Honors 2023... National Honors Society Member... Mu Alpha Theta Member.

Athletic Honors: Southwest Zone ODP Regional Team 2021... Southwest Zone ODP Regional Team 2022.

Personal

In free time, likes to wakesurf, play guitar, play with his dogs and listen to country music.

Statistics

Season:
2025

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2023First-Year

    Utility
    6'1"
    15
  • 15

    2024Sophomore

    Utility
    6'1"
    15
  • 15

    2025Junior

    Utility
    6'1"
    15