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Nemanja Kuzmanovic ’03 will forever be remembered as a student-athlete who helped make Washington & Jefferson College a force in collegiate water polo. Kuzmanovic played on the first water polo team in school history and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player as a freshman. A native of Belgrade, Yugoslavia, Kuzmanovic was a four-time Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III All-American. He finished his career with a remarkable 287 goals, including a school-record senior season in which he totaled 76 goals and 25 assists for 101 points.
Kuzmanovic was a three-time Southern Division All-Conference honoree and earned two selections to the Eastern Championship First Team All-Tournament squad. He also excelled in the classroom with a 3.87 grade-point average. Following his senior year, he was selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team, becoming just the 18th student-athlete in school history to accomplish the feat. After a standout junior season, Kuzmanovic was the recipient of the Paul Reardon Award. Kuzmanovic’s squads improved each year in the win-loss column, including the 2002 season in which the Presidents won 19 matches, a record which still stands today.
Despite its new varsity sport status, W&J posted a 60-43 record with Kuzmanovic as a member of the squad. Kuzmanovic continued to excel during the winter season where he was an All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference swimmer for Washington & Jefferson. He swam the second leg on the 800 freestyle relay team which won a conference championship and set a school record in 2000.
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