Pecoraro Tallies First WWPA Defensive Player of the Week Award

FULLERTON, Calif. – The Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) has announced their weekly honors on Wednesday, October 28th, with McKendree graduate goalkeeper Gennaro Pecoraro (Pesaro, Italy) earning the league’s Defensive Player of the Week honors. It is the first weekly award for the graduate student out of Italy. He is the second Bearcat to earn Defensive Player of the Week this season, as it is the third overall in the current campaign for both offense and defense. The cage guardian made an impressive performance to begin conference play at the WWPA West Virginia Showdown this past weekend, where he had…