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Jon Colton
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Jon Colton

Class:
RS Junior

Hometown:
Garden Grove, CA

High School:
Northwood HS

Last College:
Cal

Height / Weight:
5-10 / 200

Position:
UTL

Birthdate:
12/27/1989

Experience:
2V

Major:
Business Administration

04/25/2012

Erdmann, Ireland Lead Iggy Awards

Three-sport All-American Tara Erdmann claimed Female Athlete of the Year again while sophomore Anthony Ireland earned Male Athlete of the Year.

02/20/2012

Asajavicius, Colton Earn All-American Honors

Duo earns 2011 AWPCA All-American honors to continue Lions' tradition of top honors.

11/19/2011

Lions' Title Run Ends in Classic 3OT Semifinal

Men's water polo saw their WWPA title run end in a dramatic, instant-classic semifinal to UC Davis.

11/16/2011

Lookin' For Number FIve

Men's water polo begins quest for fifth straight conference crown on Friday as No. 1 seed.

11/15/2011

Senior Goal-Scorer Named Player of the Year

Edgaras Asajavicius has been named WWPA Player of the Year, freshman Joe Ferretti joins him as Newcomer of the Year.

05/05/2012

2012 Student-Athlete Graduation

LionsFund Student-Athlete Pre-Graduation Gathering

11/14/2011

Water Polo VS UCSD

Photos by Matt Balentine October 21, 2011

11/14/2011

Waterpolo VS. Pepperdine

Matt Balentine Photos September 10, 2011

11/14/2011

Waterpolo vs. Navy

Matt Balentine Photos September 17, 2011

10/31/2011

Water Polo VS. Princeton

Bianca DiGuiseppe Photos September 29, 2011

Briefly... Jon Colton is in his third season at LMU after transferring from Cal in 2009... he was with the Bears for one season, serving his redshirt year in 2008... .

Honors... 2010... was named first-team WWPA All-Tournament... 2010 WWPA All-Academic...

Highlights At LMU... 2010... played in all 29 games in his second season with the Lions... finished with nine goals, three assists, 24 kickouts drawn, 17 steals and 11 field blocks.. scored three goals, a season-best, against Santa Clara in WWPA semifinal... scored a goal with a field block and an assist in the WWPA final...2009... played all 28 games, scoring six goals with three assists, 21 kickouts drawn, 14 steals and 11 field blocks...

Prior to LMU... graduated from Northwood High School in 2008 with a 3.9 GPA... went to Cal one season and was on men's water polo team... did not play and served redshirt year... at Northwood (in Irvine, Calif.), he was a four-year letterwinner for coach Chris French... he scored 270 goals with 145 assists and 182 steals during his career... he was a four-time All-Sea View League selection... he was a All-CIF Division I selection his final three years... he earned honorable mention All-American honors as a sophomore, second-team honors as a junior and first-team honors as a senior... he was two-time offensive MVP, two-time defensive MVP...

Personal... Jonathon Jerome Colton was born on Dec. 27, 1989 in Long Beach, Calif., and is the son of Rinske and Keith Colton... he has two brothers and a sister... sister, Cara, is the assistant coach for the Lions... a Business Administration major.

Career Stats
Year G Att. Gls Sh% A To Ko EJ ST FB 2009 28 25 6 0.240 3 21 20 39 14 11 2010 29 27 9 0.333 3 21 20 39 14 11 Career 57 52 15 0.288 6 41 44 86 31 22