University Southern California Trojans
2026 Men's Water Polo Spring Roster
Roster
Strahinja Krstic
- Position:
- 2-Meter
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Belgrade, Serbia
- High School:
- Savremena Gimazija
2025 SEASON
• ACWPC All-American Second Team
• NCAA All-Tournament First Team
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• MPSF Newcomer of the Year
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (4x)
• All-MPSF Second Team
• Led the team in draw exclusions with 65
• Scored 49 goals and 13 steals, eight assists and three blocks
• Scored four goals versus UC Santa Barbara
• Drew eight exclusions versus San Jose State
• Scored twice and drew seven exclusions against Long Beach State
• Went three-for-three versus California at the Overnght Invitational
• Scored four goals and drew four exclusions against Princeton
• Drew a career high nine exclusions and scored four goals against UCLA
• Scored seven goals and drew six exclusions at the MPSF Tournament
• Tallied three goals and three drawn exclusions at the NCAA Tournament
NATIONAL TEAMS:
• Competed for Serbia at 2025 U20 World Championships
• Named MVP of 2024 U18 World Championships with Serbia, helping win silver at the event
• Selected to Media All-Star Teams at U17 European Championships and U16 World Championships
• Helped Serbia win silver at U18 World Championships and U17 European Championships
• Earned bronze at U16 World Championships
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: A 2025 graduate of Savremena Gimazija in Belgrade... Competed for Partizan and Novi Beograd... Has scored over 800 goals and recorded over 150 assists... Helped Novi Beograd finish second in 2024-25 European Champions League... 2024 Serbian Cup champion... Second place in 2024 Serbian League and third in 2024-25 Regional League... Named 2024 Best Young Athlete of Belgrade
PERSONAL: Krstic is majoring in philosophy, economics and politics and hopes to become a CEO... Parents are Dragana and Dejan... Has one sibling, Matija... Enjoys fishing, playing games, reading and chess in his free time... Lists LeBron James as his biggest sports hero... Has always wanted to compete in the Olympics... Hopes to travel to Japan... Born Nov. 19, 2006.
