Daily Pilot Athlete of the Month

Name: Peter Belden

Born: Dec. 17, 1982

Hometown: Newport Beach

Height: 5-feet-11

Weight: 170

Sport: Boys water polo

Position: Utility

Coaches: Bill Barnett and Brian Kreutzkamp

Favorite food: Mom’s pasta

Favorite movie: “American History X” and “The Usual Suspects”

Best athletic moment: “My sophomore year, we played El Toro. We were

up by a goal with two possessions remaining and I had two steals to

secure the win.”

Athlete of the Week VII: Belden, an All-CIF and All-American selection

a year ago, helped the Sailors to the top of the CIF Southern Section

Division I polls with 10 goals and four assists as Newport defeated

highly-ranked Villa Park, Foothill and Los Alamitos last week.