Alex Obert

In his first season at Pacific, Obert flashed tremendous potential in his role as a two-meter defender. Obert scored in the first three matches to start the season and played in all twenty-six matches. He finished his freshman year with eight goals, nine steals, three assists, thirteen drawn ejections, and four field blocks. He scored twice in the Tigers’ sudden death loss to University of California, Irvine at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament.

Obert's sister Isabelle played collegiate volleyball at Butler University. Obert married Michele Relton, who he met at Pacific while she was on the women's water polo team. The two were married on August 25, 2018, in Granite Bay, California.

Obert attended Sierra College in Rocklin, California for one year and grey-shirted. Obert attended college at University of the Pacific, where he was a three-time All-American and the third Pacific Tiger to be named a finalist for the Peter J. Cutino Award. Obert finished his Pacific career tied for ninth on the all-time scoring list with 157 goals. He graduated from Pacific in 2016 with a degree in engineering.

Obert redshirted the 2014 campaign to be eligible for the 2015 season. From August 19-24, he participated with the US Men's National Team over the summer of 2014 at the FINA World Cup in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he scored six goals, helping the US to a fourth-place finish. From June 16-21, he also scored three goals for the US at the FINA World League Super Final in Dubai, UAE. He scored four goals, helping Team USA to gold at the 2014 FINA Intercontinental Tournament.

Alexander "Alex" Obert (born 18 December 1991) is an American water polo player. He was a part of Team USA at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where the team finished in tenth place. Obert plays Center and is also currently listed as the captain of Team USA.

Obert was born in Placentia, California, on December 18, 1991. He is the son of David and Kristin Obert. Alex Obert grew up in Loomis, California and attended Del Oro High School, where he excelled in water polo, basketball, and swimming. In water polo, he joined the varsity team as a sophomore and was a prep All-American as well as All-CIF First Team in the fall of 2009. He was also an All-American swimmer in both the 200 and 400 yard freestyle relay.

Obert moved to the center position in his sophomore year at Pacific with the ability to be one of the nations top two-meter players. His status was cemented as he earned Second Team All-America honors from the ACWC after racking up fifty-one goals on the season and averaging 2.32 scores per game, ranking ninth in the conference. Obert recorded fifteen multi-goal scoring games despite missing three matches due to injury. He scored a career-high five goals in the Tigers' overtime upset win over then-No. 4 University of California, Berkeley at the Southern California Tournament. On October 5th against University of California, Davis, he would tie his career-high. He led the Tigers in scoring with ten goals at the MPSF Tournament and was named All-MPSF Second Team.