Alan Mouchawar played water polo for Stanford from 1978-82, helping them win NCAA Championships in 1978, 1980, and 1981. He was on the US National team from 1981-88, winning a silver medal at the 1988 Olympics, a gold medal at the 1987 Goodwill Games and 1987 Pan American Games, and also competing at the 1986 World Championships.
After college Mouchawar attended medical school at UC San Diego, and then did an anesthesiology residency at UC San Francisco, followed by a fellowship in critical care medicine at Stanford in 1992-93. Mouchawar became a cardiac anesthesiologist, working in Newport Beach, California. Three of his brothers Maurice, Larry, and Marvin excelled in water polo in high school, and Maurice and Marvin both also played at Stanford.