2020-21 UCLA MEN’S WATER POLO 2020-21 QUICK FACTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Location Los Angeles, CA THIS IS UCLA 2019 IN REVIEW Athletic Dept. Address 325 Westwood Plaza 2020-21 Radio/TV Roster 2 Statistics and Results 22 Los Angeles, CA 90095 2020-21 Rosters 3 Game-By-Game Stats and Polls 23 Athletics Phone (310) 825-8699 Head Coach Adam Wright 4 MPSF Information 24 Ticket Of ce (310) UCLA-WIN Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz 6 MPSF Standings and Honors 24 Men’s Water Polo Of ce Phone (310) 794-6443 Assistant Coach Jack Grover 7 Chancellor Dr. Gene Block Player Pro les: Alessandria/Berg/Brozyna-Vilim 8 UCLA HISTORY Director of Athletics Martin Jarmond Player Pro les: Cavano 9 All-Time Letterwinners 25 Sr. Women’s Administrator Dr. Christina Rivera Player Pro les: Cheishvili/Di Martire/Discipulo 10 Head Coaching History 27 Assoc. Athletic Director (MWP) Kenny Donaldson Player Pro les: Griggs/Gruwell 11 Bruin Award Winners 28 Faculty Athletic Rep. Dr. Michael Teitell Player Pro les: Honaker/Jarvis 12 UCLA Olympians 32 Home Pool Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center Player Pro les: Johnson/Kenney/Krutonog 13 Single-Season Records 33 Enrollment 43,239 Player Pro les: Larsen/Leonard/Makshanoff 14 Career Records 34 Founded 1919 Player Pro les: Maurizi/Nightingale/Ocasio 15 Year-by-Year Results 35 Colors Blue and Gold Player Pro les: Pulice/Reagan 16 All-Time vs. Opponents 42 Nickname Bruins Player Pro les: Rodgers/Rosenfeld 17 All-Time NCAA Tournament Results 43 Conference Mountain Paci c Sports Federation Player Pro les: Rossi/Saveljic 18 The 2017 NCAA Championship 44 Conference MWP Contact Al Beaird Player Pro les: Sawyer/Shipman 19 The 2015 NCAA Championship 45 Conference Phone (925) 296-0723 Player Pro les: Travisano 20 The 2014 NCAA Championship 46 Conference Fax (925) 296-0724 Player Pro les: White 21 The 2004 NCAA Championship 47 National Af liation NCAA Division I Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center 52 The 2000 NCAA Championship 48 Head Coach Adam Wright (UCLA ‘01) The 1999 NCAA Championship 49 Record at UCLA (Years) 267-47 (11) The 1972, 1995 and 1996 NCAA Championships 50 Coach’s Phone (310) 267-4912 The 1969 and 1971 NCAA Championships 51 Associate Head Coach Jason Falitz (L.A. Valley College ‘06) Assistant Coach Jack Grover (UCLA ‘18) 2019 Record 17-5 2019 MPSF Record (Finish) 1-2 (3rd) 2019 MPSF Championship 4th 2019 NCAA Championship n/a 2019 Final National Ranking 5th NCAA Championships 11 (1969, 1971, 1972, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2014, 2015, 2017) All-Time NCAA Championship Appearances 34 (1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) All-Time Conference Championships 5 (1999, 2000, 2009, 2011, 2015) Men’s Water Polo SID Ryan Finney Finney’s Phone (310) 206-4701 Sports Information Fax (310) 825-8664 Finney’s E-mail r [email protected] Web Site www.uclabruins.com Twitter twitter.com/UCLAWaterPolo Facebook www.facebook.com/uclamenswaterpolo Chasen Travisano is one of only three seniors on the 2020-21 UCLA men’s water polo roster. 2020-21 SCHEDULE MEDIA INFORMATION DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (PT) TV MWP Contact: Ryan Finney Jan. 23 at California* Berkeley, Calif. 10:30 am Phone: 310-206-4701 Jan. 23 vs. USC* Berkeley, Calif. 6:30 pm Mobile: 424-832-0676 Jan. 24 vs. USC* Berkeley, Calif. 2:30 pm E-mail: r [email protected] Jan. 24 at California* Berkeley, Calif. 6:30 pm Address: 325 Westwood Plaza Feb. 6 at USC* Los Angeles, Calif. TBD Los Angeles, CA 90095 Feb. 6 vs. California* (at USC) Los Angeles, Calif. TBD Feb. 20 vs. USC* Stanford, Calif. TBD Credits: The 2020-21 UCLA men’s water polo information Feb. 20 at Stanford* Stanford, Calif. TBD guide was written, edited and designed by Ryan Finney, Feb. 21 vs. California Stanford, Calif. TBD Mar. 6-7 MPSF Championship 1 Spieker Aquatics Center TBD UCLA Athletic Communications/Associate SID. Photography Mar. 18-21 at NCAA Championship 2 Stanford, Calif. TBD NCAA.com by ASUCLA Campus Studio (Don Liebig), Minette Rubin, John Hilinski, Onno Zwaneveld, Juan Lainez (Marin KEY: 1 - MPSF Championship (at UCLA) / 2 - NCAA Championship (at Stanford) / * MPSF game / Home games in bold / All times listed are Paci c Media), Catharyn Hayne Photography, Allen Lorentzen, Jeff Sipsey, Brock Scott Photography, Berliner Studios, Andrew Bernstein, Ruth Chambers and Scott Quintard. Cover: The cover of the 2020-21 UCLA men’s water polo information guide was designed by Eric Hurd of UCLA Athletic Communications with assistance from Ryan Finney. It features 2020-21 senior attacker Nicolas Saveljic. 1 RADIO / TV ROSTER 1 1A 1A 2 3 4 Bernardo Maurizi Chase Honaker Garret Griggs Evan Rosenfeld Gabe Discipulo Jake Cavano So., GK, 6-2 RS-Fr., GK, 6-3 Fr., GK, 6-8 RS-Jr., UTL, 6-3 So., CTR, 6-3 Jr., ATK/UTL, 6-4 Florence, Italy Plano, Texas Riverside, Calif. Thousand Oaks, Calif. Santa Cruz, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Salesiani Firenze St. Mark’s School of Texas Riverside Poly HS Harvard-Westlake School Bellarmine College Preparatory Huntington Beach HS 5 6 7 8 9 10 Jack Larsen Andy Rodgers Jack White Cameron Reagan Jake Leonard Ryan Sawyer RS-Fr., ATK, 6-6 So., ATK, 6-2 So., ATK, 6-1 So., DEF/UTL, 6-2 Fr., UTL, 6-0 RS-So., ATK, 6-1 Moraga, Calif. Coronado, Calif. Newport Beach, Calif. Huntington Beach, Calif. Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. Palm Desert, Calif. Campolindo HS Coronado HS Newport Harbor HS Mater Dei HS Palos Verdes HS Palm Desert HS 11 12 13 14 15 16 Ethan Shipman Alec Johnson Felix Brozyna-Vilim Max Berg Bailey Jarvis Guillermo Ocasio Fr., ATK, 6-2 Fr., UTL, 6-3 Sr., UTL, 6-5 So., ATK, 5-10 RS-So., DEF, 6-4 Fr., UTL, 6-2 Huntington Beach, Calif. Windermere, Fla. Santa Monica, Calif. Seal Beach, Calif. Walnut Creek, Calif. Tustin, Calif. Harvard-Westlake School Olympia HS Harvard-Westlake School Long Beach Wilson HS Las Lomas HS Servite HS 17 18 19 20 21 22 Chasen Travisano Luke Makshanoff Maximo Rossi Hayden Nightingale Nicolas Saveljic Mo Kenney Sr., ATK, 6-2 Fr., DEF, 6-6 Fr., UTL, 6-6 Fr., ATK, 6-1 Sr., ATK, 6-6 Fr., ATK, 6-3 Glendora, Calif. San Clemente, Calif. Laguna Beach, Calif. Vista, Calif. Kotor, Montenegro Costa Mesa, Calif. Damien HS San Clemente HS Mater Dei HS Vista HS Maritime School Kotor Newport Harbor HS 23 24 25 Tanner Pulice Tommy Gruwell Giorgio Alessandria Adam Wright Jason Falitz Jack Grover Fr., ATK, 5-10 So., ATK, 6-4 RS-Fr., UTL, 6-3 Head Coach (12th year) Assoc. Head Coach (6th year) Assistant Coach (2nd year) Newport Beach, Calif. San Diego, Calif. Lafayette, Calif. Alma Mater - UCLA ‘01 Alma Mater - L.A. Valley Alma Mater - UCLA ‘18 Corona del Mar HS Cathedral Catholic HS Campolindo HS College ‘06 2 ROSTERS NUMERICAL ROSTER ROSTER BREAKDOWN No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (High School/College) Alphabetical Class 1 Garret Griggs GK 6-8 Fr. Riverside, Calif. (Riverside Poly HS) A ...........Giorgio Alessandria Freshmen (14): Alessandria, 1 Chase Honaker GK 6-3 R-Fr. Plano, Texas (St. Mark’s School of Texas) B ......................... Max Berg Di Martire, Griggs, Honaker, 1 Sam Krutonog GK 6-1 R-So. Studio City, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School/USC) ...............Felix Brozyna-Vilim Johnson, Kenney, Larsen, 1 Bernardo Maurizi GK 6-2 So. Florence, Italy (Salesiani Firenze) C .................... Jake Cavano Leonard, Makshanoff, 2 Evan Rosenfeld UTL 6-3 R-Jr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) .................... Tega Cheishvili Nightingale, Ocasio, Pulice, 3 Gabe Discipulo CTR 6-3 So. Santa Cruz, Calif. (Bellarmine College Preparatory) D ..........Gianpiero Di Martire Rossi, Shipman. 4 Jake Cavano ATK/UTL 6-4 Jr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Huntington Beach HS) .................... Gabe Discipulo 5 Jack Larsen ATK 6-6 R-Fr. Moraga, Calif. (Campolindo HS) Sophomores (11): Berg, G ....................Garret Griggs 6 Andy Rodgers ATK 6-2 So. Coronado, Calif. (Coronado HS) Cheishvili, Discipulo, ....................Tommy Gruwell 7 Jack White ATK 6-1 So. Newport Beach, Calif. (Newport Harbor HS) Gruwell, Jarvis, Krutonog, 8 Cameron Reagan DEF/UTL 6-2 So. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS ) H .................Chase Honaker Maurizi, Reagan, Rodgers, 9 Jake Leonard UTL 6-0 Fr. Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. (Palos Verdes HS) J ......................Bailey Jarvis Sawyer, White . 10 Ryan Sawyer ATK 6-1 R-So. Palm Desert, Calif. (Palm Desert HS) .......................Alec Johnson 11 Ethan Shipman ATK 6-2 Fr. Huntington Beach, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) K........................Mo Kenney Juniors (2): Cavano, 12 Alec Johnson UTL 6-3 Fr. Windermere, Fla. (Olympia HS) ..................... Sam Krutonog Rosenfeld. L ......................Jack Larsen 13 Felix Brozyna-Vilim UTL 6-5 Sr. Santa Monica, Calif. (Harvard-Westlake School) Seniors (3): Brozyna-Vilim, ...................... Jake Leonard 14 Max Berg ATK 5-10 So. Seal Beach, Calif. (Long Beach Wilson HS) Saveljic, Travisano. 15 Bailey Jarvis DEF 6-4 R-So. Walnut Creek, Calif. (Las Lomas HS) M ..............Luke Makshanoff 16 Guillermo Ocasio UTL 6-2 Fr. Tustin, Calif. (Servite HS) ................. Bernardo Maurizi 17 Chasen Travisano ATK 6-2 Sr. Glendora, Calif. (Damien HS) N ...........Hayden Nightingale Position 18 Luke Makshanoff DEF 6-6 Fr. San Clemente, Calif. (San Clemente HS) O .............. Guillermo Ocasio Goalkeepers (4): Griggs, 19 Maximo Rossi UTL 6-6 Fr. Laguna Beach, Calif. (Mater Dei HS) P.................... Tanner Pulice Honaker, Krutonog, Maurizi. 20 Hayden Nightingale ATK 6-1 Fr. Vista, Calif. (Vista HS) R ..............Cameron Reagan Defenders (4): Cheishvili, 21 Nicolas Saveljic ATK 6-6 Sr.