2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Kent Inoue
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 220
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
2017
Played in eight matches, making zero starts … made the Director's Honor Roll in the fall and spring quarters ... scored nine goals on 12 attempts, converting at a 75.0 percent rate … also scored a season- and career-high four goals in a 20-9 win over No. 17 Cal Baptist (Oct. 13) … had at least one goal in five of the eight games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had six assists and four steals.
2016
Played in eight matches … scored seven goals on 10 attempts, converting at a 70.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high three goals in a 20-2 win over Chapman (Sept. 4) … he scored at least one goal in five of the eight games he played … also had four assists, six steals and two field blocks.
2015
Played in six matches, making one start … scored three goals on five attempts, converting at a 60.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high tying one goal in a 18-6 win over No. 9 UC San Diego (Sept. 12), a 18-3 win at Redlands (Sept. 13) and a 13-6 win at Loyola Marymount (Oct. 3) … he scored at least one goal in three of the six games he played … also had five assists, two steals and one field block.
2014
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015: Played in all eight games (60 minutes), making four starts for Team USA at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea (July 2-14) … did not score and took just two shots … registered two assists, two field blocks and one steal as the United States captured bronze at the World University Games.
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner (2010-13) for the Monarchs' water polo team for Head Coach Chris Segesman and a three-year (2011-13) letterwinner in swimming under Head Coach Ken Dory at Mater Dei HS ... registered 64 goals, 27 assists and 18 steals as a senior in 2013 while being named first team All-CIF, first team All-Trinity League and first team All-County by the OC Register ... was named Mater Dei's Best Offensive Player in 2013 as Mater Dei was upset in the Southern Section Division I Championship, 9-6, by Harvard-Westlake, denying the Monarchs a chance for a sixth consecutive title ... a four-time Trinity League champion and a three-time State champion in water polo while at Mater Dei, he was also named first team All-CIF and All-Trinity League as a junior in 2012 and was again named Mater Dei's Best Offensive Player ... also in 2012, he was named second team All-County by the OC Register and was an All-American after being named as a second team All-California/Hawaii selection ... his sophomore season (2011), Kent earned second team All-Trinity League and All-CIF plaudits while picking up third team All-CIF and second team All-Trinity League accolades as a freshman.
Club and USA Water Polo
He was a member of the USA Water Polo Youth National Team in 2013 that competed at the first FINA Youth World Championships in Perth, Australia ... named to the roster of the USA Men's Youth National Team that competed at the UANA Junior Pan American Championship in Riverside, Calif., from July 8-15, 2014 ... also competed in club ball for United Water Polo Club under head coach Trevor Wawrzynski.
Personal
Full name: Kent John Inoue … born Feb. 2, 1996 in Santa Monica, Calif. … his parents are Yuko and Takeshi Inoue … has two younger brothers, Joe and Kai, and one younger sister, Ann ... his father is the Executive Director and one of the founders of the United Water Polo Club and also serves as a Chief International Delegate for USA Water Polo, as well as being a FINA Technical Water Polo Committee (TWPC) member ... says he chose to attend UCLA because "UCLA has the best combination of academics and athletics, and it's always been my dream school" ... says his biggest athletic thrill to date is "Being on the U.S. National Team and getting to travel to numerous countries to compete for my country" ... lists playing basketball as a hobby … is majoring in political science.
| Kent Inoue's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2015 | 6/1 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8/0 | 7 | 10 | .700 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8/0 | 9 | 12 | .750 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22/1 | 19 | 27 | .704 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
