Mario Cardenas Profile - UCLA Official Athletic Site
April 17, 2013 | Men's Water Polo
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09/07/2012
No. 2 UCLA Is In New Jersey This Weekend
The Bruins will compete in the two-day Princeton Invitational on Sept. 8-9, 2012.
09/01/2012
Bruins Defeat Cal Baptist 15-7 In UCLA Invitational
Paul Reynolds and Chris Wendt pace UCLA with three goals each.
09/01/2012
No. 2 UCLA Opens Season with 16-5 Win Over Pomona-Pitzer
The Bruins scored the first nine goals of the match against the 21st-ranked Sagehens.
08/28/2012
UCLA Men's Water Polo to Open Season at UCLA Invitational
Bruins to play three regular-season matches and three exhibtion games during the tournament.
2011
Redshirted.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo and swimming letterwinner at St. Andrews under head coaches Kurt Piedmore and Sid Cassidy, respectively...scored a school-record 111 goals as a senior, leading St. Andrews to a perfect 29-0 record...secured all-area honors by the St. Petersburg Times as a senior...helped lead St. Andrews to consecutive Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) titles as a junior (2010) and senior (2011), the school's first water polo championship... scored nine goals in an 18-7 win for St. Andrew's in the 2010 state championship match...as a junior, scored 99 goals and recorded 44 steals and 19 assists...captured all-county Player of the Year honors as a senior, sophomore and freshman...named a first-team NISCA All-America selection as a junior and senior, a second-team honoree as a freshman...was a four-year varsity water polo captain...scored 82 goals as a sophomore, 80 goals as a freshman and 68 goals in the eighth grade...established the school records for steals in one game (nine) and one season (78)...also competed for Stockton Water Polo Club, finishing 15th at the 2010 Junior Olympics.
Personal
Full name: Mario Adolfo Cardenas...born Oct. 1, 1992 in Gainesville, Fla...Mario is the son of Mario Cardenas and Monica Escaleras...has one younger brother, Andres, and one younger sister, Nicole...intends to major in business-economics.
