MWP Champions Again, Everywhere it Matters

A league-best 15 UCLA Bruins received 6-8 Sports/MPSF All-Academic accolades, as announced by the league office today.

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MWP Champions Again, Everywhere it Matters

January 15, 2026 | Men's Water Polo

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LOS ANGELES -- UCLA had a league-best 15 Bruins receive 6-8 Sports/MPSF All-Academic accolades for the 2025 season, as announced by the league office today, making the Bruins champions in the classroom as well as in the pool. It marks the fifth time in the last six years, and the second straight season, that UCLA has led the league in All-Academic team members.

To make the MPSF All-Academic Team, the student-athlete must have completed one academic year at the institution and have at least a 3.0 grade point average. The student-athlete also had to compete in 50 percent of the team's games in 2025.

The 15 honorees from UCLA in alphabetical order include:

UCLA'S 2025 MPSF ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS
Name	Major	Year	Position	Hometown
Bode Brinkema	Pre-International Development Studies	So.	UTL	San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
Gray Carson	Economics	Sr.	UTL	Long Beach, Calif.
Peter Castillo	Pre-Political Science	So.	UTL	Costa Mesa, Calif.
Chase Dodd	Environmental Science	RS-Sr.	ATK	Long Beach, Calif.
Ryder Dodd	Pre-Mathematics/Economics	So.	ATK	Long Beach, Calif.
Trey Doten	Economics	RS-Sr.	ATK	Davis, Calif.
Frederico Jucá Carsalade	International Development Studies	RS-Jr.	ATK	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Ben Larsen	Political Science	RS-Jr.	UTL	Lafayette, Calif.
Ben Liechty	Political Science	Jr..	UTL	Newport Beach, Calif.
Eli Liechty	Political Science	RS-Sr.	CTR	Newport Beach, Calif.
Max Matthews	Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology	RS-So.	DEF	Tiburon, Calif.
Vinnie Merk	Political Science	RS-Jr.	ATK	Huntington Beach, Calif.
Noah Rowe	Geography/Environmental Studies	Sr.	ATK	North Tustin, Calif.
Wade Sherlock	Political Science	Jr.	ATK	Long Beach, Calif.
Nate Tauscher	Political Science	RS-So.	GK	Sunset Beach, Calif.