2017 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Alex Roelse
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 250
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Maarssen, Netherlands
- High School:
- Winford Stebo
2017
Played in 25 matches, making six starts … earned first team All-America, first team All-NCAA Tournament and second team All-MPSF honors … made the Director's Honor Roll in the winter and spring quarters … was third on the team and 12th in the MPSF in scoring with 35 goals (1.4 gpg) on 99 attempts, converting at a 35.4 percent rate … scored a season-high four goals in a 13-11 win over No. 2 USC (Sept. 24) and in a 12-11 win over No. 2 USC (Nov. 11) … had at least one goal in 18 of the 25 games he played, including 11 multiple goal games, and a stretch of six consecutive games with a goal … also had 39 assists (led team), 25 field blocks (led team), 13 steals (fifth on the team), 11 earned exclusions (fourth on the team).
2016
Played in 21 matches, making four starts … earned Honorable Mention All-American for the second straight year and Honorable Mention All-MPSF … was named the MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 24) after helping the Bruins run their all-time NCAA record winning streak to 54 straight games with a game-high three goals in a 7-6 MPSF victory at No. 2 California (Oct. 22) ... was 4th on the team and 13th in the MPSF in scoring with 29 goals on 67 attempts, converting at a 43.3 percent rate … scored a season-high four goals in a 17-2 win over No. 14 Brown (Sept. 10) … he scored at least one goal in 16 of 21 games he played, including eight multiple goal games … led the team in scoring with three consecutive hat tricks in wins over UC Davis (Oct. 9), UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 13) and California (Oct. 22) ... also had 18 assists (6th on the team), 12 steals (tied for 8th on the team), three field blocks and nine earned exclusions (tied for 7th on the team) … was 8th on the team in sprints won with three.
2015
Played in 30 matches, making seven starts … was named Honorable Mention All-American in 2015 … was 7th on the team in scoring with 25 goals on 56 attempts, converting at a 44.6 percent rate … scored a season- and team-high four goals in a 17-4 win over No. 10 UC San Diego (Dec. 5) in the semi-finals of the 2015 NCAA Championship … he scored at least one goal in 17 of 30 games he played, including five multiple goal games … also had 26 assists (5th on the team), 26 steals (4th on the team), 11 field blocks (3rd on the team) and 32 earned exclusions … was 6th on the team in sprints won with five.
2014
Played in 29 matches, making seven starts … scored 28 goals (6th on the team) on 56 attempts, converting at a 50.0 percent rate … scored a season-high seven goals in a win over Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 20) … the seven goals were tied with Cristiano Mirarchi's seven goals in a win over Cal Baptist (Sept. 6) for the most by a Bruin on the season … scored at least one goal in 14 matches including the first nine of the year … also scored multiple goals seven times … added 22 assists (7th on the team), 25 steals (4th on the team), six field blocks and 14 earned exclusions (8th on the team).
Team USA
2016: Was one of two UCLA Bruins to represent the United States at the Rio Olympics on Team USA … playing in his first Olympic Games, he tallied one goal on two shots with one assist and one steal in four games off the bench. 2015: Scored three goals for Team USA's Senior Naitonal Team at the 2015 FINA World League Super Final in Bergamo, Italy (June 23-28) … scored one goal each against Serbia, Italy and Croatia … also a member of Team USA as the Americans won gold at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada (July 7-15) … he scored three goals including two in a win over Ecuador in pool play … was again a member of Team USA as the U.S. claimed seventh place at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russa (July 27-Aug. 8) … scored two goals, one in a win over Italy and one in a loss to Greece.
Club and International Experience
Trainined and competed with the Netherlands’ National Team for nearly three years, beginning when he was just 17 years old … he started playing the sport in 2006 and since 2009, he has been consistently selected for and competed internationally with Dutch National Youth Teams, usually one or two age groups up from his actual age … is currently the youngest player (by two years) on the Dutch National Team … mostly plays on left wing positions where he can make best use of his swimming speed, but he is also a regular at the center/defender position … started training with the Dutch National Youth Team in 2008 and in 2010, he led the Dutch Junior Team to a first place finish at a tournament in Lviv, Ukraine … was selected to participate in the Netherlands' National Training Center on a full-time basis in February of 2012 … made his Senior National Team debut in November of 2013, helping the Dutch place second at an international tournament in Gzira, Malta … recently (Feb. 2014) competed with the Senior National Team in the European Championship Qualification games against Russia … while participating in regional youth training programs, he won four national championship titles in five seasons, mostly coached by Laszlo Boros (Hungary) … first started playing club ball with UZSC (Utrecht, Netherlands) in 2006 and won two national championships with UZSC in the same year, playing on the U15 and U17 teams in 2010 … has been playing club ball for Widex GZC Donk (Gouda, Netherlands) since June of 2011 … Widex GZC Donk is one of the top clubs in the Netherlands and competes at the highest level in Dutch competitions … guided WGZCD to a U17 national championship in June of 2012.
High School
Attended Winford Stebo in Utrecht, Netherlands, his last two years … his high school didn't offer competitive sports so he played club.
Personal
Full name: Alex Willem Roelse … born Jan. 10, 1995 in Gorinchem, Netherlands … his parents are Pieter and Mary Roelse … has one older sister, Susan … lists Arjen Robben, a member of the Netherland's National Soccer Team and FC Bayern München, as the athlete he most admires … says he chose UCLA because “the drive to be the best brought me to UCLA” … says his biggest thrill so far in his athletic career is, “playing for the Dutch National Team as the youngest player on the squad against Russia with thousands of people watching and cheering” … majoring in business economics.
| Alex Roelse's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2014 | 29/7 | 28 | 56 | .500 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 14 |
| 2015 | 30/7 | 25 | 56 | .446 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 32 |
| 2016 | 21/4 | 29 | 67 | .433 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 25/6 | 35 | 99 | .354 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 11 |
| Totals | 105/24 | 117 | 278 | .421 | 105 | 76 | 45 | 66 |
