2018 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Eric Goldenberg
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 190
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas HS
2017
Played in 12 matches, making zero starts … made the Director's Honor Roll in the spring quarter ... scored nine goals on 22 attempts, converting at a 36.4 percent rate … scored a season-high two goals in an 18-2 win over No. 14 Brown (Sept. 9) and in a 20-9 win over No. 17 Cal Baptist (Oct. 13) … had at least one goal in six of the 12 games he played, including two multiple goal games … tallied nine assists, four steals and one field block.
2016
Played in 14 matches, making two starts ... scored 13 goals on 27 attempts, converting at a 48.1 percent rate … was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 3) after scoring four goals on four shots in wins over No. 13 UC Irvine and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps as the Bruins tied their school record of 50 consecutive victories (Oct. 1) ... scored a season- and career-high four goals in a 18-5 win over Whittier (Nov. 5) ... he scored at least one goal in six of the 14 games he played, including four multiple goal games... tallied six assists, four steals and five field blocks.
2015
Redshirted the season.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. for head coach Michael Goldenberg ... also lettered in swimming all four years ... earned USWP All-American honors in 2011, 2012, and 2013 ... three-time NISCA All-American (2012-14) ... Florida High School Player of the Year (2013) ... Florida High School State Champion (2013) at Class 3A … also Class 3A State Finalists in 2014 and 2015 (boy's water polo is a spring sport in Florida) ... earned All-County Team honors (2012-14) … was a co-captain for his high school team in 2015 … the Raiders went 70-6 (.921) in his last three years of prep competition.
Personal
Full name: Eric Goldenberg … born December 14, 1996 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. … his parents are Michael and Irina Goldenberg … has an older sister, Elina, who was a member of the National Youth Team for three years and also attended the University of Maryland and played Division 1 water polo … his father was his high school coach at St. Thomas Aquinas … competed with the South Florida Water Polo Club ... has played in JO's since the age of 10 ... traveled with the club team to Hungary and Serbia for training and tournaments ... participated in the National Team Training Camp (2011-14) ... says he chose to attend UCLA because he "wanted to get the best education while at the same time also being able to compete for a national championship" ... says his greatest athletic thrill so far in his career is "winning the state championship in 2013" ... major is undeclared.
| Eric Goldenberg's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2016 | 14/2 | 13 | 27 | .481 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12/0 | 8 | 22 | .364 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26/2 | 21 | 49 | .429 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
