Bruins even MPSF record to 1-1 with road victory against Anteaters
2011
Played in 25 matches...scored 11 goals on 21 attempts, converting at a 52.4 percent rate...registered six field blocks, four steals, seven earned exclusions and three assists...scored a season-high three goals against Air Force at the SoCal Tournament (Oct. 1)...also had two goals in victories over Air Force (Sept. 17) and Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 22)...scored at least one goal in seven matches.
Before UCLA
Two-year water polo letterwinner at West Valley Junior College (Saratoga, Calif.) under head coach Bruce Watson...helped lead West Valley to the 2010 state championship with a 9-6 victory over Golden West in the title match...secured Most Valuable Player honors at the 2010 state championship and 2010 NorCal Tournament... guided West Valley to a first-place finish at the 2009 and 2010 NorCal Tournaments...helped West Valley finished second at the 2009 state championship...earned first-team Junior College All-America acclaim in 2009.
High School
Studied at Prva Jezicna Gimnazija (Split, Croatia) for four years...competed in club water polo for V.K. Posk, helping lead his team to one gold medal, five silver medals and two bronze medals at the Junior Crotian National Championship...secured Most Valuable Player honors at the U-14 Junior Croatian National Championship...served as the junior club's team captain.
Personal
Full name: Luka Bokavsek...born Oct. 27, 1990, in Split, Croatia...Luka is the second of Davor and Natasa Bokavsek's three children...has one older sister, Ela, and one younger sister, Lorena...has aspired to attend UCLA since his sophomore year in high school...international development studies major.
