2024 Women's Water Polo Roster
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Steele, Lauren
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Jersey Number 1
Lauren Steele
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Orange Lutheran HS
- Hometown:
- Old Greenwich, Conn.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ACWPC National Player of the Year (2024)
• ACWPC All-American (First Team - 2024)
• Cutino Award Finalist (2024)
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2024)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Year (2024)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2024)
• NCAA Championship Most Valuable Player (2024)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team - 2024)
• MPSF Championship Most Valuable Player (2024)
• 3-time MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024, Apr. 2, 2024, Apr. 16, 2024)
• 4-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 23, 2024, Feb. 27, 2024, Apr. 16, 2024, Apr. 23, 2024)
• UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week (Apr. 16, 2024)
• ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2024)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024)
2024
She played in all 26 games, making 26 starts while posting a 26-0 record on the year in the cage … registered 268 saves (12.95 per game), which the total ranks fourth all-time on UCLA's single-season charts and is a Bruin freshman record … she also had 39 steals (led the team) and eight assists … also scored seven goals on 27 shots (.259) … she scored a season-high two goals twice, in a win at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara at the UCSB Winter Invitational (Jan. 21) and in a 15-8 win over No. 3 Stanford (Mar. 30) … had a goals against average of 6.72 on the year (139 goals allowed in 82.771 quarters played) … collected a season-high 21 saves in a win at No. 10 UC Irvine (Feb. 24) at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational … it marked the most saves by a Bruin goalkeeper since Caitlin Dement registered 22 stops in an 8-3 win over UC Davis on Feb. 21, 2010.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lauren Steele was a three-time letterwinner in water polo at Orange Lutheran High School … named CIF Southern Section Open Division Player of the Year and Trinity League Player of the Year in 2023 … played club at LAMO (Lamorinda Water Polo Club) … earned First-Team All-Junior Olympics honors in 2023 … helped lead U.S. Women’s Youth Team to a first-place finish at the 2022 FINA Youth World Championship as well as a gold medal at the 2022 Pan American U17 Championships … named OC Register’s 2023 Player of the Year.
PERSONAL
Full name: Lauren Jane Steele … born in Greenwich, Conn. … parents are John and Joanne Steele … has an older sister, Jacquie, and an older brother, John … her uncle, Thomas James Laughlin (ring name Tommy Dreamer), is a professional wrestler … lists her greatest athletic thrill as the comeback CIF Championship victory with Orange Lutheran HS in 2023 … decided to attend UCLA because of the “combination of amazing academics and athletics” … hobbies include going to the beach, surfing, hanging out with friends and any outdoor or sports activity … lists Alex Morgan, the late Kobe Bryant, and Serena Williams as athletes she admires … major is undeclared with a career objective in business.
• ACWPC National Player of the Year (2024)
• ACWPC All-American (First Team - 2024)
• Cutino Award Finalist (2024)
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2024)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Year (2024)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2024)
• NCAA Championship Most Valuable Player (2024)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team - 2024)
• MPSF Championship Most Valuable Player (2024)
• 3-time MPSF Player of the Week (Feb. 27, 2024, Apr. 2, 2024, Apr. 16, 2024)
• 4-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 23, 2024, Feb. 27, 2024, Apr. 16, 2024, Apr. 23, 2024)
• UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week (Apr. 16, 2024)
• ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2024)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024)
2024
She played in all 26 games, making 26 starts while posting a 26-0 record on the year in the cage … registered 268 saves (12.95 per game), which the total ranks fourth all-time on UCLA's single-season charts and is a Bruin freshman record … she also had 39 steals (led the team) and eight assists … also scored seven goals on 27 shots (.259) … she scored a season-high two goals twice, in a win at No. 12 UC Santa Barbara at the UCSB Winter Invitational (Jan. 21) and in a 15-8 win over No. 3 Stanford (Mar. 30) … had a goals against average of 6.72 on the year (139 goals allowed in 82.771 quarters played) … collected a season-high 21 saves in a win at No. 10 UC Irvine (Feb. 24) at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational … it marked the most saves by a Bruin goalkeeper since Caitlin Dement registered 22 stops in an 8-3 win over UC Davis on Feb. 21, 2010.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lauren Steele was a three-time letterwinner in water polo at Orange Lutheran High School … named CIF Southern Section Open Division Player of the Year and Trinity League Player of the Year in 2023 … played club at LAMO (Lamorinda Water Polo Club) … earned First-Team All-Junior Olympics honors in 2023 … helped lead U.S. Women’s Youth Team to a first-place finish at the 2022 FINA Youth World Championship as well as a gold medal at the 2022 Pan American U17 Championships … named OC Register’s 2023 Player of the Year.
PERSONAL
Full name: Lauren Jane Steele … born in Greenwich, Conn. … parents are John and Joanne Steele … has an older sister, Jacquie, and an older brother, John … her uncle, Thomas James Laughlin (ring name Tommy Dreamer), is a professional wrestler … lists her greatest athletic thrill as the comeback CIF Championship victory with Orange Lutheran HS in 2023 … decided to attend UCLA because of the “combination of amazing academics and athletics” … hobbies include going to the beach, surfing, hanging out with friends and any outdoor or sports activity … lists Alex Morgan, the late Kobe Bryant, and Serena Williams as athletes she admires … major is undeclared with a career objective in business.
| LAUREN STEELE'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP |
| 2024 | 26/26 | 82.771 | 268 | 139 | 6.72 | 662:10 |
| Totals | 26/26 | 82.771 | 268 | 139 | 6.72 | 662:10 |
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