2022 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Engstrom, Griffin

Griffin Engstrom
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-5
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
โข ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2023)
โข 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024)
2023
Played in three of 29 games โฆ scored two goals on three attempts, converting at a 66.7 percent rate โฆ finished with six total points and four assists โฆ scored in two of the three games he played in โฆ also registered two steals and two drawn exclusions.
2022
Was on the team but didn't see any action.
2021
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Was a three-year varsityย letterwinnerย in water polo as a defender and utility at Loyola High Schoolย โฆ was a three-timeย USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2019-21)ย โฆ named to second team of Futures Super Finals All-Tournament Team in 2019ย โฆ played his club ball for Trojan Water Polo Club (2018-21) and Rose Bowl Water Polo Club (2014-17) โฆ finished first at the 2016 Champions Cup with RBWPC โฆ finished third at the 2017 Junior Olympics (Platinum Division) with RBWPC โฆ finished second at the 2019 Futures Super Finals with TWPC โฆ trained in Montenegro and Croatia with TWPC in 2018 and trained with Tony Azevedo in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Griffin Richard Engstrom โฆ born in Palo Alto, Calif. โฆ his parents are Kimberly and Brett Engstromย โฆ his mother, Kerry, played soccer at UC Irvineย โฆ has an older brother, Keegan, and an older sister, Claire โฆ says he chose UCLA because, "I decided to attend UCLA because of the amazing education it would provide me as well as the incredible performance its athletic teams achieve every year."ย โฆ lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "when we beat Harvard-Westlake in the finals of the North/South Tournament in 2019."ย โฆ lists Tony Azevedo as the athlete he admires mostย โฆ lists playing darts and billiards as his hobbiesย โฆ says he started playing water polo at the LA 84 Foundation when he was eight years oldย โฆ majoring in international development studies.
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โข ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2023)
โข 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024)
2023
Played in three of 29 games โฆ scored two goals on three attempts, converting at a 66.7 percent rate โฆ finished with six total points and four assists โฆ scored in two of the three games he played in โฆ also registered two steals and two drawn exclusions.
2022
Was on the team but didn't see any action.
2021
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Was a three-year varsityย letterwinnerย in water polo as a defender and utility at Loyola High Schoolย โฆ was a three-timeย USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2019-21)ย โฆ named to second team of Futures Super Finals All-Tournament Team in 2019ย โฆ played his club ball for Trojan Water Polo Club (2018-21) and Rose Bowl Water Polo Club (2014-17) โฆ finished first at the 2016 Champions Cup with RBWPC โฆ finished third at the 2017 Junior Olympics (Platinum Division) with RBWPC โฆ finished second at the 2019 Futures Super Finals with TWPC โฆ trained in Montenegro and Croatia with TWPC in 2018 and trained with Tony Azevedo in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Griffin Richard Engstrom โฆ born in Palo Alto, Calif. โฆ his parents are Kimberly and Brett Engstromย โฆ his mother, Kerry, played soccer at UC Irvineย โฆ has an older brother, Keegan, and an older sister, Claire โฆ says he chose UCLA because, "I decided to attend UCLA because of the amazing education it would provide me as well as the incredible performance its athletic teams achieve every year."ย โฆ lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "when we beat Harvard-Westlake in the finals of the North/South Tournament in 2019."ย โฆ lists Tony Azevedo as the athlete he admires mostย โฆ lists playing darts and billiards as his hobbiesย โฆ says he started playing water polo at the LA 84 Foundation when he was eight years oldย โฆ majoring in international development studies.
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Griffin Engstrom's Career Statistics | ||||||||
Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
2023 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Totals | 3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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