2023 Men's Water Polo Roster
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Engstrom, Griffin
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Jersey Number 16
Griffin Engstrom
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Pasadena, Calif.
- High School:
- Loyola HS
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
• ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2023)
• 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 … scored two goals on three attempts, converting at a 66.7 percent rate … finished with six total points and four assists … scored in two of the three games he played in … 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 varsity letterwinner in water polo as a defender and utility at Loyola High School … was a three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2019-21) … named to second team of Futures Super Finals All-Tournament Team in 2019 … played his club ball for Trojan Water Polo Club (2018-21) and Rose Bowl Water Polo Club (2014-17) … finished first at the 2016 Champions Cup with RBWPC … finished third at the 2017 Junior Olympics (Platinum Division) with RBWPC … finished second at the 2019 Futures Super Finals with TWPC … trained in Montenegro and Croatia with TWPC in 2018 and trained with Tony Azevedo in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Griffin Richard Engstrom … born in Palo Alto, Calif. … his parents are Kimberly and Brett Engstrom … his mother, Kerry, played soccer at UC Irvine … has an older brother, Keegan, and an older sister, Claire … 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." … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "when we beat Harvard-Westlake in the finals of the North/South Tournament in 2019." … lists Tony Azevedo as the athlete he admires most … lists playing darts and billiards as his hobbies … says he started playing water polo at the LA 84 Foundation when he was eight years old … majoring in international development studies.
• ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2023)
• 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 … scored two goals on three attempts, converting at a 66.7 percent rate … finished with six total points and four assists … scored in two of the three games he played in … 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 varsity letterwinner in water polo as a defender and utility at Loyola High School … was a three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2019-21) … named to second team of Futures Super Finals All-Tournament Team in 2019 … played his club ball for Trojan Water Polo Club (2018-21) and Rose Bowl Water Polo Club (2014-17) … finished first at the 2016 Champions Cup with RBWPC … finished third at the 2017 Junior Olympics (Platinum Division) with RBWPC … finished second at the 2019 Futures Super Finals with TWPC … trained in Montenegro and Croatia with TWPC in 2018 and trained with Tony Azevedo in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Griffin Richard Engstrom … born in Palo Alto, Calif. … his parents are Kimberly and Brett Engstrom … his mother, Kerry, played soccer at UC Irvine … has an older brother, Keegan, and an older sister, Claire … 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." … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "when we beat Harvard-Westlake in the finals of the North/South Tournament in 2019." … lists Tony Azevedo as the athlete he admires most … lists playing darts and billiards as his hobbies … says he started playing water polo at the LA 84 Foundation when he was eight years old … majoring in international development studies.
| 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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