2012 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Joey Fuentes
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lake Forest, Calif.
- High School:
- El Toro
2016
Played in all 28 matches, making five starts … was 6th on the team in scoring with 22 goals on 46 attempts, converting at a 47.8 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high four goals in an 18-7 win over Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 23) … he scored at least one goal in 13 of the 28 games he played, including five multiple goal games … tied for 2nd on the team in consecutive games scored (8) ... also had 31 assists (2nd on the team), 14 steals and four field blocks ... tallied five earned exclusions and two earned penalty shots ... was 4th on the team in sprints won with nine.
2015
Played in 11 matches, making two starts … scored 15 goals on 27 attempts, converting at a 55.6 percent rate … scored a season-high three goals in a 24-3 win over 16-4 win over No. 18 Whittier (Sept. 13) and in a 22-6 win against Pomona-Pitzer (Oct. 10) … he scored at least one goal in eight of the 11 games he played, including five multiple goal games … also had 20 assists (8th on the team), six steals and two field blocks.
2014
Was a student at UCLA but not on the men's water polo team.
2013
Redshirted the season.
2012
Played in 17 matches, making three starts … scored 15 goals on 38 attempts, converting at a 39.5 percent rate … scored a season-high four goals in a win vs. Johns Hopkins (Sept. 8) … had at least one goal in 11 matches, scoring multiple goals twice … scored at least one goal in the first six games of his collegiate career and in nine of his first 10 … registered nine steals, nine assists and one field block.
High School
Three-year (2009-11) varsity water polo letterwinner at El Toro High School under head coach Don Stoll … also lettered twice in swimming for coach Brett McCleave … was a three-time All-American, a three-time All-CIF selection and earned All-Sea View League honors three times as well (2009-11) for the Chargers … also named Co-MVP of the Sea View League in 2011 (shared the honor with then Charger teammate and current Bruin teammate, Garrett Danner) … the Chargers lost to Mater Dei, 8-5 in the CIF Division 1 Finals in 2011 … he scored 124 goals his senior year (2011), 90 goals his junior year and 60 goals his sophomore campaign … El Toro High was CIF Champions his sophomore season (2009).
Personal
Full name: Joseph John Fuentes … prefers Joey … born Oct. 2, 1993 in Newport Beach, Calif. … his mother is Jolene Fuentes … has one older sister, Michelle, and one older brother, T.J. … competed with the SET Water Polo Club out of Saddleback and El Toro … says he chose UCLA “Due to the prestigious education and the winning tradition of its water polo team” … lists hitting the game-winning shot against Newport Harbor in the CIF Semifinals in 2011 with two seconds left as the biggest athletic thrill of his career … lists fishing and playing basketball as his hobbies … majoring in political science.
| Joey Fuentes' Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2012 | 17/3 | 15 | 38 | .395 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 11/2 | 15 | 27 | .556 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 28/5 | 22 | 46 | .478 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals | 56/10 | 52 | 111 | .468 | 60 | 29 | 7 | 8 |
