2009 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Kevin Kuga
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Goleta, Calif.
- High School:
- Dos Pueblos
2010
Played in 20 matches, making two starts...scored six goals on 23 attempts, converting at a 26 percent rate...totaled seven blocks, five steals, two assists and won six sprints...scored one goal in each of six matches, including in MPSF Tournament contests against USC (Nov. 27) and California (Nov. 28).
2009
Played in 19 matches...scored nine goals on 17 attempts, converting at a 53 percent clip...registered 10 blocks, six steals and three assists...twice registered a season-high two goals - in a home doubleheader against Pacific and versus Chapman (Oct. 25).
2008
Redshirted.
2007
Played in all 28 games, making one start...scored 17 goals on 32 attempts, converting at a 53 percent clip...collected 18 steals, eight assists, seven blocks and five earned exclusions...scored at least one goal in 12 matches...totaled a season-high three goals in two games - at UC Santa Cruz (Sept. 30) and versus Pepperdine (Oct. 13)...registered three multiple-goal games.
2006
Played in 21 games, making 14 starts...scored 10 goals on 24 attempts...also collected 11 steals, six assists and one block...served as one of the Bruins' main sprinters, along with Matthew Jacobs...scored his first collegiate goal in his first game at UCLA, versus Cal Baptist (Sept. 14)...scored a career-high three goals in the NorCal Tournament against UC Davis (Sept. 16)...totaled three multiple-goal efforts.
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo and swimming under head coach Chris Parrish...led Dos Pueblos to the CIF Southern Section Division IV water polo title in 2004 and 2005; scored two of Dos Pueblo's five goals in the 2004 title game...named CIF-SS Div. IV Co-Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005, Channel League Co-Player of the Year in 2005...also selected to the All-Southern California water polo first team and California-Hawaii All-America second team in 2004 and 2005...earned All-CIF-SS Div. IV first-team honors in 2003; also named to the All-Channel League second team...on the swim team, captured first place in the CIF-SS Div. IV finals of the 50-yard freestyle (20.73 seconds in 2006, 20.78 in 2005) and finished second in the 100-yard freestyle (45.30 in 2006, 46.16 in 2005)...finished fourth in the CIF-SS Div. IV finals of the 50-yard freestyle in 2004 (21.35); also raced to a fifth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (47.10)...earned NISCA All-America honors in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Club
Competed for the Santa Barbara Water Polo club...earned All-America honorable mention honors in 2004.
Personal
Full name: Kevin Richard Kuga...born February 23, 1988 in Goleta, Calif...Kevin is the youngest of Jame and Virginia Kuga's three children...lists his greatest athletic thrill as having been a part of the first CIF championship water polo team in Dos Pueblo High School's history in 2004...admires former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Orel Hershiser...geography major.
| Kevin Kuga's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2006 | 21/14 | 10 | 24 | .417 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 28/1 | 17 | 32 | .531 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 5 |
| 2009 | 19/0 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
| 2010 | 20/2 | 6 | 23 | .261 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| Totals | 88/17 | 42 | 96 | .438 | 19 | 40 | 25 | 10 |
