2024 Men's Water Polo Roster
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Tauscher, Nate
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Jersey Number 1A
Nate Tauscher
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Sunset Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
โข ACWPCย All-Academic Honoree (Excellent - 2024)
โข MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
โข Big Ten Springย Academic Honor Roll (2024)
โข MPSFย Newcomer of the Weekย (Nov. 4, 2024)
โข 3-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 17 of 28 games, making three starts while going 3-0 on the year โฆ was fifth in the MPSF in save percentage (54.6) โฆ was eighth the MPSF in total saves (90) and averaged a total of 10.17 saves per game โฆ had a season-high and career-high 13 saves in a win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3) โฆ registered a total of three double-digit save efforts on the season โฆ was fifth on the team in steals with 18 and added seven assists on the year.
2023
Redshirted the season.
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High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Mater Dei High School โฆ on the 2022 CIF Open Division Semifinalist team as a senior and junior in 2021 list team โฆ MDHS won the Trinity League Championship in 2021ย โฆ as a senior, named the 2022 MDHS MVP, First-Team All-Trinity League, First-Team All-Orange County, First-Team All-CIF Open Divisionย โฆ as a junior, named Second-Team All-Trinity League, Second-Team All-CIF Open Division โฆ played club water polo for SoCal WPC ย in the 2022-23 season and for the Vanguard Red WPC fromย 2019-22 โฆ was a silver medalist at the 2023 18U JO Championships with SoCal WPC โฆ was named to 2022 Youth National Team, 2022 National League Roster, 2021-22 Goalie USA Academy, 2018-22 National Team Selection, and 2018 Development National Team.
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Personal
Full name: Nathan Thomas Tauscher, prefers Nate โฆ born in Kamuela, Hawaii โฆ parents are Peter and Julia Tauscher โฆ father, Peter, played water polo at Long Beach stateย โฆ has an older sister, Janna, who is a center on the California women's water polo team โฆ choose UCLA because โIt is a great school with an amazing water polo program and coaching staffโ โฆ greatest athletic thrill wasย "Competing in Chengdu, China, in the summer of 2023 at the World University Games" โฆ athletes he admires include Lance Burkhart and Adam Wright โฆ enjoys surfing, bodysurfing, hanging out with friends, and trying new foods and restaurants in his free time โฆ major is undeclared.
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โข ACWPCย All-Academic Honoree (Excellent - 2024)
โข MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
โข Big Ten Springย Academic Honor Roll (2024)
โข MPSFย Newcomer of the Weekย (Nov. 4, 2024)
โข 3-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 17 of 28 games, making three starts while going 3-0 on the year โฆ was fifth in the MPSF in save percentage (54.6) โฆ was eighth the MPSF in total saves (90) and averaged a total of 10.17 saves per game โฆ had a season-high and career-high 13 saves in a win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3) โฆ registered a total of three double-digit save efforts on the season โฆ was fifth on the team in steals with 18 and added seven assists on the year.
2023
Redshirted the season.
ย
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Mater Dei High School โฆ on the 2022 CIF Open Division Semifinalist team as a senior and junior in 2021 list team โฆ MDHS won the Trinity League Championship in 2021ย โฆ as a senior, named the 2022 MDHS MVP, First-Team All-Trinity League, First-Team All-Orange County, First-Team All-CIF Open Divisionย โฆ as a junior, named Second-Team All-Trinity League, Second-Team All-CIF Open Division โฆ played club water polo for SoCal WPC ย in the 2022-23 season and for the Vanguard Red WPC fromย 2019-22 โฆ was a silver medalist at the 2023 18U JO Championships with SoCal WPC โฆ was named to 2022 Youth National Team, 2022 National League Roster, 2021-22 Goalie USA Academy, 2018-22 National Team Selection, and 2018 Development National Team.
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Personal
Full name: Nathan Thomas Tauscher, prefers Nate โฆ born in Kamuela, Hawaii โฆ parents are Peter and Julia Tauscher โฆ father, Peter, played water polo at Long Beach stateย โฆ has an older sister, Janna, who is a center on the California women's water polo team โฆ choose UCLA because โIt is a great school with an amazing water polo program and coaching staffโ โฆ greatest athletic thrill wasย "Competing in Chengdu, China, in the summer of 2023 at the World University Games" โฆ athletes he admires include Lance Burkhart and Adam Wright โฆ enjoys surfing, bodysurfing, hanging out with friends, and trying new foods and restaurants in his free time โฆ major is undeclared.
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| Nate Tauscher's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | Record | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2024 | 17/3 | 3-0 | 90 | 77 | 8.71 | 280:00 | ||
| Totals | 17/3 | 3-0 | 90 | 77 | 8.71 | 280:00 | ||
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