2024 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Noah Rowe
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- North Tustin, Calif.
- High School:
- Foothill HS
UCLA Career Highlights
• College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District At-Large Team (2023)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Superior - 2023, 2024)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2023)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 17, 2022)
• 8-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 21 of 28 games … scored six goals on 18 attempts, converting at a 33.3 percent rate … scored 27 total points with 21 assists (eighth on the team) … scored a season-high one goal six times on the year, in a win vs. Pomona- Pitzer (Sept. 8), in a win vs. No. 20 California Baptist (Sept. 14), in a win vs. No. 12 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 27), in a win vs No. 15 LMU (Sept. 28), in a win vs. Air Force (Sept. 28), and in a win vs Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 22) … he scored at least one goal in six of the 21 games he played … scored at least one goal in three straight games (Sept. 27 to Sept. 28) … was tied for sixth on the team in steals (13) and tied for ninth in field blocks (five) … also drew four exclusions.
2023
Played in all 29 games … scored 12 goals on 34 attempts, converting at a 35.3 percent rate … finished with 36 total points and 24 assists (third on the team) …scored at least one goal in 10 of the 29 games he played, including one multiple-goal game … scored at least one goal in two games in a row (Nov. 19 - Dec. 1) … also registered 14 steals, nine field blocks, and seven drawn exclusions.
2022
Played in all 27 games … finished the season with 17 goals on 34 shots, converting at a 50 percent rate … ended the season tied for eighth in total points (28) and recorded 11 assists on the year ... scored a season- and career-high four goals in a win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 3) … scored at least one goal in 11 out of 27 games, including four multi-goal games, with one hat trick … also recorded 13 steals, four field blocks, and three drawn exclusions.
High School
Lettered in both water polo and swimming for four years at Foothill High School … on the 2018 and 2019 CIF Southern Section Champion (D2) teams … his sophomore year (2019), he scored on a top-shelf cross-cage shot from about eight meters with four seconds left in the fourth period to hand the Knights their third consecutive CIF-SS crown with a 13-12 win over San Clemente … Crestview League Champions in the 2018-21 seasons … had 103 goals, 44 assists, and 75 steals in 2021 … tallied 28 goals, nine assists, and 24 steals in 2020 … recorded 55 goals, 54 assists, and 66 steals in 2019 … registered 48 goals, 22 assists, and 58 steals in 2018 … named Crestview League MVP in 2021 and the Crestview League Player of the year in 2020 … earned First-Team All-Crestview League in 2018 and 2019 … named to First-Team All-CIF in 2019 and Second-Team in 2018 … named Second-Team All-Orange County in 2019 and Third-Team All-Orange County in 2018 … also named Foothill High School Knight of the Year in 2020 and again in 2021.
Personal
Full name: Noah James Rowe … born in Australia … parents are Andrew and Joan Rowe … has a younger sister Ava (14) … first cousin Val Ayala played on the UCLA women’s water polo team from 2019-23 … chose UCLA because “I can be a part of a great water polo program and also attend an extraordinary school” … greatest athletic thrill is the championship teams has has been on … admires Tom Brady and Denzel Ward … enjoys surfing, fishing, golfing, and exploring nature in his free time … major is geography and environmental studies.
| Noah Rowe's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2022 | 27 | 17 | 34 | .500 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 29 | 12 | 34 | .353 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 21 | 6 | 18 | .333 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| Totals | 77 | 35 | 86 | .407 | 56 | 40 | 18 | 14 |
