University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
2026 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Tali Stryker
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Miramonte HS
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข MPSF All-Freshman Team (2025)
โข MPSF Newcomer of the Week (April 22,ย 2025)
โข 3-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2025
Played in all 26 games โฆ recorded 29 total pointsย โฆย collected 15 goals (tied for sixth on the team)ย and 14 assists (10th on the team) โฆ drew three exclusions, had 10 steals (eighth on the team), and had eight field blocks (tied for third on the team) โฆ notched a season-high three goals in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Jan. 31) โฆ scored at least one goal in 13-of-26 games โฆ went 21-13 in sprints on the year โฆ had a season-best four consecutive games with at least one goal scored (Jan. 31 thru Feb. 2, scored in all four games of the Triton Invitational) โฆ tallied one multi-goal game.
HIGH SCHOOL
Was a four-time letterwinner in swimming and water polo at Miramonte High School โฆ named First-Team NISCA All-America (2023-24) and Third-Team NISCA All-America in (2022-23) in water polo โฆnamed First-Team All-Diablo twice in water polo (junior and senior years) and her sophomore year in swimmingย โฆ received All-Diablo CO-MVP honors in 2024 โฆ Second-Team All-Diablo selection for water polo during the 2021-22 seasonsย and in swimming during the 2023-24 seasonsย โฆ played club for Lamorinda Water Polo Club โฆ member of the 2022 USAWP ODP Womenโs Cadet National Team.
PERSONAL
Full name: Natalie Ann Stryker, prefers Tali โฆ born in Oakland, Calif. โฆ parents are William and Candice Stryker โฆ has two older brothers, Maxwellย and Williamย โฆ decided to attend UCLA because of the team culture and academics โฆย lists Maddie Musselman, Stephen Curry, and Sabrina Ionescu as athletes she admires most โฆ brother, Maxwell, played water polo at UC Davis, and brother, William is a current member of the UC Davis team โฆ her father, William, and her uncle,ย Russell Stryker, played water polo at California โฆ hobbies and interests include surfing, dogs, and playing beach volleyball โฆ major is undeclared but has a career objective in medical device sales.
| TALI STRYKER'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2025 | 26 | 15 | 33 | .455 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
| Totals | 26 | 15 | 33 | .455 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 3 |
