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Jersey Number 1
Joey Niz
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Los Alamitos HS
- Hometown:
- Los Alamitos, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024)
2024
Registered 37 saves (14.17 per game), six steals, and one assist in eight appearances (zero starts) … had a goals against average of 10.73 on the year (28 goals allowed in 10.442 quarters played) … collected a season-high nine saves in two quarters of action in a win over California Baptist University (Feb. 2) at the UCSD Triton Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in water polo and swimming at Los Alamitos High School … two-time First-Team All-CIF-Southern Section honors (2023, 2022) … named First-Team All Sunset League and league MVP in 2023 … helped lead team to a league championship … played club at Los Alamitos Aquatic Foundation, earning Junior Olympic First-Team All-America honors (2023).
PERSONAL
Full name is Josephine Paciencia Niz, prefers Joey … born in Los Angeles, Calif. … parents are David Niz and Maria Dungo … has an older brother, Gabriel, a younger sister, Madeline, and an older sister, Olivia … mother attended UCLA … decided to attend UCLA because, “I appreciate the team culture and tight-knit team dynamic. It was clear that the team cares for each other in and out of the water.” … lists the late Kobe Bryant and Simone Biles as the athletes she most admires … hobbies include scrapbooking and tanning at the beach … major is business economics with the career goal of becoming a sports agent.
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024)
2024
Registered 37 saves (14.17 per game), six steals, and one assist in eight appearances (zero starts) … had a goals against average of 10.73 on the year (28 goals allowed in 10.442 quarters played) … collected a season-high nine saves in two quarters of action in a win over California Baptist University (Feb. 2) at the UCSD Triton Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in water polo and swimming at Los Alamitos High School … two-time First-Team All-CIF-Southern Section honors (2023, 2022) … named First-Team All Sunset League and league MVP in 2023 … helped lead team to a league championship … played club at Los Alamitos Aquatic Foundation, earning Junior Olympic First-Team All-America honors (2023).
PERSONAL
Full name is Josephine Paciencia Niz, prefers Joey … born in Los Angeles, Calif. … parents are David Niz and Maria Dungo … has an older brother, Gabriel, a younger sister, Madeline, and an older sister, Olivia … mother attended UCLA … decided to attend UCLA because, “I appreciate the team culture and tight-knit team dynamic. It was clear that the team cares for each other in and out of the water.” … lists the late Kobe Bryant and Simone Biles as the athletes she most admires … hobbies include scrapbooking and tanning at the beach … major is business economics with the career goal of becoming a sports agent.
| JOEY NIZ'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP |
| 2024 | 8/0 | 10.442 | 37 | 28 | 10.73 | 83:32 |
| Totals | 8/0 | 10.442 | 37 | 28 | 10.73 | 83:32 |
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