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Player Bio: Marco Santos - UCLA Official Athletic Site

April 17, 2013 | Men's Water Polo

2007
Played in all 28 matches, making 27 starts...scored 32 goals on 76 attempts...earned second-team ACWPC All-America accolades and second-team All-MPSF honors...among the nation's top centers, finished his senior season with a team-best 36 earned exclusions...also tallied 10 steals, five blocks and two assists...scored in 21 of 28 matches, including nine multiple-goal efforts...registered a season-high three goals against Pepperdine (Oct. 13) and Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 8)...netted five goals in three MPSF Tournament matches to end his career.

2006
Played in all 23 matches, starting in 22...scored 27 goals on 63 attempts...his total of 27 goals ranked third highest on the team...led the Bruins with 36 earned exclusions...also registered 11 steals and six assists...scored at least one goal in 18 of 23 games, including 15 of the final 17 matches...registered a season-best four goals against UC San Diego in the SoCal Tournament (Oct. 15).

2005
Played in 27 matches, starting in 10...scored 18 goals on 46 attempts...also added seven assists and three steals...recorded four two-goal efforts - against BYU-Hawaii (Sept. 3), UC Irvine (Sept. 17), Princeton (Oct. 9) and Long Beach State (Nov. 6).

2004
Played in 23 games as a freshman...scored nine goals and added three assists and seven steals...posted three two-goal performances...scored his first two collegiate goals on Sept. 16 against Cal Baptist...also registered two-goal games on Sept. 18 against Cal Baptist and on Oct. 17 against Pacific.

High School
Played for Paul Becskehazy at Miami Beach Senior High School for four years...was a four-time All-America, All-State and All-City selection...captured state MVP honors as a senior and city MVP accolades the three previous seasons...was a member of two state championship water polo teams...also competed for the Brazilian Junior National Team.

Personal
Full name: Marco Paulo Santos...born on July 15, 1985 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...parents are Marco Antonio Boa Morte Dos Santos and Mariamelia Lemos Dos Santos... has four siblings (two brothers, two sisters)...admires R. Calcaterra, an Italian water polo player...favorite class is physics...undeclared major.

  Marco Santos
Marco Santos
Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Miami Beach, FL

High School:
Miami Beach Senior

Height / Weight:
6-4 / 220

Position:
Center

Marco Santos' Career Statistics
Year GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL
2004 23/0 9 17 53% 3 7
2005 27/10 18 46 39% 7 3
2006 23/22 27 63 43% 6 11
2007 28/27 32 76 44% 2 10
Totals 101/59 86 202 43% 18 31

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