Farmer Named Student-Athlete of the Week
October 04, 2016 | Men's Water Polo
Junior Matt Farmer selected UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week.
Junior center Matt Farmer of the top-ranked UCLA men's water polo team was voted the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Sept. 26-Oct. 1.
Farmer helped UCLA tie its school record of 50 consecutive victories last week with three goals in two games. He tied for the team lead in scoring with two goals in an 11-0 win over No. 13 UC Irvine on Saturday, Oct. 1. He also drew two exclusions against the Anteaters. Then later that day, in a 17-4 win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, he scored once while recording one assist and drawing another exclusion.
This is Farmer's first UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor of the season and of his career.
The UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week is chosen by fans on Twitter via @UCLAAthletics. This week, Farmer beat out football linebacker Kenny Young, who led UCLA to a win over Arizona with a team-best 12 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for a loss, a pass defense and one sack and women's golfer Lilia Vu, who notched her second-career second-place finish at the season-opening Annika Intercollegiate, shooting a personal-best, 10-under (206), including an opening-round 66..
