Max Irving Named UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of Week
September 26, 2017 | Men's Water Polo
Senior attacker Max Irving of the UCLA men's water polo team has been named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Sept. 18-24.
Irving led UCLA in scoring over the weekend with nine goals as the Bruins went 4-0 against four ranked teams to win the Mountain Pacific Invitational for the second-straight year. Irving scored at least one goal in all four games, including in the title game on Sunday, when he exploded for a career-high six goals to pace the Bruins to a 13-11 win at No. 2 USC.
Irving began the tournament with a one-goal game in a 7-4 win at No. 20 Loyola Marymount on Friday. On Saturday, he scored once in the 9-8 quarterfinal win over No. 5 Pacific and once in the 9-8 overtime semifinal win over No. 1 California. He also added four steals, two assists, one field block and one drawn exclusion in the four games.
This is Irving's second UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor of the season and his career.
Also Nominated: Erika Adler (Women's Cross Country), Hidetoshi Yoshihara (Men's Golf), Brian Iloski (Men's Soccer), Soso Jamabo (Men's Water Polo), Garrett Reynolds (Men's Cross Country), Ashley Sanchez (Women's Soccer), Madeleine Gates (Women's Volleyball).
