2023 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Ben Larsen
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Calif.
- High School:
- Campolindo HS
UCLA Career Highlights
โข All-MPSF (Honorable Mention - 2023)
โข 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2023, 2024)
โข Big Ten Springย All-Academic Teamย (2024)
โข Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Teamย (2023)
โข 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Excellent - 2023, 2024)
โข MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 23, 2023;ย Nov. 13, 2023)
โข 9-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in all 28 games โฆ scored 19 goals on 50 attempts, converting at a 38 percent rate โฆ scored 26 total points with seven assists โฆ scored a season- and career-high tying three goals in a win vs. No. 12 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 28) โฆ he scored at least one goal in 14 of the 28 games he played, including four multiple-goal games, and one game with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in three straight games three times (Sept. 7 to Sept. 8, Sept. 21 to Sept. 27, Nov. 3 to Nov. 22) โฆ recorded five steals, five field blocks (tied for seventh on the team) โฆ also drew 12 exclusions (seventh on the team).
2023
Played in all 29 games โฆ scored 25 goals on 46 attempts, converting at a 54.3 percent rate โฆ finished with 33 total points and eight assists โฆ scored a career-high three goals in a win vs. No. 6 Princeton on Oct. 18 โฆ scored at least one goal in 19 of the 29 games he played, including five multiple-goal games โฆ scored at least one goal in a career-high five games in a row (Oct. 8 - Oct. 28), with three of those games having scored two goals or more โฆ also registered seven steals, seven drawn exclusions, and five field blocks.
2022
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Three-year letter winner in water polo at Campolindo High School โฆ finished first at North Coast Sectionals in his sophomore season โฆ was a part of the starting set for Contra Costa United U18 team that earned gold in the Junior Olympic platinum division โฆ was a member of the National Team Olympic Development Program for Cadet and Youth teams.
Personal
Full name: Benjamin David Larsen, prefersย Ben โฆ born in San Francisco, Calif. โฆ parents are Kathryn and Tim Larsen โฆ has an older brother, Jack (21), and a younger sister, Alexandria (14) โฆ brother, Jack, is currently a member of the UCLA water polo team and was on the 2020 National Championship team โฆ chose UCLA because โIt is the number one public university in the country and to advance my skills as a water polo player and teammate.โ โฆ greatest athletic thrill was winning Gold at Junior Olympics (U18) โฆ admires Michael Jordan and Max Verstappen โฆ enjoys playing golf and spending time with family in his free time โฆ majoring in political science.
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| Ben Larsen's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2023 | 29 | 25 | 46 | .543 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| 2024 | 28 | 19 | 50 | .380 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Totals | 57 | 44 | 96 | .458 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 19 |
