A total of 10 UCLA Bruins received 6-8 Sports/MPSF All-Academic accolades, as announced by the league office today.
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UCLA Had 10 Bruins Earn MPSF All-Academic Honors
January 10, 2024 | Men's Water Polo
LOS ANGELES -- UCLA had 10 Bruins receive 6-8 Sports/MPSF All-Academic accolades for the 2023 season, as announced by the league office today.
To make the MPSF All-Academic Team, the student-athlete must have completed one academic year at the institution and have at least a 3.0 grade point average. The student-athlete also had to compete in 50 percent of the team's games in 2023.
Sophomore utility Gray Carson headlined the group, earning All-Academic accolades for the first time in his career with a team-high 3.672 GPA of all of this year's honorees from UCLA.
The 10 honorees from UCLA in alphabetical order include:
UCLA'S 2023 MPSF ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS |
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| Name | GPA | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Giorgio Alessandria | 3.201 | R-Sr. | UTL | Lafayette, Calif. |
| Gray Carson | 3.672 | So. | UTL | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Makoto Kenney | 3.462 | Sr. | ATK | Costa Mesa, Calif. |
| Ben Larsen | 3.294 | R-Fr. | UTL | Lafayette, Calif. |
| Jack Larsen | 3.552 | Sr. | ATK | Orinda, Calif. |
| Mark Laurlund | 3.493 | R-So. | ATK | Alamo, Calif. |
| Eli Liechty | 3.374 | R-So. | CTR | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Vinnie Merk | 3.169 | R-Fr. | ATK | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Hayden Nightingale | 3.373 | Sr. | ATK | Vista, Calif. |
| Noah Rowe | 3.568 | So. | ATK | North Tustin, Calif. |
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