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LOS ANGELES -- UCLA had a league-best 15 Bruins receive 6-8 Sports/MPSF All-Academic accolades for the 2025 season, as announced by the league office today, making the Bruins champions in the classroom as well as in the pool. It marks the fifth time in the last six years, and the second straight season, that UCLA has led the league in All-Academic team members.
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 2025.
The 15 honorees from UCLA in alphabetical order include:
UCLA'S 2025 MPSF ALL-ACADEMIC SELECTIONS |
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| Name | Major | Year | Position | Hometown |
| Bode Brinkema | Pre-International Development Studies | So. | UTL | San Juan Capistrano, Calif. |
| Gray Carson | Economics | Sr. | UTL | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Peter Castillo | Pre-Political Science | So. | UTL | Costa Mesa, Calif. |
| Chase Dodd | Environmental Science | RS-Sr. | ATK | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Ryder Dodd | Pre-Mathematics/Economics | So. | ATK | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Trey Doten | Economics | RS-Sr. | ATK | Davis, Calif. |
| Frederico Jucá Carsalade | International Development Studies | RS-Jr. | ATK | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Ben Larsen | Political Science | RS-Jr. | UTL | Lafayette, Calif. |
| Ben Liechty | Political Science | Jr.. | UTL | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Eli Liechty | Political Science | RS-Sr. | CTR | Newport Beach, Calif. |
| Max Matthews | Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | RS-So. | DEF | Tiburon, Calif. |
| Vinnie Merk | Political Science | RS-Jr. | ATK | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
| Noah Rowe | Geography/Environmental Studies | Sr. | ATK | North Tustin, Calif. |
| Wade Sherlock | Political Science | Jr. | ATK | Long Beach, Calif. |
| Nate Tauscher | Political Science | RS-So. | GK | Sunset Beach, Calif. |