2018 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster

Jersey Number 8
Raphael Raede
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Glendale, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake School
2017
Played in four matches, making zero starts … scored six goals on 14 attempts, converting at a 42.9 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high three goals in a 20-9 win over No. 17 Cal Baptist (Oct. 13) … he scored at least one goal in three of the four games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had one steal, one field block and earned five exclusions.
2016
Played in five matches … scored two goals on five attempts, converting at a 40.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high two goals in a 20-2 win over Chapman (Sept. 4) ... tallied three earned exclusions.
2015
Redshirted the season.
High School
Earned four varsity letters in water polo as a center at Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles, Calif. for head coach Brian Flacks ... was named First Team All-CIF his senior season (2014).
Personal
Full name: Raphael Wolfgang Raede … born Jan. 9, 1997 in Seeheim Jungenheim, Germany … his parents are Theresa and Andreas Raede … is an only child … says he chose to attend UCLA because, "I wanted to stay in my favorite city of Los Angeles, and wanted to be a part of one of the greatest academic and athletic traditions in the country" ... lists Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry and Tony Azevedo as the athletes he most admires … lists playing video games and catching up on TV shows as something he does in his spare time … played for Bruin Water Polo Club … has yet to declare a major.
Played in four matches, making zero starts … scored six goals on 14 attempts, converting at a 42.9 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high three goals in a 20-9 win over No. 17 Cal Baptist (Oct. 13) … he scored at least one goal in three of the four games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had one steal, one field block and earned five exclusions.
2016
Played in five matches … scored two goals on five attempts, converting at a 40.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high two goals in a 20-2 win over Chapman (Sept. 4) ... tallied three earned exclusions.
2015
Redshirted the season.
High School
Earned four varsity letters in water polo as a center at Harvard Westlake School in Los Angeles, Calif. for head coach Brian Flacks ... was named First Team All-CIF his senior season (2014).
Personal
Full name: Raphael Wolfgang Raede … born Jan. 9, 1997 in Seeheim Jungenheim, Germany … his parents are Theresa and Andreas Raede … is an only child … says he chose to attend UCLA because, "I wanted to stay in my favorite city of Los Angeles, and wanted to be a part of one of the greatest academic and athletic traditions in the country" ... lists Kobe Bryant, Stephen Curry and Tony Azevedo as the athletes he most admires … lists playing video games and catching up on TV shows as something he does in his spare time … played for Bruin Water Polo Club … has yet to declare a major.
| Raphael Raede's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2016 | 5/0 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4/0 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals | 9/0 | 8 | 19 | .421 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
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