2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Garrett Danner
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Coto de Caza, Calif.
- High School:
- El Toro HS
2016
Played in 17 matches, making 17 starts โฆ was selected as a Thirdย Team All-American and named First Teamย All-MPSFย ... was selected as theย 2016 MPSFย Player of the Year for the second consecutive year, the only UCLA men'sย water polo player in school historyย and the third player in MPSF history to earn multiple Player of the Year awardsย ... earned MPSF All-Academic accolades for the second consecutive yearย ... he completed his career at UCLA atop the leaders in saves with 932 andย heย is only the second goalkeeper in MPSF history to surpass 900 career savesย ... he finished the 2016 season and led the team with 159ย saves ... he recordedย a season-high 14 saves three times: in a 10-7 winย over California in the championship match of the Mountain Pacific Invitational (Sept. 25), in a 15-8 win over UC Davis that set the NCAA record for consecutive victories at 52 (Oct. 9)ย and in a 6-9 loss against USC in the MPSFย Tournamentย title game (Nov. 20) ...ย he was third in theย MPSFย inย goals-against average (6.22) and third in the leagueย in saves per game (10.76)ย โฆย he tallied 11 assists and finished 2nd on the team with 33 steals.
2015
Played in 24 matches, making 24 starts โฆ was selected as a First Team All-American and was named the 2015 Division I Player of the Year, the fourth UCLA player to ever earn Player of the Year notice and the first since 2004 ... named First Team All-NCAA Tournament in 2015 after recording a total of 32 saves in the NCAA National Championship tournament ... earned MPSF All-Academic accolades for 2015 ... was the lone goalie named First Team All-MPSF and was also selected as the 2015 MPSF Player of the Year and MPSF/KAP7 Tournament MVP after recording 44 saves through three wins in the MPSF Tournament, including one in the final three seconds to preserve an overtime league championship victory over Cal, the last of his career-high 21 stops in the finalsย ... in the semifinals of the MPSF tournament against USC, he did not allow a goal through the first three quarters and also shattered UCLA's all-time saves record ... was also the only goalie named to the MPSF/KAP7 All-Tournament team ... he finished the season with 278 saves, placing him atop UCLA's single-season saves charts, and his career total of 773 saves not only placed him at 9th all-time in the MPSF but also prompted a huge jump in the UCLA record books, moving him from fifth in career saves to first all-time ... he led the MPSF for the third straight year in goals-against average (6.05) and was first in saves per game (13.15) ... he was the only player in the MPSF to pick up two MPSF/KAP7 Player of the Week honors in 2015 โฆ he picked up his first honor on Sept. 21 after leading UCLA to its third consecutive NorCal Invitational title where he accumulated 29 saves in 2.75 games in the cage (10.5 spg) and also averaged 3.6 steals per game โฆ his second Player of the Week honor came on Nov. 16 after he recorded career-highs of 19 saves and seven steals in a 11-6 win over USC, the Bruins' third victory over the Trojans in 2015 ... that win helped cap a perfect 25-0 regular season record and 9-0 MPSF record ... he tallied 23 assists (6th on the team) and led the team with 66 steals. ย
2014
Played in 25 matches, making 25 starts โฆ was selected as a First Team All-American andย was the lone goalie named First Team All-MPSFย โฆ also namedย First Team All-NCAA Tournament in 2014ย โฆย led the MPSF for the second straight year in goals-against average (5.91) and was fourth in saves per game (10.93)ย โฆ combined with his 233 saves in 2014 (ranks fourth on the single season charts), his career total of 495 already ranks fifth on the Bruins' career chartsย โฆ was named the MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week on Sept. 22 after leading the Bruins to the Kap7 NorCal Classic titleย โฆ he tallied 14 saves in the Bruinsโ 9-7 NorCal Semifinal win over No. 3 USC, before a career-high tying 15-save effort in the 9-7 championship win over No. 1 Stanfordย โฆ the Trojans and Cardinal were held to a collective 5-for-21 on power plays, in which Danner made 11 stops on those 5-on-6 playsย โฆ forย the Kap7 NorCal Classic, Danner averaged 12.54 saves per game (35 saves) and posted a goals against average of 6.44ย โฆ he led UCLA with 10 steals in 2.79 games played at NorCalsย โฆ also tallied a season- and career-high-tying 15 saves to capture third at the MPSF Championships with a 10-5 win over USC (Nov. 23) โฆ he led UCLA with 59 steals.
2013
Appeared in 29 games at goalkeeper, making 29 starts โฆ was an honorable mention All-American and an honorable mention All-MPSF selectionย โฆย was named UCLA's first-ever MPSF Newcomer of the Year, backed by an MPSF-best 6.32 goals against average in 94.88 quarters (759 minutes) โฆ collected a season-high 15 saves in the MPSF Quarterfinal win against UC Santa Barbara and broke the school record for saves in a single season with 262ย โฆย also had the third-highest saves per game average in the league at 11.05ย โฆ earned his first career conference player of the week award on September 23, after leading UCLA to the NorCal Tournament title, registering 40 saves in 15 quarters (10.67 SPG) that weekend, topped off by a pair of 12-save outings in the semifinal vs. California and final vs. No. 1 USCย โฆย Bruin opponents totaled only 21 goals over the four NorCal games (5.25 gpg)ย โฆ led the team in steals with 60 and tied for fourth with 25 assists.
2012
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015: Was injured and did not make the trip to Gwangju, South Korea for the World University Games. 2013: Played in all eight games (and all 256 minutes) for Team USA at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia (July 6-17) โฆ he finished as the tournamentโs leading goalkeeper in saves with 90 โฆ his save percentage of 59.6 percent (stopped 90-of-151 opponent shots) led all 12 starting goalkeepers in the tournament โฆ he also led all goalies with 15 steals as the United States captured fifth place at the World University Games โฆ he also guided the USA to a fifth-place finish at the 2013 FINA Menโs Junior World Championships in Szombathely, Hungary (Aug. 12-18) โฆ the Americans went 5-2 at the Junior Worlds and was 4-1 when Danner started โฆ he played in five games and in 18 of 28 quarters in the cage, totalling 39 saves.
High School
Three-year (2009-11) varsity water polo and swimming letterwinner at El Toro High School under head coach Don Stoll โฆ was a three-time All-American, a three-time All-CIF selection and earned All-Sea View League honors three times as well (2009-11) for the Chargers โฆ also named Co-MVP of the Sea View League in 2011 (shared the honor with then Charger teammate and current Bruin teammate, Joey Fuentes) โฆ was the only goalie selected first-team All-CIF Division 1 โฆ collected 306 saves in 2001 for the Chargers, which lost to Mater Dei, 8-5 in the CIF Division 1 Finals โฆ made 12 saves in the title game and finished with a school-record 991 saves โฆ also set El Toroโs single game record for saves (24) โฆ El Toro High was CIF Champions his sophomore season (2009).
Personal
Full name: Garrett Kurt Danner โฆ born April 14, 1994 in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ his parents are Guy and Anne Danner โฆ has two older sisters, Megan Silver and Analiese Danner โฆ competed with the SET Water Polo Club out of Saddleback and El Toro and was named first team All-American with his U-12, U-14 and U-16 Junior Olympic Teams โฆ says he chose UCLA because โIt is a great school with an amazing water polo programโ โฆ lists winning the CIF Championship in 2010 and beating Italy in Italy with the USA Junior National Team as his biggest athletic thrills of his career โฆ lists surfing as a hobby โฆ majoring in political science andย international relations.
| Garrett Danner's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2013 | 29/29 | 94.88 | 262 | 150 | 6.32 | 759:00 | ||
| 2014 | 25/25 | 85.283 | 233 | 126 | 5.91 | 682:16 | ||
| 2015 | 24/24 | 84.569 | 278 | 128 | 6.05 | 676:33 | ||
| 2016 | 17/17 | 59.1233 | 159 | 92 | 6.22 | 470:27 | ||
| Totals | 95/95 | 323.855 | 932 | 496 | 6.13 | 2587:76 | ||
