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2007
Earned a redshirt (injury).
2006
Earned a redshirt (injury).
High School
Four-year varsity letterwinner in both water polo and swimming for coaches Jon Wiener and Tim Dietriek, respectively...scored 392 career goals at Los Altos HS, setting the record as the school's all-time leading scorer; 42 goals as a freshman; 154 goals as a sophomore (single-season record); 109 goals in 24 games as a junior; 87 goals in 13 games as a senior...missed part of the 2005 season while traveling with the U.S. Junior National Team...earned all-league first-team honors three years...was a three-year All-CIF CCS first-team selection...served as team captain for two years and led Los Altos HS to two league titles...earned all-state first-team accolades and first-team All-America honors...captured California-Hawaii All-America first-team honors as a junior and second-team accolades as a senior.
U.S. Junior National Team
Competed in the Junior World Championships in Argentina during the summer of 2005.
Club
Competed for the Stanford Water Polo Club...earned national club championship and finished third at the junior Olympics.
Personal
Full name: Tyler Michael Smith...born on February 8, 1988 in Santa Clara, Calif...Tyler is one of Robert and Lisa Smith's two children (sister, Heather)...chose to attend UCLA because of the strong combination of academics, water polo and location...lists his biggest athletic thrill as having attended the Junior World Championships in Argentina in 2005...admires former NBA star Michael Jordan...enjoys playing basketball in his free time...undeclared major.
