2021 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Bella Wentzel
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Acalanes HS
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 4-time ACWPCย All-Academic (Excellent 2019, Superior 2020, 2021, 2022)
โข 3-time MPSF All-Academic Teamย (2020, 2021, 2022)
โข 2-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022)
โข 12-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022)
2022
Played in all 30 games scoring 13 points on the year ... totaled 10 goals and three assists ...ย also drew four exclusions, had seven steals, and three field blocks on the yearย โฆ scored a season-high three goals against Salem University on Jan. 29 at the Michigan Invitational โฆย scored at least twoย goals in a season-best two consecutive gamesย on the year โฆ scored at least one goal in 6-of-30 games on the season.ย
2021
Totaled five goals, two exclusions drawn, one steal, and oneย field blockย in 19 games played โฆ scored a season-high one goal five times (in a win atย No. 11 Fresno Stateย on Feb. 14, in a win at No. 2 Stanford on Mar. 28, in a win over No. 1 USC on Apr. 25, in a win over No. 7 San Jose State in the first round of the MPSF Championship on Apr. 30, and in a win over No. 5 Arizona State in the third-place game of the MPSF Championship on May 2) โฆ scored at least one goal in a season-best two consecutive games on the year โฆ scored at least one goal in 5-of-19 games.
2020
Totaled four goals, five assists, four steals, two exclusions drawn, and one field block in 21 games played โฆ scored a season- and career-high two goals in a 21-2 win over Pomona-Pitzer (Feb. 8).
2019
Totaled three goals, sixย assists, and five steals in 18 games played (one start) โฆ added two earned exclusionsย โฆ scored a career- and season-high one goals in three wins over No. 17 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 20), Santa Clara (Feb. 9), and No. 22 Indiana (Mar. 16)ย โฆ scored at least one goalย in 3-of-18 games she played.
NATIONAL TEAM
Competed in the U.S. Open of Water Polo in 2016 and 2017 โฆ earned a spot on the Italy Training Team in 2016 and 2017 โฆ was selected to the Australia Training Team in 2017 and 2018 โฆ was on the ODP Youth National Team roster in 2017 and 2018.
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CLUB
Competed for Diablo Alliance Water Polo Club in Lafayette, Calif. โฆ participated in U.S. Club Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2016 โฆ earned 2ndย place in the platinum division at the Junior Olympics in 2013 and 2017 โฆ was selected as a First Team All-American in 2017.
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HIGH SCHOOL
Coached by Misha Buchel at Acalanes High School in Lafayette, Calif., where she lettered in both water polo and swimming โฆ earned Acalanes Outstanding Freshman Award in 2014 โฆ was selected as Acalanes Defensive MVP in 2016 โฆ earned Secondย Team honors for All-Diablo Athletic League in 2017 and earned First Team honors in 2016 โฆ named to the North Coast Firstย Team in 2017 โฆ team capturedย 1stย place in Division II of the North Coast Section in 2016.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Deanna and Brian Wentzel โฆ has two older brothers, Austin and Evan โฆ decided to attend UCLA because she loves California and UCLA offers a great education along with an outstanding Womenโs Water Polo team โฆ describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as placing second twice at Junior Olympics with her best friends โฆ admires former UCLA water polo player KK Clark โฆ hobbies and interests include going to the beach and adventuring โฆ mother and aunt attended UCLA โฆ majoring in psychology.
| BELLA WENTZEL'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2019 | 18 | 3 | 9 | .333 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 21 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 30 | 10 | 29 | .345 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Totals | 88 | 22 | 62 | .355 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 10 |
