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UCLA Team Lineup
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
Aaron Voggenthaler
Aaron Voggenthaler
Photo by: Jenny Xu
UCLA Athletics - UCLA Men's Water Polo Media Day, Portraits. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
August 29th, 2024
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Jersey Number 7

Aaron Voggenthaler

  • Position:
    Center Defender
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Poway, Calif.
  • High School:
    Poway HS

Career Highlights (UCLA)
• All-MPSF (Honorable Mention - 2024)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024)

Career Highlights (UC Davis)
• All-Big West (Second Team - 2023)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic honors (Superior - 2023; Excellent - 2020)
• Big West All-Academic Team (2023)

2024 (UCLA)
Played in 26 of 28 games … was tied for seventh on the team in scoring with 24 goals on 52 attempts, converting at a 46.2 percent rate … scored 29 total points with 5 assists … scored a season- and career- high four goals in a win vs Concordia University Irvine (Sept. 7)… he scored at least one goal in 14 of the 26 games he played, including 7 multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in nine straight games (Sept. 7 to Sept. 22) … recorded four steals, one field block … also drew four exclusions.

2023 (UC Davis) - UC Davis Statistics

Finished the season as the team’s third leading scorer with 42 goals … also had 20 assists, 21 steals and 11 field blocks … scored three goals and had an assist against No. 20 Santa Clara (9/16) … had two goals, two assists and two steals against No. 7 Long Beach State (10/1) … scored four goals and had an assist against Cal State Fullerton (10/20) … put in a hat trick and added an assist against Long Beach State in the Big West quarterfinal (11/17).

2022 (UC Davis) - UC Davis Statistics
Scored 22 goals and tacked on seven assists … recorded seven multi-goal games, including three hat tricks … scored three goals and chipped in an assist against No. 3 Pacific (10/30) … had three goals against No. 18 Pomona-Pitzer (9/3) and Fresno Pacific in the WWPA tournament (11/18) … scored twice against No. 11 Princeton (9/17), No. 5 USC (9/24), Air Force (10/8) and No. 2 Cal (10/12) … had two assists in a win over Concordia … contributed a goal and an assist to help the Aggies defeat Santa Clara in the WWPA semifinal (11/19).

2021 (UC Davis) - UC Davis Statistics
Appeared in 23 of the team's 28 matches, scoring 16 goals and collecting 11 assists for 27 points … attempted 50 shots, averaging 2.17 shots per match and a .320 shooting percentage … also added eight steals … collected a multi-goal performance four times … netted a hat trick three times, against Mount St. Mary's (9/4), against Biola (10/22) and Pepperdine (10/29) … posted a season-high four assists and seven points against Biola (10/22) … swiped a pair of steals twice, against Bucknell (9/5) and against Biola (10/22).

2020 (UC Davis)
UC Davis opted out of the 2020 season due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (UC Davis)
Redshirted the season.
 
High School/Club
Set the school record with 339 career goals, scoring 97 as a sophomore, 115 as a junior, and 127 as a senior at Poway High School … named First-Team All-Palomar League in all three of his prep seasons, including Offensive Player of the Year honors in 2016 as a sophomore … added a pair of All-CIF San Diego Section honors … also finished with 30 assists as a sophomore, helping the Titans to a league title and a third-place Section finish … earned Offensive Player of the Year honors as a junior, adding 45 assists and set a school single-game record with 11 goals … earned Defensive Player of the Year honors as a senior, helping the Titans to a league title … also a member of the swimming team as a freshman and senior, winning a CIF title in the 4x200 and advancing to the state championships … also earned All-Academic honors four times from the San Diego Union-Tribune … played club for the San Diego Shores, helping the squad to a third-place Junior Olympic finish after his high school sophomore season.
 
Personal
Full name: Aaron Voggenthaler … born in Poway, Calif. … parents are Andy and Angela Voggenthaler … has an older sister, Audrey, and an older brother, Adam … his cousins Chris Richardson (2010-14) and Matt Richardson (2007-10) both played water polo at UC Davis … says he chose to attend UCLA because, "I wanted to get a graduate degree in project management and to work towards something great." … admires NBA star Anthony Edwards, MLB star Manny Machado, and Colorado quarterback Sheduer Sanders … enjoys spending time in the ocean swimming or surfing, and is a big fan of the Padres and the Chargers … he is color blind  … majored in communications with a minor in psychology at UC Davis and is working towards a project management certificate at UCLA.
 
Aaron Voggenthaler's Career Statistics
Year GP GOALS SHOTS PCT AST STL FB EE
2021 28 16 55 .291 9 11 6 6
2022 27 22 54 .407 7 5 2 6
2023 26 42 116 .362 20 20 11 12
2024 26 24 52 .462 5 4 1 4
Totals 107 104 277 .375 41 40 20 28
UCLA Men's Water Polo Ring Reveal
Wednesday, August 27
2024 UCLA Men's Water Polo NCAA Champions
Thursday, December 12
Highlights - UCLA M. Water Polo Celebrates NCAA Title
Sunday, December 08
Highlights - UCLA M. Water Polo vs. USC, NCAA Championship (Dec. 8, 2024)
Sunday, December 08