2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Aleksandar Ruzic
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rolling Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Palos Verdes HS
2017
Played in nine games at goalkeeper, making four starts andย recordingย 45 saves ... made the Director's Honor Roll during the fall quarter... played 170 minutes and 28 seconds, allowing 35 goals on the year for a goals against average of 6.57ย ... averaged 8.4 saves per game ... also had seven assists and twoย steals.
2016
Played in 18ย games at goalkeeper, making 11 starts andย recordingย 98ย saves ... was named the MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week on Sept. 19ย after totalingย 21 saves while allowing nine goals in two wins, including a career and then-MPSF season-high 17 saves in the Bruins' 8-6 overtime win at No. 7 Long Beach State (Sept. 17) ... played 368 minutes, allowing 55ย goals on the year for a goals against average of 4.82 (2nd in the MPSF)ย ... averaged 8.6 saves per game ... also had 10 assists and 15ย steals (6th on the team).
2015
Played in five games at goalkeeper, recording 16 saves ... collected a season- and career-high seven saves in a 18-3 win against Redlands (Sept. 13) ... played 44 minutes, allowing five goals on the year for a goals against average of 3.64 ... averaged 11.6 saves per game ... also had two steals.
2014
Was on the squad but did not play in the cage for the Bruins as UCLA had five goalies.
2013
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015:ย Helped USA to win bronze at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea (July 2-14) ...ย made three appearances playing 37 minutes in goal for the U.S. ...ย made four saves against China, stopping four of six shots (66.7%) in a 12-8 win in pool play ...ย made four saves on 15 shots in the 13-12 win against Japan in pool play.
High School
Four-year (2009-12) varsity water polo letterwinner at Palos Verdes High School under head coach Chris Murin (2009-11) and Patrick OโBrien (2012) โฆ the Sea Kings won the Bay League Championship in 2010 and 2011 and reached the CIF SS D-III semifinals the final three years he played (2010-12) โฆ PVHS won the CIF SS D-IV title in 2009, defeating Mira Costa 6-5 โฆ named first team All-Bay League in 2011 and 2012 โฆ also named first team All-CIF SS D-III in 2012 and second team All-CIF SS D-III in 2011 โฆ named Goalkeeper of the Tournament at the TRX Memorial Cup in 2011 and 2012 โฆ also named Co-MVP of the South Bay Tournament in 2012 โฆ recorded 339 saves and 57 steals at PVHS as a senior (2012).
Personal
Full name: Aleksandar Vukan Ruzic, prefers Alek โฆ born May 1, 1995 in Torrance, Calif. โฆ his parents are Vukan and Jeanette Ruzic โฆ has two older sisters, Stefania and Laina and one younger sister, Helena โฆ his sister, Stefania, attended UCLA โฆ competed with the Bruin Water Polo Club in Los Angeles, Calif. โฆ says he chose UCLA because โmy older sister graduated from UCLA, many of my friends and teammates have attended or are attending UCLA and I love the campusโ โฆ says his biggest thrill in his athletic career is, โgetting to play and travel internationally to Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro and Croatiaโ โฆ said he took up playing water polo because, โI completely severed my Achilles tendon when I was in the sixth gradeโ โฆ lists the Los Angeles Kingsโ Jeff Carter as the athlete he most admires โฆ majoring in geography/environmental studies.
| Alekย Ruzic's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2015 | 5/0 | 5.5 | 16 | 5 | 3.64 | 44:00 | ||
| 2016 | 18/11 | 45.6267 | 98 | 55 | 4.82 | 367:33 | ||
| 2017 | 9/4 | 21.31 | 45 | 35 | 6.57 | 170:28 | ||
| Totals | 32/15 | 72.4367 | 159 | 95 | 5.246 | 582:01 | ||
