2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Alex Roelse
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Maarssen, Netherlands
- High School:
- Winford Stebo
2017
Played in 25 matches, making six starts โฆ earned first team All-America, first team All-NCAA Tournament and second team All-MPSFย honors โฆ made the Director's Honor Roll in the winter and spring quartersย โฆ was third on the team and 12th in the MPSFย in scoring with 35 goals (1.4 gpg) on 99 attempts, converting at a 35.4 percent rate โฆ scored a season-high four goals in a 13-11 win over No. 2 USC (Sept. 24) and in a 12-11 win over No. 2 USC (Nov. 11) โฆ had at least one goal in 18 of the 25ย games he played, including 11 multiple goal games, and a stretch of six consecutive games with a goalย โฆ also had 39 assists (led team), 25 field blocks (led team), 13 steals (fifth on theย team), 11ย earned exclusions (fourth on the team).
2016
Played in 21 matches, making fourย starts โฆ earned Honorable Mention All-American for the second straight year and Honorable Mention All-MPSFย โฆ was named the MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Oct. 24) after helping the Bruinsย run theirย all-time NCAA record winning streak to 54 straight games with a game-high three goals in a 7-6 MPSF victory at No. 2 California (Oct. 22) ...ย was 4th on the team and 13thย in the MPSF in scoring with 29ย goals on 67ย attempts, converting at a 43.3ย percent rate โฆ scored a season-high four goals in a 17-2ย win over No. 14 Brownย (Sept. 10)ย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 16ย of 21ย games he played, including eightย multiple goal games โฆย led the team in scoring withย three consecutive hat tricksย in wins over UC Davis (Oct. 9), UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 13) and California (Oct. 22) ...ย ย also had 18 assists (6th on the team), 12ย steals (tied for 8th on the team), threeย field blocksย and nine earned exclusions (tied for 7th on the team) โฆ was 8th on the team in sprints won withย three.
2015
Played in 30 matches, making seven starts โฆ was named Honorable Mention All-American in 2015 โฆ was 7th on the team in scoring with 25 goals on 56 attempts, converting at a 44.6 percent rate โฆ scored a season- and team-high four goals in a 17-4 win over No. 10 UC San Diego (Dec. 5) in the semi-finals of the 2015 NCAA Championship โฆ he scored at least one goal in 17 of 30 games he played, including five multiple goal games โฆ also had 26 assists (5th on the team), 26 steals (4th on the team), 11 field blocks (3rd on the team) and 32 earned exclusionsย โฆ was 6th on the team in sprints won with five.
2014
Played in 29 matches, making seven starts โฆย scored 28 goals (6th on the team) on 56 attempts, converting at a 50.0 percent rate โฆ scored a season-high seven goals in a win over Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 20) โฆ the seven goals were tied with Cristiano Mirarchi's seven goals in a win over Cal Baptist (Sept. 6) for the most by a Bruin on the seasonย โฆย scored at least one goal in 14 matches including the first nine of the yearย โฆ also scored multiple goals seven times โฆ added 22 assists (7th on the team), 25 steals (4th on the team), six field blocks and 14 earned exclusions (8th on the team).
Team USA
2016:ย Was one of two UCLA Bruins to represent the United States at the Rio Olympics on Team USAย โฆ playing in his first Olympic Games, he tallied one goal on two shots with one assist and one steal in four games off the bench.ย 2015:ย Scored three goals for Team USA's Senior Naitonal Team at the 2015 FINA World League Super Final in Bergamo, Italy (June 23-28) โฆ scored one goal each against Serbia, Italy and Croatiaย โฆ also a member of Team USA as the Americans won gold at the Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada (July 7-15)ย โฆย he scored three goals including two in a win over Ecuador in pool play โฆ was again a member of Team USA as the U.S. claimed seventh place at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russa (July 27-Aug. 8)ย โฆย scored two goals, one in a win over Italy and one in a loss to Greece.
Club and International Experience
Trainined and competed with the Netherlandsโ National Team for nearly three years, beginning when he was just 17 years oldย โฆย he started playing the sport in 2006 and since 2009, he has been consistently selected for and competed internationally with Dutch National Youth Teams, usually one or two age groups up from his actual ageย โฆย is currently the youngest player (by two years) on the Dutch National Teamย โฆย mostly plays on left wing positions where he can make best use of his swimming speed, but he is also a regular at the center/defender positionย โฆย started training with the Dutch National Youth Team in 2008 and in 2010, he led the Dutch Junior Team to a first place finish at a tournament in Lviv, Ukraineย โฆย was selected to participate in the Netherlands' National Training Center on a full-time basis in February of 2012ย โฆย made his Senior National Team debut in November of 2013, helping the Dutch place second at an international tournament inย Gzira, Maltaย โฆย recently (Feb. 2014) competed with the Senior National Team in theย European Championship Qualification games against Russiaย โฆย while participating in regional youth training programs, he won four national championship titles in five seasons, mostly coached byย Laszlo Boros (Hungary)ย โฆย first started playing club ball with UZSC (Utrecht, Netherlands) in 2006 and won two national championships with UZSC in the same year, playing on the U15 and U17 teams in 2010ย โฆย has been playing club ball for Widex GZC Donk (Gouda, Netherlands) since June of 2011ย โฆย Widex GZC Donk is one of the top clubs in the Netherlands and competes at the highest level in Dutch competitionsย โฆย guided WGZCD to a U17 national championship in June of 2012.
High School
Attended Winford Stebo in Utrecht, Netherlands, his last two yearsย โฆ his high school didn't offer competitive sports so he played club.
Personal
Full name: Alex Willem Roelse โฆ born Jan. 10, 1995 in Gorinchem, Netherlands โฆ his parents are Pieter and Mary Roelseย โฆ has one older sister, Susanย โฆย lists Arjen Robben, a member ofย the Netherland's National Soccer Team and FC Bayern München,ย as the athlete he most admires โฆย says he chose UCLA because โthe drive to be the best brought me to UCLAโ โฆ says his biggest thrill so far in his athletic career is, โplaying for the Dutch National Team as the youngest player on the squad against Russia with thousands of people watching and cheeringโ โฆย majoring in business economics.
| Alex Roelse's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2014 | 29/7 | 28 | 56 | .500 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 14 |
| 2015 | 30/7 | 25 | 56 | .446 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 32 |
| 2016 | 21/4 | 29 | 67 | .433 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 9 |
| 2017 | 25/6 | 35 | 99 | .354 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 11 |
| Totals | 105/24 | 117 | 278 | .421 | 105 | 76 | 45 | 66 |
