2015 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Alex Wolf
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-7
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Huntington Beach HS
2019
Played in 17 games at goalkeeper, making 17 starts โฆ earned first-team All-American and second-team All-MPSF accolades โฆ made the MPSF All-Academic Team and earned ACWPC All-Academic โexcellentโ honors โฆ made the Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll in the fall quarter โฆ ย logged a season-high 15 saves twice, in a 9-8 win over No. 1 UCSB (Sept. 28) and in a 16-7 win at No. 14 UC Irvine (Oct. 27) โฆ played 62.6542 quarters, allowing 141 goals on the year for a goals against average of 9.00, which rankedย second in the league among all goalies that played 50% or moreย of the games โฆ averaged 11.43 saves per game (179 saves in 15.66355 games) โฆ tallied a team- and career-high 28 steals on the year, which ranked third in the MPSF โฆ added two assists and four exclusions drawn.ย
2018
Played in 20 games at goalkeeper, making 20 starts โฆ named first-team All-America,ย first-team All-NCAA Tournament,ย first-team All-MPSFย and All-MPSF Tournament honors โฆ also earned MPSFย All-Academic honors for the second straight yearย andย earnedย ACWPCย All-Academic "excellent" honors while making the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for two quarters (fallย and spring)ย ย โฆ played 64.815 quarters, allowing 110 goals on the year for a goals against average of 6.79, which ranked first in the MPSF โฆ averaged 11.05 saves per game which ranked second in the league (179 saves in 16.20375 games) โฆ also had 12 steals and three assists โฆ tallied a season- and career-high-tying 16 saves in the 8-7 NCAA Semifinal loss to USC.
2017
Played in 22 games at goalkeeper, making 21ย starts โฆ named second-team All-American and first-team All-NCAA Tournament as well as the Most Valuable Player โฆ earned honorable mention All-MPSF,ย MPSFย All-Academic and ACWPCย All-Academic "superior" honors โฆ named MPSF/KAP7 Player of the Week after recording a season-high 15 savesย in a 10-5 win over No. 7 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 15) โฆ was named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week on Dec. 5 after helping UCLA win its 114th overall NCAA title and the program's 11thย national championship in men's water polo with the 7-5 win at USC (Dec. 3) โฆ played 74.5 quarters, allowing 130 goals on the year for a goals against average of 6.98, which ranked third in the MPSF โฆ averaged 10.4 saves per game which ranked fifth in the league โฆ also had 13 assists and 24 steals (third on the team).
2016
Redshirted the season โฆ earnedย ACWPC All-Academic "Superior" honors.
2015
Played in 17 games at goalkeeper, making six starts โฆ recorded 77 saves โฆ collected a season- and career-high 16 saves in a 10-0 shutout win at San Jose State (Oct. 18) โฆ played 27.7 quarters, allowing 28 goals on the year for a goals against average of 4.05 โฆ averaged 11.13 saves per game โฆ also had eight assists and 10 steals.
Team USA
2019: Helped the USA Men's National Teamย win its seventh straight gold medal at the Pan American Games (Lima, Peru, Aug. 10) with an 18-6 win over Canada, qualifying Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games โฆ after a close victory over Canada in group play by just two goals, Team USA left no doubt in the title match with Wolf picking up the victory in the cage with 13 saves โฆ Team USA finished play in with a 6-0 record and outscored their opponents by a margin of 117-27 โฆ Wolf started in the cage in all six games, registeringย tournament-bests among all goalies inย goals against average (4.36), saves (63), saves per game (10.55) and steals (10, led the team) โฆ was also the starting goalkeeper for Team USA at the 2019 FINA World Championships (Gwangju, South Korea, July 25) as Team USA placed ninth โฆ registered 10 saves in the ninth-place game as USA defeated Montenegro, 15-14 โฆ Team USA opened with a 16-7 win over Kazakhstan with Wolf registering nine saves โฆ Croatia then handed the Americans a 20-7 loss with Wolf tallying six saves โฆ another six-save effort followed in a 12-11 win over Australia โฆ In the crossover round, Team USA lost to Greece, 11-9, with Wolf totaling eight saves โฆ Team USA then beat South Africa, 20-3, with Wolf making nine stops โฆ for the tournament, he averaged 9.14 saves per game (48 saves in 21 quarters) and had a goals against average of 10.86.ย 2015: Helped USAย win bronze at the World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea (July 2-14) โฆ started all eight matches, playing 219 minutes in goal for the U.S. โฆ Wolf had a tournament-high 15 saves in the bronze medal match, stopping 15-of-19 shots by Serbia (79.0%) โฆ made 10 saves against Hungary, stopping 10 of Hungary's 14 shots (71.4%), including registering saves on 3-of-6 Hungarian power plays โฆ made 12 saves on 21 shots in the 11-9 win against France, including registering saves on 3-of-7 French power plays โฆ credited with six saves in USA's 9-6 loss to Russia at the WUG.ย
High School/Club
Was a three-year (2012-14) varsity water polo letterwinner at goalkeeper at Huntington Beach High School โฆ also earned two letters in volleyball โฆ earned HBHS MVP honors in 2013 and 2014 โฆ was the OC Register Player of the Year in 2014 โฆ first-team All-CIF (2013) and Sunset League (2012-14) โฆ Sunset League MVP (2012, 2014) โฆ set league records in blocks in 2013 and 2014 with 338 and 384, respectively โฆ Sunset League Champion in water polo (2014) and in volleyball (2013-14) โฆ 2014 CIF and State Champion in volleyball.
Personal
Full name: Alexander David Wolf, prefers Alex โฆ bornย in Anaheim, Calif. โฆ his parents are Kimberly and Kenneth Wolf โฆ has an old brother, Michael, and an older sister, Kate โฆ competed with the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club โฆ member of the 2014 U.S. National Training Camp Junior National Team โฆ won two gold medals at JO's in volleyball (2012-13) โฆ says he chose to attend UCLA because "I loved the school and found it to be the best place to achieve my goals both academically and athletically" โฆ says his greatest athletic thrill so far in his career is "winning the 2014 Pan-American Games with the Youth National Team" โฆ majoring in business economics and political science.
| Alex Wolf's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2015 | 17/6 | 27.68125 | 77 | 28 | 4.05 | 221:27 | ||
| 2017 | 22/21 | 74.5 | 193 | 130 | 6.98 | 596:00 | ||
| 2018 | 20/20 | 64.815 | 179 | 110 | 6.79 | 518:31 | ||
| 2019 | 17/17 | 62.6542 | 179 | 141 | 9.00 | 469:14 | ||
| Totals | 76/64 | 229.65045 | 628 | 409 | 7.12 | 1805:12 | ||
