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Jersey Number 15
Chase Dodd
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Huntington Beach HS
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 3-time ACWPC All-America selection (First Team - 2025, 2024, Honorable Mention -ย 2022)
โข 3-time All-MPSF West honoree (First Team - 2025, 2024, Second Team -ย 2022)
โข 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team member (First Team - 2025, 2024)
โข MPSF All-Tournament Team member (2025)
โข MPSF Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2022)
โข 3-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week (last Oct. 4, 2021)
โข 3-time ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding - 2022, Superior - 2025, 2024)
โข CSC Academic All-District Team member (2025)
โข 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025, 2024, 2022)
โข 2-time Big Ten Springย Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
โข Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll member (2022)
โข 9-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2026)
2025
Played in all 29 games โฆ Bruins captured programโs 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) โฆ voted onto NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after scoring four goals across three games, including two in final โฆ totaled 42 goals on 74 shot attempts (56.8%) โฆ finished tied for team lead with 14 field blocks (Noah Rowe) โฆ also ranked among team leaders in goals (fourth), assists (tied for second, 42), steals (fourth, 24) and earned exclusions (fifth, 22) โฆ garnered Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor โฆ earned spot on ACWPC All-America First Team โฆ made All-MPSF West First Team โฆ selected to MPSF All-Tournament Team after scoring four goals across three games โฆ qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning โsuperiorโ designation โฆ member of MPSF All-Academic Team โฆ member of CSC Academic All-District Team โฆ earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded 13 multi-goal games, including three hat tricks โฆ scored in 26 games โฆ scored three goals to help collect 11-9 victory against No. 3 California in MPSF Invitational championship game (Sept. 21) โฆ recorded game- and season-high four assists in 19-12 win against No. 11 UC Davis (Sept. 20) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026.
2024
Played in 22 of 28 gamesย โฆ was fourth on the team in scoring with 26 goals on 59 attempts, converting at a 44.1 percent rate โฆ was fifth on the team in total points (59) with 33 assists (fifth on the team) โฆ scored a season-high two goals eight times on the year, in a win at No. 9 UC Irvine (Sept. 13), in a win over No. 15 UC San Diego (Sept. 21), in a home win over No. 12 UC Davis (Oct. 20), in a road win at No. 7 California (Nov. 2), in a road win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3), in a win over Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 22) at the MPSF Championship, and in all three NCAA Championship wins over No. 20 Salem (Dec. 6), No. 4 Stanford (Dec. 7), No. 2 USC (Dec. 8)ย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 17 of the 22 games he played, including eight multiple-goal gamesโฆ scored at least one goal in 10 straight games (Nov. 2ย to Dec. 8)ย โฆ was tied for ninth on the team in steals (10) and tied for seventh in field blocks (six) โฆ also drew nine exclusions (eighth on the team)ย โฆ also drew nine exclusions (eighth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Spring 2025.
2023
Took the year off to train for the 2024 Olympic Games.
2022
Played in all 27 gamesย โฆ was third on the team in scoring with 39 goals on 92ย attempts, converting at a 42.4 percent rate โฆ was second on the team in total points (65) with 26 assists (third on the team) โฆ scored a season- and career-high fourย goals two times on the year, in a win vs. No. 10 San Jose State (Sept. 16) and in a win at No. 1 Stanford (Oct. 15)ย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 20 of the 27 games he played, including 13 multiple-goal games, and fourย games with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in five straight games (Sept. 9 to Sept. 17)ย โฆ was thirdย on the team in steals (17) and fourth in field blocks (nine) โฆ also drew 12 exclusions (fourth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023.
2021
Played in all 24 gamesย โฆ was tied for second on the team in scoring with 31 goals on 63 attempts, converting at a 49.2 percent rate โฆ was tied for second on the team in total points (47) with 16 assists (third on the team) โฆ scored a season-high three goals three times on the year (in a win over No. 5 UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 5, in a win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer on Sept. 11, and in a win over No. 9 San Jose State on Oct. 2) โฆ was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 6) for the first time on the year afterย scoring eight goals scattered across each of his first four collegiate games,ย leading the top-ranked Bruins as the team went 4-0 at the UC San Diego Invitational (Sept. 4-5)ย โฆ heย scored twice vs. Biola and once vs. Whittier on Saturday and scored two goals against No. 14 California Baptist and three in a 14-12 comeback win vs. No. 6 UC Santa Barbara on Sunday ย โฆ two of his three goals vs. the Gauchos came as the game-tying and game-winning scores with less than three minutes to play in the fourth quarterย โฆ heย added one assist, one field block andย drew one exclusion against UCSBย โฆ was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 13) for the second straight week afterย he accumulated five goals in three Bruin wins, netting one against No. 13 UC Irvine (Sept. 10), one against No. 8 UC San Diego (Sept. 11), and three vs. No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 11)ย โฆ added one assist, two steals, and drew two exclusions against the Anteaters and registered a pair of steals against the Tritonsย โฆย was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 4, 2021) for the third time on the year after scoring three goals in the 18-8 win over No. 9 San Jose State and tallying one assistย โฆ he then came back in the nightcap to score one goal and added one assist and one steal in the 13-5 win over Navyย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 20 of the 24 games he played, including eight multiple goal games, and three games with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in a personal-best nine straight games to open the season (Sept. 4 to Sept. 18)ย โฆ was fifth on the team in steals (15) and tied for fourth in field blocks (six) โฆ also drew 15 exclusions (sixth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Spring 2022.
TEAM USA
Tallied three goals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris to help his team win bronze โฆ contributed two goals at the 2024 World Aquatics World Championships in Dohaย โฆ nettedย eight goals at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiagoย โฆ scored three goals at the 2023 World Aquatics World Championships in Fukuokaย โฆ recordedย seven goals at the 2023 World Aquatics World Cup in Los Angelesย โฆ notchedย five goals at the 2022 FINA World League Super Final in Strasbourgย โฆ tallied 13 goals at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapestย โฆ scored 17 goals at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cup in Limaย โฆ named MVP of the Gold Medal match at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cupย โฆ well-established in the United States national team pipeline system and was on the U.S. Development National Team in 2016 and 2017 and the U.S. Cadet National Team in 2018 โฆalso on the U.S. Academy Team (National League) in 2019 and 2020 as well as the U.S. Water Polo Youth Team in 2019 and 2020 โฆ named to the U.S. All-Academic Team in 2019 and 2020 โฆ placed third at the Darko Cukic Cup (Serbia) in 2018 and finished as UANA Champions (Trinidad and Tobago) in 2019 โฆ was a JO 18U runner-up in 2021 and finished third at the Futures Finals 18U in 2021 and at JO 16U in 2019 โฆ tallied 13 goals at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary with the U.S. Men's Senior National Team โฆ scored 17 goals at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cup in Lima, Peru with the U.S. Men's Senior National Team โฆ named MVP of the gold medal match at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cup.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-year varsityย letterwinnerย in water polo and swimming at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. for head coach Sasa Branisavljevic โฆ competed in distance freestyle and backstroke in swimmingย โฆ water polo honors include being named first-team D1 All-CIF-SSย in 2019, first team All-Sunset League in 2020 and 2019 and Sunset League Co-MVP in 2020, Orange County Player of the Year in 2020, and Daily Pilot Water Polo Dream Team in 2019ย โฆ swimming honors include being named an All-American in 2018 and 2021, third team D1 All-CIF-SS in 2021, All-Sunset League MVP in 2021, 100-yard backstroke school record holder (2021), 4x50 medley relay school record holder (backstroke) in 2021, first team All-Sunset League in 2018 and 2019ย โฆ played his club ball for Vanguard Aquatics (Huntington Beach) โฆ well-established in the United States national team pipeline system and was on the U.S. Development National Team in 2016 and 2017 and the U.S. Cadet National Team in 2018ย โฆ also on the U.S. Academy Team (National League) in 2019 and 2020 as well as the U.S. Water Polo Youth Team in 2019 and 2020ย โฆ named to the U.S. All-Academic Team in 2019 and 2020ย โฆ placed third at the Darko Cukic Cup (Serbia) in 2018 and finished as UANA Champions (Trinidad and Tobago) in 2019ย โฆ was a JO 18U runner-up in 2021 and finished third at the Futures Finals 18U in 2021 and at JO 16U in 2019.
PERSONAL
Full name: Chase William Dodd โฆ born in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ his parents are Janet and Steve Dodd โฆ has a younger brother, Ryder โฆ says he chose UCLA because, "it provides a world-class educational experience along with a top tier Division I sports opportunity"ย โฆ says he used to sail competitivelyย before he took up the sport of water poloย โฆ lists Michael Phelps and off-road rally racer Ricky Brabec as the athletes he admires mostย โฆ lists his greatest athletic thrill as coming from, "The 2019 UANA Podium Ceremony. Nothing beats standing on the top step of the podium, listening to the United States national anthem, and celebrating a successful tournament."ย ... lists hiking, mountain biking, exploring, off-roading, car racing, and hanging with familyย as his hobbiesย โฆ is majoring in environmental science.
ย
โข 3-time ACWPC All-America selection (First Team - 2025, 2024, Honorable Mention -ย 2022)
โข 3-time All-MPSF West honoree (First Team - 2025, 2024, Second Team -ย 2022)
โข 2-time NCAA All-Tournament Team member (First Team - 2025, 2024)
โข MPSF All-Tournament Team member (2025)
โข MPSF Player of the Week (Oct. 17, 2022)
โข 3-time MPSF Newcomer of the Week (last Oct. 4, 2021)
โข 3-time ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding - 2022, Superior - 2025, 2024)
โข CSC Academic All-District Team member (2025)
โข 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025, 2024, 2022)
โข 2-time Big Ten Springย Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
โข Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll member (2022)
โข 9-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2026)
2025
Played in all 29 games โฆ Bruins captured programโs 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) โฆ voted onto NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team after scoring four goals across three games, including two in final โฆ totaled 42 goals on 74 shot attempts (56.8%) โฆ finished tied for team lead with 14 field blocks (Noah Rowe) โฆ also ranked among team leaders in goals (fourth), assists (tied for second, 42), steals (fourth, 24) and earned exclusions (fifth, 22) โฆ garnered Big Ten Conference Medal of Honor โฆ earned spot on ACWPC All-America First Team โฆ made All-MPSF West First Team โฆ selected to MPSF All-Tournament Team after scoring four goals across three games โฆ qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning โsuperiorโ designation โฆ member of MPSF All-Academic Team โฆ member of CSC Academic All-District Team โฆ earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded 13 multi-goal games, including three hat tricks โฆ scored in 26 games โฆ scored three goals to help collect 11-9 victory against No. 3 California in MPSF Invitational championship game (Sept. 21) โฆ recorded game- and season-high four assists in 19-12 win against No. 11 UC Davis (Sept. 20) โฆ named to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026.
2024
Played in 22 of 28 gamesย โฆ was fourth on the team in scoring with 26 goals on 59 attempts, converting at a 44.1 percent rate โฆ was fifth on the team in total points (59) with 33 assists (fifth on the team) โฆ scored a season-high two goals eight times on the year, in a win at No. 9 UC Irvine (Sept. 13), in a win over No. 15 UC San Diego (Sept. 21), in a home win over No. 12 UC Davis (Oct. 20), in a road win at No. 7 California (Nov. 2), in a road win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3), in a win over Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 22) at the MPSF Championship, and in all three NCAA Championship wins over No. 20 Salem (Dec. 6), No. 4 Stanford (Dec. 7), No. 2 USC (Dec. 8)ย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 17 of the 22 games he played, including eight multiple-goal gamesโฆ scored at least one goal in 10 straight games (Nov. 2ย to Dec. 8)ย โฆ was tied for ninth on the team in steals (10) and tied for seventh in field blocks (six) โฆ also drew nine exclusions (eighth on the team)ย โฆ also drew nine exclusions (eighth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Spring 2025.
2023
Took the year off to train for the 2024 Olympic Games.
2022
Played in all 27 gamesย โฆ was third on the team in scoring with 39 goals on 92ย attempts, converting at a 42.4 percent rate โฆ was second on the team in total points (65) with 26 assists (third on the team) โฆ scored a season- and career-high fourย goals two times on the year, in a win vs. No. 10 San Jose State (Sept. 16) and in a win at No. 1 Stanford (Oct. 15)ย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 20 of the 27 games he played, including 13 multiple-goal games, and fourย games with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in five straight games (Sept. 9 to Sept. 17)ย โฆ was thirdย on the team in steals (17) and fourth in field blocks (nine) โฆ also drew 12 exclusions (fourth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022, Winter 2023.
2021
Played in all 24 gamesย โฆ was tied for second on the team in scoring with 31 goals on 63 attempts, converting at a 49.2 percent rate โฆ was tied for second on the team in total points (47) with 16 assists (third on the team) โฆ scored a season-high three goals three times on the year (in a win over No. 5 UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 5, in a win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer on Sept. 11, and in a win over No. 9 San Jose State on Oct. 2) โฆ was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 6) for the first time on the year afterย scoring eight goals scattered across each of his first four collegiate games,ย leading the top-ranked Bruins as the team went 4-0 at the UC San Diego Invitational (Sept. 4-5)ย โฆ heย scored twice vs. Biola and once vs. Whittier on Saturday and scored two goals against No. 14 California Baptist and three in a 14-12 comeback win vs. No. 6 UC Santa Barbara on Sunday ย โฆ two of his three goals vs. the Gauchos came as the game-tying and game-winning scores with less than three minutes to play in the fourth quarterย โฆ heย added one assist, one field block andย drew one exclusion against UCSBย โฆ was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 13) for the second straight week afterย he accumulated five goals in three Bruin wins, netting one against No. 13 UC Irvine (Sept. 10), one against No. 8 UC San Diego (Sept. 11), and three vs. No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 11)ย โฆ added one assist, two steals, and drew two exclusions against the Anteaters and registered a pair of steals against the Tritonsย โฆย was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 4, 2021) for the third time on the year after scoring three goals in the 18-8 win over No. 9 San Jose State and tallying one assistย โฆ he then came back in the nightcap to score one goal and added one assist and one steal in the 13-5 win over Navyย โฆ he scored at least one goal in 20 of the 24 games he played, including eight multiple goal games, and three games with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in a personal-best nine straight games to open the season (Sept. 4 to Sept. 18)ย โฆ was fifth on the team in steals (15) and tied for fourth in field blocks (six) โฆ also drew 15 exclusions (sixth on the team) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2021, Winter 2022 and Spring 2022.
TEAM USA
Tallied three goals at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris to help his team win bronze โฆ contributed two goals at the 2024 World Aquatics World Championships in Dohaย โฆ nettedย eight goals at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiagoย โฆ scored three goals at the 2023 World Aquatics World Championships in Fukuokaย โฆ recordedย seven goals at the 2023 World Aquatics World Cup in Los Angelesย โฆ notchedย five goals at the 2022 FINA World League Super Final in Strasbourgย โฆ tallied 13 goals at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapestย โฆ scored 17 goals at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cup in Limaย โฆ named MVP of the Gold Medal match at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cupย โฆ well-established in the United States national team pipeline system and was on the U.S. Development National Team in 2016 and 2017 and the U.S. Cadet National Team in 2018 โฆalso on the U.S. Academy Team (National League) in 2019 and 2020 as well as the U.S. Water Polo Youth Team in 2019 and 2020 โฆ named to the U.S. All-Academic Team in 2019 and 2020 โฆ placed third at the Darko Cukic Cup (Serbia) in 2018 and finished as UANA Champions (Trinidad and Tobago) in 2019 โฆ was a JO 18U runner-up in 2021 and finished third at the Futures Finals 18U in 2021 and at JO 16U in 2019 โฆ tallied 13 goals at the 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary with the U.S. Men's Senior National Team โฆ scored 17 goals at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cup in Lima, Peru with the U.S. Men's Senior National Team โฆ named MVP of the gold medal match at the 2022 FINA Intercontinental Cup.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-year varsityย letterwinnerย in water polo and swimming at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. for head coach Sasa Branisavljevic โฆ competed in distance freestyle and backstroke in swimmingย โฆ water polo honors include being named first-team D1 All-CIF-SSย in 2019, first team All-Sunset League in 2020 and 2019 and Sunset League Co-MVP in 2020, Orange County Player of the Year in 2020, and Daily Pilot Water Polo Dream Team in 2019ย โฆ swimming honors include being named an All-American in 2018 and 2021, third team D1 All-CIF-SS in 2021, All-Sunset League MVP in 2021, 100-yard backstroke school record holder (2021), 4x50 medley relay school record holder (backstroke) in 2021, first team All-Sunset League in 2018 and 2019ย โฆ played his club ball for Vanguard Aquatics (Huntington Beach) โฆ well-established in the United States national team pipeline system and was on the U.S. Development National Team in 2016 and 2017 and the U.S. Cadet National Team in 2018ย โฆ also on the U.S. Academy Team (National League) in 2019 and 2020 as well as the U.S. Water Polo Youth Team in 2019 and 2020ย โฆ named to the U.S. All-Academic Team in 2019 and 2020ย โฆ placed third at the Darko Cukic Cup (Serbia) in 2018 and finished as UANA Champions (Trinidad and Tobago) in 2019ย โฆ was a JO 18U runner-up in 2021 and finished third at the Futures Finals 18U in 2021 and at JO 16U in 2019.
PERSONAL
Full name: Chase William Dodd โฆ born in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ his parents are Janet and Steve Dodd โฆ has a younger brother, Ryder โฆ says he chose UCLA because, "it provides a world-class educational experience along with a top tier Division I sports opportunity"ย โฆ says he used to sail competitivelyย before he took up the sport of water poloย โฆ lists Michael Phelps and off-road rally racer Ricky Brabec as the athletes he admires mostย โฆ lists his greatest athletic thrill as coming from, "The 2019 UANA Podium Ceremony. Nothing beats standing on the top step of the podium, listening to the United States national anthem, and celebrating a successful tournament."ย ... lists hiking, mountain biking, exploring, off-roading, car racing, and hanging with familyย as his hobbiesย โฆ is majoring in environmental science.
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| Chase Dodd'sย Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2021 | 24 | 31 | 63 | .492 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 15 |
| 2022 | 27 | 39 | 92 | .424 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | Redshirted | |||||||
| 2024 | 22 | 26 | 59 | .441 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| 2025 | 29 | 42 | 74 | .568 | 42 | 24 | 14 | 22 |
| Totals | 102 | 138 | 288 | .479 | 117 | 66 | 35 | 58 |
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