2020-21 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Honaker, Chase

Jersey Number 1
Chase Honaker
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Plano, Texas
- High School:
- St. Mark's School of Texas
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
โข 4-time ACWPCย All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding - 2020, 2021, 2023; Superior - 2022)
โข MPSF All-Academic Team (2020)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
โข 11-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Winter 2024)
2023
Played in seven games, making three starts while going undefeated on the year at 2-0 โฆ had a goals against average of 8.07ย โฆ recorded 27 saves on the year โฆ had a season-high seven saves in three quarters in a win (21-6) over Cal Lutheran (Sept. 10) โฆ also recorded three steals and one assist on the year.
2022
Was on the team but didn't see any action.
2021
Played in four games, making one start while going undefeated on the year at 1-0 โฆ led the team in goals against average (5.33) and in save percentage (63.6) โฆ recorded 21 saves on the year โฆ also recorded four saves in the second half in a win over Navy (Oct. 2), and three saves in the second half in the season-opening win over Biola (Sept. 4) โฆ had a season- and career-high 13 saves in a complete game win (24-7) over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzerย (Sept. 11) in his lone start of the yearย โฆ also recorded one steal on the year.
2020
Played in three games, making one start โฆย made his first appearance of the season in a home win over No. 5 Pepperdine (Jan. 30) playing the fourth quarter and recorded three saves and an assist while allowing four goals โฆ ย got the start against No. 4 USC (Mar. 7) in the MPSF third-place game and played the first 22:24 of the contest, racking up six saves while surrendering eight scores โฆ came on in the second half of the NCAA first round win over California Baptist University (Mar. 18) and gave up 10 goals without making a saveย โฆ had a 15.17 goals against average.
2019
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Was a four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming at St. Markโs School of Texas โฆ first-team All-America as a senior โฆ second-team All-America as a junior โฆ first-team All-State in 2018 and 2019 โฆ fist-team All-Region in 2018 and 2019 โฆ varsity MVP at St. Markโs in 2018 and 2019 โฆ. team won Regional Championships in 2016 and 2017 โฆ won state championships in 2016, โ17, and โ19 โฆ named Outstanding Academic All-American as a sophomore, junior, and senior โฆ as a senior, allowed 69 goals and recorded 172 saves โฆ participated with the Trident Water Polo Club team.
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Personal
Full name is Chase Elliott Honaker โฆ born in Plano, Texas โฆ parents are Laurie Otto and Richard Honaker โฆ has an older brother, Easton, and a younger brother, Brett โฆ brother, Brett, is a redshirt freshman on the UCLA Men's Water Polo team โฆ greatest athletic thrill was winning the Texas state championship as a senior โฆ admires athletes Marko Bijac (Croatia water polo) and Iker Casillas (soccer) โฆ has trained with the VI Primorac Senior Team (summer 2016) and the Romanian Youth National Team (summer 2017) โฆ has played the piano since kindergarten โฆ enjoys photography and backpacking โฆ majoring in applied mathematics.
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โข 4-time ACWPCย All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding - 2020, 2021, 2023; Superior - 2022)
โข MPSF All-Academic Team (2020)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
โข 11-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Winter 2024)
2023
Played in seven games, making three starts while going undefeated on the year at 2-0 โฆ had a goals against average of 8.07ย โฆ recorded 27 saves on the year โฆ had a season-high seven saves in three quarters in a win (21-6) over Cal Lutheran (Sept. 10) โฆ also recorded three steals and one assist on the year.
2022
Was on the team but didn't see any action.
2021
Played in four games, making one start while going undefeated on the year at 1-0 โฆ led the team in goals against average (5.33) and in save percentage (63.6) โฆ recorded 21 saves on the year โฆ also recorded four saves in the second half in a win over Navy (Oct. 2), and three saves in the second half in the season-opening win over Biola (Sept. 4) โฆ had a season- and career-high 13 saves in a complete game win (24-7) over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzerย (Sept. 11) in his lone start of the yearย โฆ also recorded one steal on the year.
2020
Played in three games, making one start โฆย made his first appearance of the season in a home win over No. 5 Pepperdine (Jan. 30) playing the fourth quarter and recorded three saves and an assist while allowing four goals โฆ ย got the start against No. 4 USC (Mar. 7) in the MPSF third-place game and played the first 22:24 of the contest, racking up six saves while surrendering eight scores โฆ came on in the second half of the NCAA first round win over California Baptist University (Mar. 18) and gave up 10 goals without making a saveย โฆ had a 15.17 goals against average.
2019
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Was a four-year letterwinner in water polo and swimming at St. Markโs School of Texas โฆ first-team All-America as a senior โฆ second-team All-America as a junior โฆ first-team All-State in 2018 and 2019 โฆ fist-team All-Region in 2018 and 2019 โฆ varsity MVP at St. Markโs in 2018 and 2019 โฆ. team won Regional Championships in 2016 and 2017 โฆ won state championships in 2016, โ17, and โ19 โฆ named Outstanding Academic All-American as a sophomore, junior, and senior โฆ as a senior, allowed 69 goals and recorded 172 saves โฆ participated with the Trident Water Polo Club team.
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Personal
Full name is Chase Elliott Honaker โฆ born in Plano, Texas โฆ parents are Laurie Otto and Richard Honaker โฆ has an older brother, Easton, and a younger brother, Brett โฆ brother, Brett, is a redshirt freshman on the UCLA Men's Water Polo team โฆ greatest athletic thrill was winning the Texas state championship as a senior โฆ admires athletes Marko Bijac (Croatia water polo) and Iker Casillas (soccer) โฆ has trained with the VI Primorac Senior Team (summer 2016) and the Romanian Youth National Team (summer 2017) โฆ has played the piano since kindergarten โฆ enjoys photography and backpacking โฆ majoring in applied mathematics.
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Chase Honaker's Career Statistics | ||||||||
Year | GP/GS | Record | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
2020 | 3/1 | 0-1 | 9 | 22 | 15.17 | 46:24 | ||
2021 | 4/1 | 1-0 | 21 | 12 | 5.33 | 72:00 | ||
2023 | 7/3 | 2-0 | 27 | 28 | 8.07 | 111:00 | ||
Totals | 14/5 | 3-1 | 57 | 62 | 8.65 | 229:24 |
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