2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Eric Goldenberg
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas HS
2017
Played in 12 matches, making zero starts โฆ made the Director's Honor Roll in the springย quarter ... ย scored nine goals on 22 attempts, converting at a 36.4 percent rate โฆ scored a season-high two goalsย in anย 18-2ย win over No. 14 Brownย (Sept. 9) and in a 20-9 win over No. 17 Cal Baptist (Oct. 13)ย โฆ had at least one goal in six of the 12 games he played, including two multiple goal games โฆ tallied nine assists, four steals and oneย field block.
2016
Played in 14ย matches, making two startsย ...ย scored 13 goals on 27ย attempts, converting at a 48.1ย percent rate โฆ was named MPSF/KAP7ย Newcomerย of the Week (Oct. 3) afterย scoringย four goals on four shots inย wins over No. 13 UC Irvine and Claremont-Mudd-Scrippsย as the Bruins tied their school record of 50 consecutive victories (Oct. 1) ... scored a season- and career-high fourย goals in a 18-5ย win over Whittier (Nov. 5) ... he scored at least one goal in sixย of the 14ย games he played, including fourย multiple goal games... tallied six assists, four steals and five field blocks.ย
2015
Redshirted the season.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner at St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. for head coach Michael Goldenberg ... also lettered in swimming all four years ... earned USWP All-American honors in 2011, 2012, and 2013 ... three-time NISCA All-American (2012-14) ... Florida High School Player of the Year (2013) ... Florida High School State Champion (2013) at Class 3Aย โฆ also Class 3A State Finalists in 2014 and 2015 (boy's water polo is a spring sport in Florida)ย ... earned All-County Team honors (2012-14)ย โฆ was a co-captain for his high school team in 2015ย โฆ the Raiders went 70-6 (.921) in his last three years of prep competition.
Personal
Full name: Eric Goldenberg โฆ born December 14, 1996 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.ย โฆ his parents are Michael and Irina Goldenbergย โฆ has an older sister, Elina, who was a member of the National Youth Team for three years and also attended the University of Maryland and played Division 1 water poloย โฆ his father was his high school coach at St. Thomas Aquinasย โฆย competed with the South Florida Water Polo Club ... has played in JO's since the age of 10 ... traveled with the club team to Hungary and Serbia for training and tournaments ... participated in the National Team Training Camp (2011-14) ... says he chose to attend UCLA because he "wanted to get the best education while at the same time also being able to compete for a national championship"ย ... says his greatest athletic thrill so far in his career is "winning the state championship in 2013" ...ย major is undeclared.
| Eric Goldenberg's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2016 | 14/2 | 13 | 27 | .481 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2017 | 12/0 | 8 | 22 | .364 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 26/2 | 21 | 49 | .429 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 0 |
