UCLA Career Highlights
• ACWPC All-American (Second Team - 2022)
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2022)
• NCAA All-Tournament (Second Team - 2022)
• MPSF All-Tournament (2022)
• MPSF Player of the Week (Nov. 14, 2022)
• UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 15, 2022)
• CSC Academic At-Large Team (2022)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Outstanding - 2020, 2021; Superior - 2022)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2021, 2022)
• 3-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 2-time UCLA All-Academic Team (2021, 2022)
• 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023)

2022
Played in all 27 games … was second on the team in scoring with 43 goals on 101 attempts, converting at a 42.6 percent rate … led the team in total points (75) with 32 assists (led the squad) … scored a season- and career-high four goals two times on the year, in a win over Santa Clara (Sept. 23) and in an overtime loss to No. 2 California (Oct. 29) … he scored at least one goal in 22 of the 27 games he played, including 12 multiple-goal games and seven hat tricks … scored at least one goal in a personal-best nine straight games (Sept. 16 to Oct. 2) … led the team (ranked 4th in MPSF) in field blocks (12) and was second in steals (20) … also drew eight exclusions.

2021
Played in all 24 games … named to the UCLA All-Academic Team, an honor that is given to the student-athlete with the highest grade point average from each team … was seventh on the team in scoring with 19 goals on 42 attempts, converting at a 45.2 percent rate … was fifth on the team in total points (41) with 22 assists (second on the squad) … scored a season-high two goals six times on the year (in his collegiate debut in a win over Biola on Sept. 4, in a win over No. 6 UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 5, in a win over No. 9 San Jose State on Oct. 2, in a win over No. 9 Pepperdine on Oct. 24, in a loss at No. 1 California on Nov. 13, and in a win over No. 10 Princeton on Dec. 2) … he scored at least one goal in 13 of the 24 games he played, including six multiple goal games … scored at least one goal in a personal-best five straight games (Nov. 13 to Dec. 2) … led the team in field blocks (12) and was second in steals (23) … also drew six exclusions.

2020
Had to redshirt the season as he was not allowed to travel to the United States due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Team Italy
Was a member of the U20 team that won bronze at the 2019 FINA World Men’s Youth Water Polo Championships in Kuwait … played on the U18 team that finished fifth at the 2018 FINA World Men’s Youth Water Polo Championships in Szombathely, Hungary … was a member of the U19 team that competed at the 2018 European Youth Championships in Minsk, Belarus … helped the U17 team finish sixth in the 2017 European Youth Championships in Malta.
 
High School/Club
Attended Liceo Scientifico Francesco Saverio Nitti … played for the Circolo Nautico Posillipo Water Polo Club, spending two years in Serie A1 di pallamano maschile, the premier division of Italian water polo … won one national championship with the U17 team and two with the U20 team … earned best scorer and best player honors in 2019.
 
Personal
Full name: Gianpiero Di Martire … born in Naples, Italy … his parents are Fulvio and Loredana Di Martire … has an older brother, Massimo … his father and brother both played water polo in Italy at the international level … says he chose UCLA because it was the best place to achieve his goals, athletically and academically … lists the late Kobe Bryant, Rodger Federer, and Tamás Kásás as the athletes he admires most … lists hanging out with friends, playing with his two dogs and watching movies and TV shows as his hobbies … hopes to compete in the Olympic Games one day … majoring in business economics.
 

Gianpiero Di Martire's Career Statistics
Year	GP	GOALS	SHOTS	PCT	AST	STL	FB	EE
2021	24	19	42	.452	22	23	12	6
2022	27	43	101	.426	32	20	12	8
Totals	51	62	143	.434	54	43	24	14