2025 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
O'Hare, Hayden

Jersey Number 21
Hayden O'Hare
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Campolindo HS
- Hometown:
- Lafayette, Calif.
Bio
High School/Club
Was a three-year letterwinner in water polo as an attacker at Campolindoย High School โฆ also a four-year letterwinner in swimming at CHSย โฆ named First-Team All-America, Diablo-Foothill League MVP, and First-Team All-League in 2024 โฆ also named First-Team All-League in 2023 and Second-Team All-League in 2022 โฆ in swimming, was an NCS qualifier in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle for three years (freshman-junior seasons) โฆ was also a three-time Academic All-American โฆ played club water polo with CC United Water Polo Clubโฆ named First-Team All-American at 18U Junior Olympics, leading CCU to a bronze medal โฆ also named to the Second-Team at 16U JOs with a fifth-place finish by CCUย โฆ won a silver medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games with UCLA during the summer.
Personal
Full name: Hayden Robert O'Hare โฆ born in San Francisco, Calif. โฆ parents are Meg O'Hare and Jeff O'Hare โฆ has one younger brother, Cade O'Hare (15), one older sister, Maizie O'Hare (20), and one younger sister, Skye O'Hare (10) โฆ cousins Ben Larsen (current player) and Jack Larsen (graduated in 2024) have both played water polo at UCLAย โฆ chose UCLA because โI loved the campus location and the team has great chemistry, like a family.โ โฆlists his greatest athletic thrill as, "Shooting in a shootout against SoCal to get to the Final Four of the Junior Olympics โฆ lists Hungarian professional water polo player,ย Dénes Andor Varga, Serbian Olympic water polo player, Dusan Mandic, and NBA Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan, as theย athletes he admires most โฆ enjoys skiing, mountain biking, fishing, playing guitar, grilling steaks, and hanging out with friends, in his spare timeย โฆ majoring in business economics with career aspirations of working in private equity.
Was a three-year letterwinner in water polo as an attacker at Campolindoย High School โฆ also a four-year letterwinner in swimming at CHSย โฆ named First-Team All-America, Diablo-Foothill League MVP, and First-Team All-League in 2024 โฆ also named First-Team All-League in 2023 and Second-Team All-League in 2022 โฆ in swimming, was an NCS qualifier in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle for three years (freshman-junior seasons) โฆ was also a three-time Academic All-American โฆ played club water polo with CC United Water Polo Clubโฆ named First-Team All-American at 18U Junior Olympics, leading CCU to a bronze medal โฆ also named to the Second-Team at 16U JOs with a fifth-place finish by CCUย โฆ won a silver medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games with UCLA during the summer.
Personal
Full name: Hayden Robert O'Hare โฆ born in San Francisco, Calif. โฆ parents are Meg O'Hare and Jeff O'Hare โฆ has one younger brother, Cade O'Hare (15), one older sister, Maizie O'Hare (20), and one younger sister, Skye O'Hare (10) โฆ cousins Ben Larsen (current player) and Jack Larsen (graduated in 2024) have both played water polo at UCLAย โฆ chose UCLA because โI loved the campus location and the team has great chemistry, like a family.โ โฆlists his greatest athletic thrill as, "Shooting in a shootout against SoCal to get to the Final Four of the Junior Olympics โฆ lists Hungarian professional water polo player,ย Dénes Andor Varga, Serbian Olympic water polo player, Dusan Mandic, and NBA Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan, as theย athletes he admires most โฆ enjoys skiing, mountain biking, fishing, playing guitar, grilling steaks, and hanging out with friends, in his spare timeย โฆ majoring in business economics with career aspirations of working in private equity.
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