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UCLA Athletics - UCLA Men's Water Polo Media Day, Portraits. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
August 22nd, 2025
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Jersey Number 21

Hayden O'Hare

  • Position:
    Attacker
  • Height:
    6-3
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Campolindo HS
  • Hometown:
    Lafayette, Calif.
High School/Club
Was a three-year letterwinner in water polo as an attacker at Campolindoย High School โ€ฆ also a four-year letterwinner in swimming at CHSย โ€ฆ named First-Team All-America, Diablo-Foothill League MVP, and First-Team All-League in 2024 โ€ฆ also named First-Team All-League in 2023 and Second-Team All-League in 2022 โ€ฆ in swimming, was an NCS qualifier in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle for three years (freshman-junior seasons) โ€ฆ was also a three-time Academic All-American โ€ฆ played club water polo with CC United Water Polo Clubโ€ฆ named First-Team All-American at 18U Junior Olympics, leading CCU to a bronze medal โ€ฆ also named to the Second-Team at 16U JOs with a fifth-place finish by CCUย โ€ฆ won a silver medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games with UCLA during the summer.

Personal
Full name: Hayden Robert O'Hare โ€ฆ born in San Francisco, Calif. โ€ฆ parents are Meg O'Hare and Jeff O'Hare โ€ฆ has one younger brother, Cade O'Hare (15), one older sister, Maizie O'Hare (20), and one younger sister, Skye O'Hare (10) โ€ฆ cousins Ben Larsen (current player) and Jack Larsen (graduated in 2024) have both played water polo at UCLAย โ€ฆ chose UCLA because โ€œI loved the campus location and the team has great chemistry, like a family.โ€ โ€ฆlists his greatest athletic thrill as, "Shooting in a shootout against SoCal to get to the Final Four of the Junior Olympics โ€ฆ 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 โ€ฆ enjoys skiing, mountain biking, fishing, playing guitar, grilling steaks, and hanging out with friends, in his spare timeย โ€ฆ majoring in business economics with career aspirations of working in private equity.
UCLA Men's Water Polo Ring Reveal
Wednesday, August 27
2024 UCLA Men's Water Polo NCAA Champions
Thursday, December 12
Highlights - UCLA M. Water Polo Celebrates NCAA Title
Sunday, December 08
Highlights - UCLA M. Water Polo vs. USC, NCAA Championship (Dec. 8, 2024)
Sunday, December 08