2023 Men's Water Polo Roster
Jersey Number 10
Jack Larsen
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Orinda, Calif.
- High School:
- Campolindo HS
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2022)
• 3-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Superior - 2020, 2021, 2022)
• 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 3-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 8-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023)
2022
Played in all 27 games … was sixth on the team in scoring with 20 goals on 44 attempts, converting at a 45.5 percent rate … was tied for seventh on the team in total points (28) with eight assists … scored a season-high two goals in a wins over No. 4 Pacific (Sept. 30), No. 14 UC San Diego (Oct. 8), No. 3 USC (Nov. 11) in overtime, and Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 18) as well as in the overtime loss to No. 2 California (Oct. 29) … he scored at least one goal in 15 of the 27 games he played, including five multiple goal games … also tallied six field blocks, four steals, and six drawn exclusions on the year.
2021
Played in all 24 games … was sixth on the team in scoring with 23 goals on 41 attempts, converting at a 56.1 percent rate (second on the team among players attempting at least one shot per game) … was sixth on the team in total points (38) with 15 assists (tied for fourth on the squad) … scored a season- and career-high four goals in a win over No. 8 UC San Diego (Sept. 11) … he scored at least one goal in 12 of the 24 games he played, including seven multiple goal games, and three games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in a personal-best five straight games (Sept. 11 to Sept. 25) … also tallied six field blocks, five steals, and three drawn exclusions on the year.
2020
Played in all 16 matches … scored four goals on 11 attempts, converting at a 36.4 percent rate … scored a career-high one goal four times (in a loss to No. 1 USC on Jan. 23, in a win at No. 3 Stanford on Feb. 20, in a loss to No. 1 California on Feb. 21, and in a loss to No. 3 Stanford on Mar. 6) … also had nine steals, four exclusions drawn, three assists, and two field blocks.
2019
Redshirted the season … was on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for two quarters (fall and spring).
High School/Club
Played four years and earned three varsity letters in water polo at Campolindo High School … named second-team All-League (Foothill Division) … Named to the USA Water Polo 2017-18 Academic All-America team … started at set defender for his team’s 2018 NCS Championship Team, scoring three goals in the Championship Game … starting attacker for the 16U Contra Costa United team that won a silver medal at Junior Olympics … starting attacker for the club’s 18U team that earned a bronze at Junior Olympics … also competed in swimming at Campolindo HS … earned All-America honors in the 400- and 200-freestyle relays.
Personal
Full name is Jack Stewart Larsen … born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Tim and Kathryn Larsen … has a younger brother (Ben) and younger sister (Ally) … brother, Ben, is a redshirt freshman on the UCLA Men's Water Polo team … admires athletes Michael Jordan and Adam Wright … also loves to compete in swimming and basketball … mother, Kathryn, was named the Swimmer of the Decade at Illinois State University … majoring in political science.
• All-MPSF (Second Team - 2022)
• 3-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Superior - 2020, 2021, 2022)
• 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 3-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
• 8-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023)
2022
Played in all 27 games … was sixth on the team in scoring with 20 goals on 44 attempts, converting at a 45.5 percent rate … was tied for seventh on the team in total points (28) with eight assists … scored a season-high two goals in a wins over No. 4 Pacific (Sept. 30), No. 14 UC San Diego (Oct. 8), No. 3 USC (Nov. 11) in overtime, and Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 18) as well as in the overtime loss to No. 2 California (Oct. 29) … he scored at least one goal in 15 of the 27 games he played, including five multiple goal games … also tallied six field blocks, four steals, and six drawn exclusions on the year.
2021
Played in all 24 games … was sixth on the team in scoring with 23 goals on 41 attempts, converting at a 56.1 percent rate (second on the team among players attempting at least one shot per game) … was sixth on the team in total points (38) with 15 assists (tied for fourth on the squad) … scored a season- and career-high four goals in a win over No. 8 UC San Diego (Sept. 11) … he scored at least one goal in 12 of the 24 games he played, including seven multiple goal games, and three games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in a personal-best five straight games (Sept. 11 to Sept. 25) … also tallied six field blocks, five steals, and three drawn exclusions on the year.
2020
Played in all 16 matches … scored four goals on 11 attempts, converting at a 36.4 percent rate … scored a career-high one goal four times (in a loss to No. 1 USC on Jan. 23, in a win at No. 3 Stanford on Feb. 20, in a loss to No. 1 California on Feb. 21, and in a loss to No. 3 Stanford on Mar. 6) … also had nine steals, four exclusions drawn, three assists, and two field blocks.
2019
Redshirted the season … was on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for two quarters (fall and spring).
High School/Club
Played four years and earned three varsity letters in water polo at Campolindo High School … named second-team All-League (Foothill Division) … Named to the USA Water Polo 2017-18 Academic All-America team … started at set defender for his team’s 2018 NCS Championship Team, scoring three goals in the Championship Game … starting attacker for the 16U Contra Costa United team that won a silver medal at Junior Olympics … starting attacker for the club’s 18U team that earned a bronze at Junior Olympics … also competed in swimming at Campolindo HS … earned All-America honors in the 400- and 200-freestyle relays.
Personal
Full name is Jack Stewart Larsen … born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Tim and Kathryn Larsen … has a younger brother (Ben) and younger sister (Ally) … brother, Ben, is a redshirt freshman on the UCLA Men's Water Polo team … admires athletes Michael Jordan and Adam Wright … also loves to compete in swimming and basketball … mother, Kathryn, was named the Swimmer of the Decade at Illinois State University … majoring in political science.
| Jack Larsen's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2020 | 16 | 4 | 11 | .364 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 24 | 23 | 41 | .561 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| 2022 | 27 | 20 | 44 | .455 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Totals | 67 | 47 | 96 | .490 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 13 |