2017 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Jesse Camou
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 185
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Simi Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Royal HS
2017
Played in 25 games, making one start for the NCAA Championship Bruins … made the Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarter … scored nine goals on 31 attempts, converting at a 29.0 percent rate … scored a season-high two goals in a 7-4 win at No. 20 Loyola Marymount (Sept. 22) and tallied two more scores in an 8-6 victory over No. 7 Long Beach State (Oct. 14) … he scored at least one goal in seven of the 25 games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had 12 assists, 19 steals (ranked fourth on the team) and earned four exclusions while winning one sprint.
2016
Was enrolled at UCLA but did not play on the water polo team.
2015
Was enrolled at UCLA but did not play on the water polo team.
2014
Played in 10 games, making six starts for the NCAA Championship Bruins … scored 13 goals (tied for 15th on the team) on 25 attempts, converting at a 52.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high six goals in a 24-1 win at La Verne (Sept. 14) and tallied four more scores in a 23-2 victory over Occidental (Sept. 14) … he scored at least one goal in five of the 10 games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had 13 steals, five assists, one field block, one earned exclusion and won six sprints.
2013
Redshirted the season.
High School
Four-year (2009-12) varsity water polo letterwinner and three-year starter (2010-12) at Royal High School under head coach Steve Snyder … also lettered four times (2010-13) in swimming for coach Snyder … a three-time All-CIF selection, Camou was also a two-time All-American (2011-12) … a four-time All-League selection, he served as team captain his senior year (2012) while being named Team MVP … in 2010, the Highlanders were Co-Marmonte League Champions … was named Co-MVP at Royal HS in 2011 and was named the 2012 Marmonte League Player of the Year … in his water polo prep career, he amassed 345 career goals, 198 assists and 243 steals and set RHS single season records for goals (171) and steals (134) in 2012 … Royal HS finished as CIF D-IV finalists in 2010 and 2011.
Personal
Full name: Jesse Vincent Camou … born June 16, 1995 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. … his parents are Vincent and Laurie Camou … has one brother, Joshua, and one sister, Erin … his uncle, Ron Giles, attended UCLA … competed with the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club and the VC Premier Water Polo Club out of Simi Valley, Calif. … lists the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant as the athlete he most admires … says he chose UCLA because “I fell in love with the campus, the students and the school in general” … says his biggest thrill so far in his athletic career is, “getting recruited by such a great school as UCLA to play the sport I love at the next level” … lists drawing as a hobby … major is political science.
| Jesse Camou's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2014 | 10/6 | 13 | 25 | .520 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 25/1 | 9 | 31 | .290 | 12 | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 35/7 | 22 | 56 | .393 | 17 | 32 | 1 | 5 |
