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Jersey Number 1A
Joey Kent
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- JSerra Catholic HS
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Superior - 2025, 2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026)
• 4-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Fall 2025)
2025
Played in nine of 29 games … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … allowed 16 goals across 7.40 quarters played for goals against average of 8.65 … logged 18 saves (2.00 saves per game) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “superior” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025.
2024
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall, 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Four-year letterwinner in water polo as a goalkeeper at JSerra Catholic High School … named Second-Team All-Trinity League in 2020 and All-CIF-SS in 2021 … won the CIF Southern Section Championship in 2023 and finished second in 2022 … two-time Trinity League Champion and two-time State Champion … played club water polo with the Mission Water Polo Club … won silver at the 2024 Junior Olympics and Bronze at the 2022 and 2023 Junior Olympics … named MVP at the 2024 Quiksilver International Water Polo Cup where they placed first … two-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American … three-time ODP Southern Pacific Zone team selection, where he won gold in 2021 and silver in 2023 … three-time ODP pick for the National Team Selection Camp … named First-Team All-American at the 18U Junior Olympics in 2023 … earned the Nick Johnson Award at the ODP National Championships in 2023.
PERSONAL
Full name: Joseph Dow Kent, prefers Joey … born in Fountain Valley, Calif. … parents are Katie and Brian Kent … has one older brother, James (21) … mother, Katie, rowed for UCLA’s Women’s Crew Team and won silver at the Pac-10 Championship in 1991 … father, Brian, played football at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and won two division Championships … chose UCLA because “As a kid playing water polo, it was my dream to go to UCLA and play for the best water polo program in the nation while getting an education from one of the best universities in the world.” … greatest athletic thrill is playing in the championship game at the 2024 Junior Olympics with his Mission Water Polo team … athlete he admires most is Michael Jordan because of his determination … enjoys being outdoors, hiking, camping, the beach, surfing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, and being with his friends … his interesting fact is that he played seven other sports before water polo … majoring in business economics.
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Superior - 2025, 2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026)
• 4-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Fall 2025)
2025
Played in nine of 29 games … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … allowed 16 goals across 7.40 quarters played for goals against average of 8.65 … logged 18 saves (2.00 saves per game) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “superior” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025.
2024
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall, 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Four-year letterwinner in water polo as a goalkeeper at JSerra Catholic High School … named Second-Team All-Trinity League in 2020 and All-CIF-SS in 2021 … won the CIF Southern Section Championship in 2023 and finished second in 2022 … two-time Trinity League Champion and two-time State Champion … played club water polo with the Mission Water Polo Club … won silver at the 2024 Junior Olympics and Bronze at the 2022 and 2023 Junior Olympics … named MVP at the 2024 Quiksilver International Water Polo Cup where they placed first … two-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American … three-time ODP Southern Pacific Zone team selection, where he won gold in 2021 and silver in 2023 … three-time ODP pick for the National Team Selection Camp … named First-Team All-American at the 18U Junior Olympics in 2023 … earned the Nick Johnson Award at the ODP National Championships in 2023.
PERSONAL
Full name: Joseph Dow Kent, prefers Joey … born in Fountain Valley, Calif. … parents are Katie and Brian Kent … has one older brother, James (21) … mother, Katie, rowed for UCLA’s Women’s Crew Team and won silver at the Pac-10 Championship in 1991 … father, Brian, played football at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps and won two division Championships … chose UCLA because “As a kid playing water polo, it was my dream to go to UCLA and play for the best water polo program in the nation while getting an education from one of the best universities in the world.” … greatest athletic thrill is playing in the championship game at the 2024 Junior Olympics with his Mission Water Polo team … athlete he admires most is Michael Jordan because of his determination … enjoys being outdoors, hiking, camping, the beach, surfing, bodysurfing, bodyboarding, and being with his friends … his interesting fact is that he played seven other sports before water polo … majoring in business economics.
| Joey Kent's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | Record | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2024 | Redshirted | |||||||
| 2025 | 9/0 | 0-0 | 18 | 16 | 8.65 | 59:12 | ||
| Totals | 9/0 | 0-0 | 18 | 16 | 8.65 | 59:12 | ||
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