2024 Men's Water Polo Roster

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UCLA Athletics - 2023 UCLA Men's Water Polo versus the USC Trojans.  Spieker Aquatic Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
October 15th, 2023
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Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
UCLA MWP Team Lineup
Photo by: Marie Goldfarb
UCLA Team Lineup
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UCLA Team Huddle
Marcell Szécsi 2023 MWP Head Shot
Jersey Number 4

Marcell Szécsi

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Budapest, Hungary
  • High School:
    Kolping Katolikus Iskola
UCLA Career Highlights
• All-MPSF (Honorable Mention - 2023)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 18, 2023; Oct. 9, 2023)
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
• 3-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)

2024
Played in 22 of 28 games … scored 13 goals on 27 attempts, converting at a 48.1 percent rate … scored 15 total points with two assists … scored a season-high two goals two times on the year, in a win vs. No. 15 LMU (Sept. 28) and in a win vs. Air Force (Sept. 28) … he scored at least one goal in 11 of the 22 games he played, including two multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in two straight games four times (Sept. 21 to Sept. 21, Sept. 28 to Sept. 28, Nov. 22 to Nov. 23, Dec. 6 to Dec. 7) … recorded five steals and tied for ninth on the team in field blocks (five) … also drew 32 exclusions (third on the team).

2023
Played in alf 29 games … scored 22 goals on 44 attempts, converting at a 50.0 percent rate … finished with 24 total points and two assists … scored a season-high three goals three times, last in a win vs. No. 4 Pepperdine on Sep. 23 … scored at least one goal in 14 of the 29 games he played, including six multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in a season-high four games in a row (Sep. 2 - Sep. 3), with two of those games having scored two goals or more … also registered 10 steals and eight field blocks … led the team in drawn exclusions (59) which was third in the MPSF.

High School/Club
Attended Boldog Adolf Kolping Katolikus Általános and Gimnázium és Sportgimnázium of Hungary (or Kolping Katolikus Iskola for short) … played club water polo for UVSE water polo … received junior league mvp inside of the club.
 
Personal
Full name: Marcell Szécsi … parents are Kovats Zsuzsanna and Zoltan Szécsi … has a younger brother, Zeno Szécsi (9), and an older sister, Julia Szécsi (21) … chose UCLA because “of the educational system and they have great athletics” … describes his greatest athletic thrill as “winning the U18 and U20 World Championships” … athletes he admires include his father, Zoltan Szecsi, Lebron James, and the late Kobe Bryant … his father Zoltan won three Olympic gold medals in water polo for Hungary (2000, 2004, 2008) as a goalkeeper … major is undeclared.
 
Marcell Széci's Career Statistics
Year GP GOALS SHOTS PCT AST STL FB EE
2023 29 22 44 .500 2 10 8 59
2024 22 13 27 .481 2 5 5 32
Totals 51 35 71 .493 4 15 13 91
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