2016 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Matt Farmer
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 222
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- La Grange, Ill.
- High School:
- Fenwick HS
2017
Played in 25 matches, making 12 starts โฆ earned second team All-America, second team All-NCAA Tournament and first team All-MPSFย honors โฆ also earned MPSF All-Academic honors and made the Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarter ... was voted the MPSF/KAP7ย Playerย of the Week (Oct. 30) after helpingย UCLA to a 12-11 win over No. 5 Pacific with a season- and career-high four goalsย ... was 4th on the team and 18th in the MPSFย in scoring with 29ย goals (1.16 gpg) on 53ย attempts, converting at a 54.7ย percent rate โฆ also scored a season- and career-high-tying four goals in an 18-8 win over No. 16 Bucknell (Sept. 9)ย โฆ had at least one goal in 14 of the 25ย games he played, including eight multiple goal games โฆ also had 12 steals, three assists and two field blocks while leading the team for the second straight season with 48 earned exclusions (four penalties (team high).
2016
Played in 26 matches, making eightย starts โฆ earned 2016 MPSF All-Academic honors and Honorable Mention All-MPSFย ... was voted the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for Sept. 26-Oct. 1 after helpingย UCLA tie its school record of 50 consecutive victories with three goals in two gamesย ... was 7th on the team in scoring with 21ย goals on 47ย attempts, converting at a 44.7ย percent rate โฆ scored a season- and career-high three goals in a 16-5 over St. Francis Brooklyn (Sept. 11)ย โฆ had at least one goal in 13 of the 26ย games he played, including sevenย multiple goal games โฆ also had three assists, fiveย steals, five field blocks, and led the teamย with 39ย earned exclusions ... also led the team with eightย earned penalty shots.ย
2015
Played in 26 matches, making two starts โฆ scored 14 goals on 34 attempts, converting at a 41.2 percent rate โฆ scored a season-high two goals in a 18-8 win at Pepperdine (Oct. 2), a 13-6 win at Loyola Marymount (Oct. 3), a 8-7 win at No. 3 California (Oct. 24), and a 17-4 win over No. 10 UC San Diego in the semi-finals of the NCAA National Championship tournament (Dec. 5) โฆ had at least one goal in 10 matches, including four multiple goal games โฆ also had two assists, 13 steals, three field blocks, and was second on the team with 36 earned exclusions.
2014
Played in 30 matches, making six starts โฆ scored 20 goals (tied for eighth on the team) on 43 attempts, converting at a 46.5 percent rate โฆ scored a season-high two goals six times on the year in wins at La Verne (Sept. 14), vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 20), at Pacific (Sept. 20), vs. Princeton (Oct. 9), at Pacific (Nov. 8) and at UC Davis (Nov. 9) โฆ had at least one goal in 14 matches โฆ was second on the team with 33 earned exclusions and tied for sixth on the squad with 21 steals โฆ also registered five assists and five field blocks.
2013
Redshirted the season.
Team USA
2015:ย Played in all eight games (145 minutes) for Team USA at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea (July 2-14) โฆ he scored four goals on 12 shots, converting at a 33.3 percent rate โฆ also tallied five steals, three field blocksย andย one assistย as the United States captured bronze at the World University Games.ย 2013:ย Played in all seven games for Team USA at the 2013 FINA Menโs Junior World Championships in Szombathely, Hungary (Aug. 12-18) as the United States captured fifth place โฆ the Americans went 5-2 at the Junior Worlds โฆ he tallied two goals and one field block.
High School
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner under head coaches the late Dave Perry (two years) and Kyle Perry (two years) โฆ also lettered four years in swimming for head coach Luke McGuire โฆ helped lead Fenwick High School (Oak Park, Ill.) to three Illinois state championships (2010-11 and 2013), helping push the programโs streak to eight consecutive state titles before it was snapped his junior season (2012) โฆ named a first-team All-Illinois water polo selection as a sophomore, junior and senior โฆ earned third-team All-Illinois honors as a freshman โฆ a four-time All-American, he was named to the first team in 2012-13 and was the Illinois Player of the Year both of those seasons โฆ also secured third-team All-America honors in 2011 and fifth team All-America honors in 2010 โฆ as a senior (2013), tallied 54 goals and 36 assists to lead Fenwick to a state championship and was named Conference Player of the Year โฆ as a junior (2012), recorded 83 goals and 29 assists โฆ as a sophomore (2011), logged 132 goals and 44 assists, leading Fenwick to a perfect 36-0 overall record and a state title โฆ netted 83 goals and 39 assists as a freshman (2010), leading Fenwick to a state championship โฆ was a four-time All-Chicago Catholic League/Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference team member (three times on the first team) โฆ served as team captain in 2012 and 2013 โฆ also earned All-Sectional accolades all four years โฆ won three conference titles (2010-12) โฆ was a two-time (2012-13) National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) Academic All-American โฆ he registered 352 goals, 148 assists and 159 earned exclusions in 110 games during his prep careerโฆ at the 2013 state swimming championships, finished 11th in the 200 medley relay (1:36.40), setting a school record.
International/Club
Competed with the Windy City Water Polo Club out of Oak Park, Ill. โฆ he has played with the Youth National Team in 2011 in Acireale, Italy, placing third โฆ in 2012, was named the top player of the East Regional Championships โฆ also competed at the FINA World Youth Championships in Perth, Australia on the U.S. Youth National Team in 2012 and was also on the U.S. Junior National Team.
Personal
Full name: Matthew James Farmer, prefers Matt โฆ born June 17, 1995 in Chicago, Ill. โฆ his parents are James and M. Beatrice Farmer โฆ has one younger brother, Danny โฆ went to the same high school as UCLA senior Chris Wendt (was in 8th grade when Wendt graduated) โฆ lists Team USA center (menโs water polo) Ryan Bailey (four-time Olympian, 2008 silver medalist) as the athlete he most admires โฆ says he chose UCLA because โof the academics of the school as well as the campus and the people on itโ โฆ says his biggest thrill so far in his athletic career is, โplacing third at a tournament in Italy with the U.S. Junior National Team and also representing the USA at the first-ever FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships in Perth, Australiaโ โฆ is majoring in psychobiology.
| Matt Farmer's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2014 | 30/6 | 20 | 43 | .465 | 5 | 21 | 5 | 33 |
| 2015 | 26/2 | 14 | 34 | .412 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 36 |
| 2016 | 27/8 | 21 | 47 | .447 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 39 |
| 2017 | 25/12 | 29 | 53 | .547 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 48 |
| Totals | 108/28 | 84 | 177 | .475 | 13 | 51 | 15 | 156 |
