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Matthews, Max
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Jersey Number 10
Max Matthews
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Redwood HS
- Hometown:
- Tiburon, Calif.
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
• ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding - 2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• 5-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 12 of 28 games … scored with six goals on nine attempts, converting at a 66.7 percent rate … scored eight total points with two assists … scored a season- and career-high two goals in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Sept. 7) … he scored at least one goal in five of the 12 games he played, including one multiple-goal game … scored at least one goal in two straight games two times (Sept. 7 to Sept. 8, Sept. 28 to Sept. 28) … recorded two steals and two field blocks … also drew three exclusions.
2023
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Red Wood High School … on the Northern California State Championship team as a junior … named First-Team All-Marin County Athletic League in water polo as a junior and senior, and First-Team All-CIF in 2022 … also named Second-Team California-Hawaii All-American in 2022 in water polo and was named a NICSA All-American in swimming in 2022 … water polo team won 2022 Marin County Athletic League Championship … played club water polo for San Francisco Water Polo Club … was a two-time Junior Olympic All-American and a member of USA Youth National Team.
Personal
Full name: Charles Maxwell Matthews, prefers Max … born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Brian and Tera Matthews, both are UCLA Alumni … has one younger sister, Millie (14), and one younger brother, Lincoln (8) … father, Brian, was a 1994 All-American swimmer at UCLA … his great-grandfather, Wilfred "Buck" Catlin was a 1939 team captain for the UCLA men's track and field team … chose UCLA because “of its academic prestige and the opportunity to play and develop with a top tier water polo program” … greatest athletic thrill was playing against professional teams in Spain and Italy with San Francisco WPC … athlete he admires most is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar … enjoys surfing, skiing, and mountain biking in his free time … major is undeclared.
• ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding - 2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• 5-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Winter 2025, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 12 of 28 games … scored with six goals on nine attempts, converting at a 66.7 percent rate … scored eight total points with two assists … scored a season- and career-high two goals in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Sept. 7) … he scored at least one goal in five of the 12 games he played, including one multiple-goal game … scored at least one goal in two straight games two times (Sept. 7 to Sept. 8, Sept. 28 to Sept. 28) … recorded two steals and two field blocks … also drew three exclusions.
2023
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Red Wood High School … on the Northern California State Championship team as a junior … named First-Team All-Marin County Athletic League in water polo as a junior and senior, and First-Team All-CIF in 2022 … also named Second-Team California-Hawaii All-American in 2022 in water polo and was named a NICSA All-American in swimming in 2022 … water polo team won 2022 Marin County Athletic League Championship … played club water polo for San Francisco Water Polo Club … was a two-time Junior Olympic All-American and a member of USA Youth National Team.
Personal
Full name: Charles Maxwell Matthews, prefers Max … born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Brian and Tera Matthews, both are UCLA Alumni … has one younger sister, Millie (14), and one younger brother, Lincoln (8) … father, Brian, was a 1994 All-American swimmer at UCLA … his great-grandfather, Wilfred "Buck" Catlin was a 1939 team captain for the UCLA men's track and field team … chose UCLA because “of its academic prestige and the opportunity to play and develop with a top tier water polo program” … greatest athletic thrill was playing against professional teams in Spain and Italy with San Francisco WPC … athlete he admires most is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar … enjoys surfing, skiing, and mountain biking in his free time … major is undeclared.
| Max Matthews' Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2024 | 12 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 12 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
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
