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Jersey Number 10
Max Matthews
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Redwood HS
- Hometown:
- Tiburon, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Outstanding - 2025, 2024)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient (Spring 2025)
• MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• 8-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2026)
2025
Played in 25 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) … totaled 13 goals on 22 shot attempts (59.0%) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “outstanding” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded two multi-goal games, including three-goal performance in 21-10 win versus Harvard (Sept. 12) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
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 ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
2023
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.
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.
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Outstanding - 2025, 2024)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient (Spring 2025)
• MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• 8-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2026)
2025
Played in 25 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) … totaled 13 goals on 22 shot attempts (59.0%) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “outstanding” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded two multi-goal games, including three-goal performance in 21-10 win versus Harvard (Sept. 12) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 … earned spot on UCLA All-Academic Team at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
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 ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
2023
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.
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 |
| 2025 | 25 | 13 | 22 | .590 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals | 37 | 19 | 31 | .613 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 8 |
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