2018 Men's Water Polo Roster
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Jersey Number 16
Morio Saito
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 150
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Los Angeles, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake School
Bio
2019
Was on the team at the beginning of the year but didn't see any action.
2018
Played in four matches โฆ made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarter ... only took one shot on the yearย โฆ registered four steals and one assist and won his only sprint of the season.
High School/Club
Earned four varsity letters (2012-15) in water polo as an attacker at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, Calif. for head coach Brian Flacks ... helped lead Harvard-Westlake to just its second and third Division I CIF Southern Section Championships in school history in boy's water polo in 2013 and 2014 ... upset Mater Dei HS, 9-6, denying the Monarchs a chance for a sixth consecutive title in 2013 ... the Wolverines set a school-record in wins in 2013 (26-3) and earned the No. 1 ranking in the U.S. in 2013-14 (totalwaterpolo.com) ... all three of the Wolverines' defeats in his sophomore year were to Mater Dei during the regular season ... Harvard-Westlake also won its first Mission League title since 2007 with a perfect 6-0 mark in 2013 ... in 2014, the Wolverines repeated as CIF-SS Division I champions, defeating Mater Dei in the finals, 10-7 ... played his club ball with the Bruin Water Polo Club.
Personal
Full name: Morris Morioย Saito, prefers Morioย โฆ his parents are Erika and Motomu Saito โฆ has two younger brothers, Kyuta and Mirai โฆ says he chose to attend UCLA because, "it has been my dream school since I was little. They also have an excellent water polo program and a great psychology department." ...ย lists reading, designing clothing and playing League of Legends as something he does in his spare time โฆ majoring in psychology. ย
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Was on the team at the beginning of the year but didn't see any action.
2018
Played in four matches โฆ made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the fall quarter ... only took one shot on the yearย โฆ registered four steals and one assist and won his only sprint of the season.
High School/Club
Earned four varsity letters (2012-15) in water polo as an attacker at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, Calif. for head coach Brian Flacks ... helped lead Harvard-Westlake to just its second and third Division I CIF Southern Section Championships in school history in boy's water polo in 2013 and 2014 ... upset Mater Dei HS, 9-6, denying the Monarchs a chance for a sixth consecutive title in 2013 ... the Wolverines set a school-record in wins in 2013 (26-3) and earned the No. 1 ranking in the U.S. in 2013-14 (totalwaterpolo.com) ... all three of the Wolverines' defeats in his sophomore year were to Mater Dei during the regular season ... Harvard-Westlake also won its first Mission League title since 2007 with a perfect 6-0 mark in 2013 ... in 2014, the Wolverines repeated as CIF-SS Division I champions, defeating Mater Dei in the finals, 10-7 ... played his club ball with the Bruin Water Polo Club.
Personal
Full name: Morris Morioย Saito, prefers Morioย โฆ his parents are Erika and Motomu Saito โฆ has two younger brothers, Kyuta and Mirai โฆ says he chose to attend UCLA because, "it has been my dream school since I was little. They also have an excellent water polo program and a great psychology department." ...ย lists reading, designing clothing and playing League of Legends as something he does in his spare time โฆ majoring in psychology. ย
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| Morio Saito's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2018 | 4/0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 4/0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
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