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Jersey Number 1
Nate Tauscher
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- High School:
- Mater Dei HS
- Hometown:
- Sunset Beach, Calif.
UCLA Career Highlights
• ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Excellent - 2024)
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 4, 2024)
• 3-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 17 of 28 games, making three starts while going 3-0 on the year … was fifth in the MPSF in save percentage (54.6) … was eighth the MPSF in total saves (90) and averaged a total of 10.17 saves per game … had a season-high and career-high 13 saves in a win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3) … registered a total of three double-digit save efforts on the season … was fifth on the team in steals with 18 and added seven assists on the year.
2023
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Mater Dei High School … on the 2022 CIF Open Division Semifinalist team as a senior and junior in 2021 list team … MDHS won the Trinity League Championship in 2021 … as a senior, named the 2022 MDHS MVP, First-Team All-Trinity League, First-Team All-Orange County, First-Team All-CIF Open Division … as a junior, named Second-Team All-Trinity League, Second-Team All-CIF Open Division … played club water polo for SoCal WPC in the 2022-23 season and for the Vanguard Red WPC from 2019-22 … was a silver medalist at the 2023 18U JO Championships with SoCal WPC … was named to 2022 Youth National Team, 2022 National League Roster, 2021-22 Goalie USA Academy, 2018-22 National Team Selection, and 2018 Development National Team.
Personal
Full name: Nathan Thomas Tauscher, prefers Nate … born in Kamuela, Hawaii … parents are Peter and Julia Tauscher … father, Peter, played water polo at Long Beach state … has an older sister, Janna, who is a center on the California women's water polo team … choose UCLA because “It is a great school with an amazing water polo program and coaching staff” … greatest athletic thrill was "Competing in Chengdu, China, in the summer of 2023 at the World University Games" … athletes he admires include Lance Burkhart and Adam Wright … enjoys surfing, bodysurfing, hanging out with friends, and trying new foods and restaurants in his free time … major is undeclared.
• ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Excellent - 2024)
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 4, 2024)
• 3-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 17 of 28 games, making three starts while going 3-0 on the year … was fifth in the MPSF in save percentage (54.6) … was eighth the MPSF in total saves (90) and averaged a total of 10.17 saves per game … had a season-high and career-high 13 saves in a win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3) … registered a total of three double-digit save efforts on the season … was fifth on the team in steals with 18 and added seven assists on the year.
2023
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Mater Dei High School … on the 2022 CIF Open Division Semifinalist team as a senior and junior in 2021 list team … MDHS won the Trinity League Championship in 2021 … as a senior, named the 2022 MDHS MVP, First-Team All-Trinity League, First-Team All-Orange County, First-Team All-CIF Open Division … as a junior, named Second-Team All-Trinity League, Second-Team All-CIF Open Division … played club water polo for SoCal WPC in the 2022-23 season and for the Vanguard Red WPC from 2019-22 … was a silver medalist at the 2023 18U JO Championships with SoCal WPC … was named to 2022 Youth National Team, 2022 National League Roster, 2021-22 Goalie USA Academy, 2018-22 National Team Selection, and 2018 Development National Team.
Personal
Full name: Nathan Thomas Tauscher, prefers Nate … born in Kamuela, Hawaii … parents are Peter and Julia Tauscher … father, Peter, played water polo at Long Beach state … has an older sister, Janna, who is a center on the California women's water polo team … choose UCLA because “It is a great school with an amazing water polo program and coaching staff” … greatest athletic thrill was "Competing in Chengdu, China, in the summer of 2023 at the World University Games" … athletes he admires include Lance Burkhart and Adam Wright … enjoys surfing, bodysurfing, hanging out with friends, and trying new foods and restaurants in his free time … major is undeclared.
| Nate Tauscher's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | Record | SV | GA | GAA | MP | ||
| 2024 | 17/3 | 3-0 | 90 | 77 | 8.71 | 280:00 | ||
| Totals | 17/3 | 3-0 | 90 | 77 | 8.71 | 280:00 | ||
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