Peter Castillo Season 2024

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-America selection (Third Team - 2024, Honorable Mention - 2025)
• 2-time All-MPSF West honoree (Second Team - 2024, Honorable Mention - 2025)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 21, 2024)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent - 2025, 2024)
• 5-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Spring 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 20 goals on 33 shot attempts (60.6%) … logged team and conference highs with 76 earned exclusions … received ACWPC All-America honorable mention … received All-MPSF West honorable mention … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Excellent” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded five multi-goal games … scored two goals to help collect 11-9 victory against fourth-seeded California in MPSF Championship Tournament semifinal round (Nov. 22) … tallied two goals to help earn 14-11 victory at No. 4 Stanford (Oct. 5) … piled up game- and season-high seven earned exclusions to help earn 13-12 win against No. 4 Stanford in MPSF Invitational semifinal round (Sept. 20) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025 … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.

2024
Played in all 28 games … Bruins captured program’s 13th NCAA title and No. 124 for UCLA Athletics, defeating USC 11-8 (Dec. 8) … was third on team in scoring with 31 goals on 60 attempts (51.7%) … was 10th on team in total points (38) with seven assists … earned spot on ACWPC All-America Third Team … made All-MPSF West Second Team … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Excellent” designation … named MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 21) after scoring season-high four goals in win versus No. 12 UC Davis … scored at least one goal in 19 of 28 games played, including eight multiple-goal games and three games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in five straight games (Oct. 12-Nov. 2) … recorded eight steals and tied for ninth on team in field blocks (five) … also drew 64 exclusions (led team and ranked third in MPSF) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025.

NATIONAL TEAM
Played on the U.S. Junior National Team … won bronze at World Championships.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Four-year letterwinner in water polo at Newport Harbor High School … graduated as two-time First Team All-American and a two-time CIF MVP … played club water polo for Newport Beach Water Polo team.

PERSONAL
Full Name: Peter Thomas Castillo … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Julie and Phil Castillo… has three older sisters, Claire, Jenna and Leah, and two older brothers, Nate, and Luke … mother is in Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame for volleyball, brother, Nate, played water polo at Pepperdine, and sister, Jenna, played soccer at Montana State … chose UCLA because "It's the best program in the nation and the location as well as the size of the school is up my alley” … greatest athletic thrills were winning back-to-back CIF championships and winning America’s first medal of any level at the World Championship stage … athlete he admires most is Ben Hallock … enjoys bodysurfing, gaming, DJing, and fishing … majoring in political science.