CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 3-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)
2025
Did not play … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a three-year letterwinner in water polo as an attacker at Campolindo High School … also a four-year letterwinner in swimming at CHS … named First-Team All-America, Diablo-Foothill League MVP, and First-Team All-League in 2024 … also named First-Team All-League in 2023 and Second-Team All-League in 2022 … in swimming, was an NCS qualifier in the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard freestyle for three years (freshman-junior seasons) … was also a three-time Academic All-American … played club water polo with CC United Water Polo Club… named First-Team All-American at 18U Junior Olympics, leading CCU to a bronze medal … also named to the Second-Team at 16U JOs with a fifth-place finish by CCU … won a silver medal at the 2025 FISU World University Games with UCLA during the summer.
PERSONAL
Full name: Hayden Robert O'Hare … born in San Francisco, Calif. … parents are Meg O'Hare and Jeff O'Hare … has one younger brother, Cade O'Hare (15), one older sister, Maizie O'Hare (20), and one younger sister, Skye O'Hare (10) … cousins Ben Larsen (current player) and Jack Larsen (graduated in 2024) have both played water polo at UCLA … chose UCLA because “I loved the campus location and the team has great chemistry, like a family.” …lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "Shooting in a shootout against SoCal to get to the Final Four of the Junior Olympics … lists Hungarian professional water polo player, Dénes Andor Varga, Serbian Olympic water polo player, Dusan Mandic, and NBA Hall of Famer, Michael Jordan, as the athletes he admires most … enjoys skiing, mountain biking, fishing, playing guitar, grilling steaks, and hanging out with friends, in his spare time … majoring in business economics with career aspirations of working in private equity.
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