UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 17, 2022)
• 4-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Superior - 2022-25)
• 2-time CSC Academic All-District Team member (2025, 2024)
• 3-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2022-24)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2023)
• 11-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)
2025
Played in all 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 23 goals on 42 shot attempts (54.8%) … finished tied for team lead with 14 field blocks (Chase Dodd) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “superior” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … member of CSC Academic All-District Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded four multi-goal games … logged two goals to help pick up 16-9 win against No. 4 Fordham at Princeton Invitational (Sept. 6) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026 … received Athletic Director’s Academic Excellence Award at UCLA Scholar-Athlete Banquet.
2024
Played in 21 of 28 games … Bruins captured program’s 13th NCAA title and No. 124 for UCLA Athletics, defeating USC 11-8 (Dec. 8) … scored six goals on 18 attempts, converting at a 33.3 percent rate … scored 27 total points with 21 assists (eighth on the team) … scored a season-high one goal six times on the year, in a win vs. Pomona- Pitzer (Sept. 8), in a win vs. No. 20 California Baptist (Sept. 14), in a win vs. No. 12 UC Santa Barbara (Sept. 27), in a win vs No. 15 LMU (Sept. 28), in a win vs. Air Force (Sept. 28), and in a win vs Washington & Jefferson (Nov. 22) … he scored at least one goal in six of the 21 games he played … scored at least one goal in three straight games (Sept. 27 to Sept. 28) … was tied for sixth on the team in steals (13) and tied for ninth in field blocks (five) … also drew four exclusions ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.
2023
Played in all 29 games … scored 12 goals on 34 attempts, converting at a 35.3 percent rate … finished with 36 total points and 24 assists (third on the team) …scored at least one goal in 10 of the 29 games he played, including one multiple-goal game … scored at least one goal in two games in a row (Nov. 19 - Dec. 1) … also registered 14 steals, nine field blocks, and seven drawn exclusions ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Winter 2024 and Spring 2024.
2022
Played in all 27 games … finished the season with 17 goals on 34 shots, converting at a 50 percent rate … ended the season tied for eighth in total points (28) and recorded 11 assists on the year ... scored a season- and career-high four goals in a win over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 3) … scored at least one goal in 11 out of 27 games, including four multi-goal games, with one hat trick … also recorded 13 steals, four field blocks, and three drawn exclusions ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2022 and Winter 2023.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Lettered in both water polo and swimming for four years at Foothill High School … on the 2018 and 2019 CIF Southern Section Champion (D2) teams … his sophomore year (2019), he scored on a top-shelf cross-cage shot from about eight meters with four seconds left in the fourth period to hand the Knights their third consecutive CIF-SS crown with a 13-12 win over San Clemente … Crestview League Champions in the 2018-21 seasons … had 103 goals, 44 assists, and 75 steals in 2021 … tallied 28 goals, nine assists, and 24 steals in 2020 … recorded 55 goals, 54 assists, and 66 steals in 2019 … registered 48 goals, 22 assists, and 58 steals in 2018 … named Crestview League MVP in 2021 and the Crestview League Player of the year in 2020 … earned First-Team All-Crestview League in 2018 and 2019 … named to First-Team All-CIF in 2019 and Second-Team in 2018 … named Second-Team All-Orange County in 2019 and Third-Team All-Orange County in 2018 … also named Foothill High School Knight of the Year in 2020 and again in 2021.
PERSONAL
Full name: Noah James Rowe … born in Australia … parents are Andrew and Joan Rowe … has a younger sister Ava (14) … first cousin Val Ayala played on the UCLA women’s water polo team from 2019-23 … chose UCLA because “I can be a part of a great water polo program and also attend an extraordinary school” … greatest athletic thrill is the championship teams has has been on … admires Tom Brady and Denzel Ward … enjoys surfing, fishing, golfing, and exploring nature in his free time … major is geography and environmental studies.
| YEAR | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2022 | 27 | 17 | 34 | .500 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 3 |
| 2023 | 29 | 12 | 34 | .353 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| 2024 | 21 | 6 | 18 | .333 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 2025 | 29 | 23 | 42 | .548 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 106 | 58 | 128 | .453 | 76 | 55 | 32 | 16 |