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David Stiling Season 2016

UCLA Team Huddle
PosATK
Ht6-0
YrSo.
HometownBeaverton, Ore.

2017
Played in 25 matches, making six starts … made the Director's Honor Roll all three quarters (fall, winter and spring) … scored seven goals on 20 attempts, converting at a 35.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high-tying two goals in an 8-5 win over No. 2 California (Nov. 18) … he scored at least one goal in six of the 25 games he played, including one multiple goal game … also had 12 steals, five earned exclusions, four assists and three field blocks.

2016
Played in 27 matches, making 14 starts … scored eight goals on 20 attempts, converting at a 40.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high tying two goals in a 20-8 win over John Hopkins (Sept. 10) and in a 11-0 win against No. 13 UC Irvine (Oct. 1) … he scored at least one goal in six of the 27 games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had 12 assists, 12 steals, four field blocks, and two earned exclusions.

2015
Played in 11 matches, making one start … scored six goals on 10 attempts, converting at a 60.0 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high two goals in a 20-4 win over Concordia (Sept. 6) and in a 16-4 win against No. 18 Whittier (Sept. 13) … he scored at least one goal in four of the 11 games he played, including two multiple goal games … also had eight assists, seven steals and two field blocks.

2014
Redshirted the season.

High School
Four-year (2010-13) varsity water polo letterwinner at Southridge High School for the Skyhawks under Head Coach Erik Akerman ... also a four-year (2011-14) letterwinner in swimming under Head Coach Ron Harman ... helped lead Southridge High to three straight Oregon state titles, including scoring three goals in the 2013 championship game victory (11-10) over Newberg ... named the 2013 Oregon Championship MVP ... named second team All-Metro League and second team All-State as a freshman and sophomore (2010-11) and to the first team All-State and All-Metro League as a junior and senior (2012-13) ... swam the 100 Freestyle and the 100 Butterfly for the Skyhawks.

Club and USA Water Polo
Competed for the Tualatin Hills Water Polo Club ... during his freshman and sophomore years, he trained with the Cadet National Team and with the Youth National Team his junior season.

Personal
Full name: David Matthew Stiling … born Feb. 8, 1996 in Portland, Ore. … his parents are Karen and Jeff Stiling … has one older brother, Josh, a redshirt senior on the  2014 UC San Diego men's water polo team that was named the ACWPC Division II Co-Player of the Year in 2012 ... his father played water polo at Stanford ... says he chose to attend UCLA because "I wanted to get the best education while playing at the highest level and UCLA was the perfect fit" ... says his biggest athletic thrill to date is "Winning the state title in water polo my senior year" ... lists skiing and fishing as his hobbies … majoring in political science.

David Stiling's Career Statistics
Year GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL BLK EE
2015 11/1 6 10 .600 8 7 2 0
2016 27/14 8 20 .400 12 12 4 2
2017 25/8 7 20 .350 4 12 3 5
Totals 63/23 21 50 .420 24 31 9 7
David Stiling (photo by Don Liebig)

Sr.
2018

Attacker
6-0 / 200 lbs
David Stiling

Jr.
2017

Attacker
6-0 / 197 lbs
David Stiling

RFr.
2015

Attacker
6-0 / 185 lbs
David Stiling

Fr.
2014

Attacker
6-0 / 185 lbs