UCLA Career Highlights
• UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2022)
2021
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. for head coach Sasa Branisavljevic … was named third-team D1 All-CIF as a junior and second-team All-Sunset League as a junior and senior … HBHS was a CIF-SS Championship semifinalist his junior year … named second-team All-Dream Team by the Daily Pilot as a junior … also named Sunset League Scholar Athlete and served as a team captain for the Oilers as a senior … played his club ball for Vanguard Aquatics … was a starter on teams that won one Junior Olympic championship, had three runner-up finishes and one third-place finish, all in the platinum division while serving as a team captain for multiple years … named a first team JO All-American in 2019 … was part of the U.S. National Team Selection Camp in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Ethan Erin Crooks … born in Huntington Beach, Calif. … his parents are Kerry and Matt Crooks … his mother, Kerry, played soccer at UC Irvine … has an older brother, Trey, and a younger sister, Riley … says he chose UCLA because, "because of the great academic possibilities that matches the great athletics program" … says he almost chose soccer over water polo in high school … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "when I stole the ball with a few seconds remaining to win a big game at the Junior Olympics" ... lists going to the beach and hanging with friends as his hobbies … has yet to declare a major.
• UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2022)
2021
Redshirted the season.
High School/Club
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo at Huntington Beach High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. for head coach Sasa Branisavljevic … was named third-team D1 All-CIF as a junior and second-team All-Sunset League as a junior and senior … HBHS was a CIF-SS Championship semifinalist his junior year … named second-team All-Dream Team by the Daily Pilot as a junior … also named Sunset League Scholar Athlete and served as a team captain for the Oilers as a senior … played his club ball for Vanguard Aquatics … was a starter on teams that won one Junior Olympic championship, had three runner-up finishes and one third-place finish, all in the platinum division while serving as a team captain for multiple years … named a first team JO All-American in 2019 … was part of the U.S. National Team Selection Camp in 2020.
Personal
Full name: Ethan Erin Crooks … born in Huntington Beach, Calif. … his parents are Kerry and Matt Crooks … his mother, Kerry, played soccer at UC Irvine … has an older brother, Trey, and a younger sister, Riley … says he chose UCLA because, "because of the great academic possibilities that matches the great athletics program" … says he almost chose soccer over water polo in high school … lists his greatest athletic thrill as, "when I stole the ball with a few seconds remaining to win a big game at the Junior Olympics" ... lists going to the beach and hanging with friends as his hobbies … has yet to declare a major.