UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• All-MPSF West honoree (Second Team - 2025)
• MPSF Player of the Week (Oct. 6, 2025)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Nov. 4, 2024)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent - 2025, 2024)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team member (2025, 2024)
• 2-time Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026, Spring 2025)
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)
2025
Played in all 29 games, starting 28 … Bruins captured program’s 14th NCAA title and No. 125 for UCLA Athletics, beating top-seeded USC in 11-10 thriller (Dec. 7) … allowed 201 goals across 92.96 quarters played for goals against average of 8.65 … logged team and conference highs of 239 saves (8.24 saves per game) … recorded team-high 38 steals … made All-MPSF West Second Team … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “excellent” designation … member of MPSF All-Academic Team … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... named MPSF Player of the Week (Oct. 6) after posting 26 total saves across road sweep of No. 2 California and No. 4 Stanford … logged 10 or more saves in nine games, including game- and season-high 16 stops that helped earn 9-7 victory against third-seeded Stanford in NCAA Championship semifinal round (Dec. 6) … registered game- and season-high four steals in 16-9 win against No. 4 Fordham at Princeton Invitational (Sept. 6) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Spring 2026.
2024
Played in 17 of 28 games, making three starts while going 3-0 on the year … Bruins captured program’s 13th NCAA title and No. 124 for UCLA Athletics, defeating USC 11-8 (Dec. 8) … was fifth in the MPSF in save percentage (54.6) … was eighth the MPSF in total saves (90) and averaged a total of 10.17 saves per game … had a season-high and career-high 13 saves in a win at No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3) … registered a total of three double-digit save efforts on the season … was fifth on the team in steals with 18 and added seven assists on the year ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Spring 2025.
2023
Redshirted the season ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2023, Spring 2024.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Four-year letterwinner in water polo and two-year letterwinner in swimming at Mater Dei High School … on the 2022 CIF Open Division Semifinalist team as a senior and junior in 2021 list team … MDHS won the Trinity League Championship in 2021 … as a senior, named the 2022 MDHS MVP, First-Team All-Trinity League, First-Team All-Orange County, First-Team All-CIF Open Division … as a junior, named Second-Team All-Trinity League, Second-Team All-CIF Open Division … played club water polo for SoCal WPC in the 2022-23 season and for the Vanguard Red WPC from 2019-22 … was a silver medalist at the 2023 18U JO Championships with SoCal WPC … was named to 2022 Youth National Team, 2022 National League Roster, 2021-22 Goalie USA Academy, 2018-22 National Team Selection, and 2018 Development National Team.
PERSONAL
Full name: Nathan Thomas Tauscher, prefers Nate … born in Kamuela, Hawaii … parents are Peter and Julia Tauscher … father, Peter, played water polo at Long Beach state … has an older sister, Janna, who is a center on the California women's water polo team … choose UCLA because “It is a great school with an amazing water polo program and coaching staff” … greatest athletic thrill was "Competing in Chengdu, China, in the summer of 2023 at the World University Games" … athletes he admires include Lance Burkhart and Adam Wright … enjoys surfing, bodysurfing, hanging out with friends, and trying new foods and restaurants in his free time … major is undeclared.
| YEAR | GP/GS | Record | SV | GA | GAA | MP |
| 2024 | 17/3 | 3-0 | 90 | 77 | 8.71 | 280:00 |
| 2025 | 29/28 | 26-2 | 239 | 201 | 8.65 | 743:43 |
| TOTALS | 46/31 | 29-2 | 329 | 278 | 8.66 | 1023:43 |