CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-America selection (Third Team - 2024, Honorable Mention - 2025)
• 2-time All-MPSF West honoree (Second Team - 2024, Honorable Mention - 2025)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 21, 2024)
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent - 2025, 2024)
• 5-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll (last Spring 2026)
2025
Played in 25 of 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 20 goals on 33 shot attempts (60.6%) … logged team and conference highs with 76 earned exclusions … received ACWPC All-America honorable mention … received All-MPSF West honorable mention … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Excellent” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... recorded five multi-goal games … scored two goals to help collect 11-9 victory against fourth-seeded California in MPSF Championship Tournament semifinal round (Nov. 22) … tallied two goals to help earn 14-11 victory at No. 4 Stanford (Oct. 5) … piled up game- and season-high seven earned exclusions to help earn 13-12 win against No. 4 Stanford in MPSF Invitational semifinal round (Sept. 20) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025 … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.
2024
Played in all 28 games … Bruins captured program’s 13th NCAA title and No. 124 for UCLA Athletics, defeating USC 11-8 (Dec. 8) … was third on team in scoring with 31 goals on 60 attempts (51.7%) … was 10th on team in total points (38) with seven assists … earned spot on ACWPC All-America Third Team … made All-MPSF West Second Team … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning “Excellent” designation … named MPSF Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 21) after scoring season-high four goals in win versus No. 12 UC Davis … scored at least one goal in 19 of 28 games played, including eight multiple-goal games and three games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in five straight games (Oct. 12-Nov. 2) … recorded eight steals and tied for ninth on team in field blocks (five) … also drew 64 exclusions (led team and ranked third in MPSF) ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Four-year letterwinner in water polo at Newport Harbor High School … graduated as two-time First Team All-American and a two-time CIF MVP … played on the U.S. Junior National Team … won bronze at World Championships … played club water polo for Newport Beach Water Polo team.
PERSONAL
Full Name: Peter Thomas Castillo … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Julie and Phil Castillo… has three older sisters, Claire, Jenna and Leah, and two older brothers, Nate, and Luke … mother is in Pepperdine Athletics Hall of Fame for volleyball, brother, Nate, played water polo at Pepperdine, and sister, Jenna, played soccer at Montana State … chose UCLA because "It's the best program in the nation and the location as well as the size of the school is up my alley” … greatest athletic thrills were winning back-to-back CIF championships and winning America’s first medal of any level at the World Championship stage … athlete he admires most is Ben Hallock … enjoys bodysurfing, gaming, DJing, and fishing … majoring in political science.
| YEAR | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2024 | 28 | 31 | 60 | .517 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 64 |
| 2025 | 25 | 20 | 33 | .606 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 76 |
| TOTALS | 53 | 51 | 93 | .548 | 13 | 14 | 9 | 140 |