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Harry Tucker Season 2025

Harry Tucker
PosCTR DEF
Ht6-5
YrRFr.
HometownPerth, Australia

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Superior - 2024, Excellent - 2025)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (Spring 2026)
• 3-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Fall 2025)

2025
Played in nine 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 two goals on three shot attempts (66.7%) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “excellent” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... scored first goal of career in 19-8 victory against No. 12 Pepperdine (Sept. 13) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025.

2024
Redshirted the season ... Bruins captured program’s 13th NCAA title and No. 124 for UCLA Athletics, defeating USC 11-8 (Dec. 8) … named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Four-year water polo center/defender at Wesley College Melbourne … played club water polo for the UWA Torpedoes … named U18 Australian Youth Water Polo Championships MVP, where he won a silver medal … was an AWL finalist in 2023 and 2022 … a member of the Australian Youth National Team … attended the 2022 Youth U18 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia … a member of the U20 Australian National Team since 2023 … played water polo in Barcelona for a year in 2022, where he went undefeated and won the U18 Spanish Championships.
 
PERSONAL
Full name: Harry Desmond Tucker … born in Perth, Australia … parents are Rebecca and John Tucker … has one younger brother, Jake (14) and one older brother, Ben (20) … chose UCLA “Because of the school’s elite water polo program.” … greatest athletic thrill is competing for his country at the Youth U18 World Championships in Belgrade … enjoys playing tennis, scuba diving, and traveling… major is undeclared.

YEAR GP GOALS SHOTS PCT AST STL FB EE
2024 Redshirted
2025 9 2 3 .667 3 1 0 2
TOTALS 9 2 3 .667 3 1 0 2
UCLA Athletics - UCLA Men's Water Polo Media Day, Portraits. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
August 29th, 2024
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Fr.
2024

Center Defender
6-5 / -