2024 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Kuesis, Fiona
GK
/ Women's Water PoloGK
/ Women's Water PoloGK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloCTR
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloATK
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water PoloUTL
/ Women's Water Polo
Jersey Number 3
Fiona Kuesis
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- San Marcos HS
- Hometown:
- Santa Barbara, Calif.
Bio
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โข 4-time ACWPCย All-Academic (Superiorย 2020, 2022, 2023, Outstanding 2021)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
โข 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2021, 2023)
โข 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
2023
Played in 15-of-29 games โฆ totaled three goals and four assists for a total of seven points โฆย also drew one exclusion, had five steals, and was 0.83 on sprints on the year (5-1) โฆ scored one goal and had one assist in the win vs. No. 21 San Diego State (Jan. 21) at the UCSB Winter Invitational โฆ scored a season-high one goal three times (also in the win over No. 24 CSUN on Feb. 3, and in the win over No. 22 San Diego State on Feb. 24) on the season โฆ missed the last 12 games of the year with an undisclosed injury.
2022
Totaled nine goals and two assists for a total of 11 pointsย โฆ played in nine gamesย โฆ also drew five exclusions and had two steals, and was 1.000 on sprints (6-0) onย the yearย โฆ scored a season-high two goals three times (in a win over No. 21ย California Baptist Universityย on Jan. 22, in a win at No. 18 UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 23, and in a win over Salem on Jan. 29 at the Michigan Invitationalย โฆ scored at least one goal in a season-best four consecutive games on the year โฆ scored at least one goal in 6-of-9 games and dished out at least one assist in 2-of-9 games on the season โฆ had three multiple-goal games.
2021
Totaled three goals, two assists (five points), twoย exclusions drawn, and one field block in 12 games played โฆ scored a season- and career-high two goalsย in an 11-10 winย at No. 5 Arizona State (Apr. 11) โฆ scored at least one goal in 2-of-12 games and dished out at least one assist in 2-of-12 games on the season โฆ had one multiple-goal game โฆ went 2-2 in sprints (.500).
2020
Totaled one goal, two assists, six exclusions drawn, two steals, and one field block in 11 games played โฆย scored her lone goal of the season in a 16-4 win against Iona (Jan. 18) โฆ drew a season- and career-high three exclusions against No. 11 Pacific (Jan. 25)ย โฆ went undefeated in sprints (3-0).
HIGH SCHOOL
Kuesis was a four-year letterwinner for the San Marcos Senior High water polo team โฆ named second-team All-CIF Division I in 2018 and 2017 โฆ Channel League Champions in 2017 and 2016 โฆ member of the 2018 US Club Championship team with the Santa Barbara 805 Water Polo Club โฆ club was also a 2018 Junior Olympic semi-finalist โฆ has participated with the U.S. Youth National team โฆ also earned four swimming letters โฆ named a swimming All-American in 2018 and 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name: Fiona Jean Kuesis โฆ born in Scottsdale, Ariz. โฆ parents are Eve and Bruce Kuesis โฆ has an older sister, Frannie, and an older brother, George, who is a junior on the UC Davis water polo team โฆ lists winning the CIF Division I Southern Section Championship as her greatest athletic thrill โฆ enjoys playing music (ukulele, guitar, piano, cello), horseback riding, and surfing โฆ intends to major in biology and pursue a career as a physician โฆ majoring in physiological science.
ย
โข 4-time ACWPCย All-Academic (Superiorย 2020, 2022, 2023, Outstanding 2021)
โข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)
โข 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2021, 2023)
โข 7-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
2023
Played in 15-of-29 games โฆ totaled three goals and four assists for a total of seven points โฆย also drew one exclusion, had five steals, and was 0.83 on sprints on the year (5-1) โฆ scored one goal and had one assist in the win vs. No. 21 San Diego State (Jan. 21) at the UCSB Winter Invitational โฆ scored a season-high one goal three times (also in the win over No. 24 CSUN on Feb. 3, and in the win over No. 22 San Diego State on Feb. 24) on the season โฆ missed the last 12 games of the year with an undisclosed injury.
2022
Totaled nine goals and two assists for a total of 11 pointsย โฆ played in nine gamesย โฆ also drew five exclusions and had two steals, and was 1.000 on sprints (6-0) onย the yearย โฆ scored a season-high two goals three times (in a win over No. 21ย California Baptist Universityย on Jan. 22, in a win at No. 18 UC Santa Barbara on Jan. 23, and in a win over Salem on Jan. 29 at the Michigan Invitationalย โฆ scored at least one goal in a season-best four consecutive games on the year โฆ scored at least one goal in 6-of-9 games and dished out at least one assist in 2-of-9 games on the season โฆ had three multiple-goal games.
2021
Totaled three goals, two assists (five points), twoย exclusions drawn, and one field block in 12 games played โฆ scored a season- and career-high two goalsย in an 11-10 winย at No. 5 Arizona State (Apr. 11) โฆ scored at least one goal in 2-of-12 games and dished out at least one assist in 2-of-12 games on the season โฆ had one multiple-goal game โฆ went 2-2 in sprints (.500).
2020
Totaled one goal, two assists, six exclusions drawn, two steals, and one field block in 11 games played โฆย scored her lone goal of the season in a 16-4 win against Iona (Jan. 18) โฆ drew a season- and career-high three exclusions against No. 11 Pacific (Jan. 25)ย โฆ went undefeated in sprints (3-0).
HIGH SCHOOL
Kuesis was a four-year letterwinner for the San Marcos Senior High water polo team โฆ named second-team All-CIF Division I in 2018 and 2017 โฆ Channel League Champions in 2017 and 2016 โฆ member of the 2018 US Club Championship team with the Santa Barbara 805 Water Polo Club โฆ club was also a 2018 Junior Olympic semi-finalist โฆ has participated with the U.S. Youth National team โฆ also earned four swimming letters โฆ named a swimming All-American in 2018 and 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name: Fiona Jean Kuesis โฆ born in Scottsdale, Ariz. โฆ parents are Eve and Bruce Kuesis โฆ has an older sister, Frannie, and an older brother, George, who is a junior on the UC Davis water polo team โฆ lists winning the CIF Division I Southern Section Championship as her greatest athletic thrill โฆ enjoys playing music (ukulele, guitar, piano, cello), horseback riding, and surfing โฆ intends to major in biology and pursue a career as a physician โฆ majoring in physiological science.
ย
| FIONA KUESIS' CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2020 | 11 | 1 | 6 | .167 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021 | 12 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2023 | 15 | 3 | 14 | .210 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 47 | 16 | 30 | .533 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 14 |
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 3 Hawai'i Highlights
Monday, April 14
Highlights - UCLA W. Water Polo vs. Princeton (March 13, 2025)
Friday, March 14
UCLA vs. Princeton
Thursday, March 13
No. 4 UCLA vs. No. 15 Indiana
Sunday, March 09
