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Joey Niz
Photo by: Nola Gallagher
2024 NCAA Champions
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
Joey Niz
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
UCLA Team Huddle
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Joey Niz
Photo by: Minette Rubin
UCLA Team Photo after Marist game
Photo by: Minette Rubin
UCLA Athletics - 2025 UCLA Women's Water Polo Media Day portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
November 13th, 2024
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Joey Niz

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • High School:
    Los Alamitos HS
  • Hometown:
    Los Alamitos, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โ€ข 2-timeย UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2024)

2024
Registered 37 saves (14.17 per game), six steals, and one assist in eight appearances (zero starts) โ€ฆ had a goals against average of 10.73 on the year (28 goals allowed in 10.442 quarters played) โ€ฆ collected a season-high nine saves in two quarters of action in a win over California Baptist University (Feb. 2) at the UCSD Triton Invitational.

HIGH SCHOOL
Lettered in water polo and swimming at Los Alamitos High School โ€ฆ two-time First-Team All-CIF-Southern Section honors (2023, 2022) โ€ฆ named First-Team All Sunset League and league MVP in 2023 โ€ฆ helped lead team to a league championship โ€ฆ played club at Los Alamitos Aquatic Foundation, earning Junior Olympic First-Team All-America honors (2023).

PERSONAL
Full name is Josephine Paciencia Niz, prefers Joey โ€ฆ born in Los Angeles, Calif. โ€ฆ parents are David Niz and Maria Dungo โ€ฆ has an older brother, Gabriel, a younger sister, Madeline, and an older sister, Olivia โ€ฆ mother attended UCLA โ€ฆ decided to attend UCLA because, โ€œI appreciate the team culture and tight-knit team dynamic. It was clear that the team cares for each other in and out of the water.โ€ย โ€ฆ lists the late Kobe Bryant and Simone Biles as the athletes she most admires โ€ฆ hobbies include scrapbooking and tanning at the beach โ€ฆ major is business economics with the career goal of becoming a sports agent.
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JOEY NIZ'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP/GS QP SV GA GAA MP
2024 8/0 10.442 37 28 10.73 83:32
Totals 8/0 10.442 37 28 10.73 83:32
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