2020 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster

Roxy Wheaton
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Las Lomas HS
- Hometown:
- Walnut Creek, Calif.
2020
Totaled 14 goals, 16 assists (tied for 3rd on the team and tied for 8th in MPSF), 11 steals, six field blocks, and one exclusion drawn in 21 games played โฆ won 12-of-15 sprints (tied for 7th in MPSF) โฆ earned MPSF All-Academic honors โฆ earned ACWPC All-Academic โExcellentโ Award โฆ selected to the Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for the Winter 2020 and Spring 2020 quarters โฆ registered two goals in wins against No. 11 Pacific (Jan. 25), No. 12 Fresno State (Feb. 1), No. 21 Pacific (Feb. 21), and No. 8 California (March 7) โฆ scored at least one goal in 10-of-21 games played.
2019
Totaled 14 goals, 20 assists (5th on the team), 19 steals (3rd on the team), and eight field blocks (6th on the team) in 31ย games played (10 starts) โฆ added eight earned exclusionsย and won 10-of-10 sprints โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for theย Winter 2019 and Spring 2019 quarters โฆ ACWPC All-Academic โExcellentโ honoree โฆย named MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete โฆย had two multi-goal gamesย including a career- and season-high two goals inย wins over Cal Baptist (Jan. 19) and again vs. No. 6 Michigan (Feb. 23)ย โฆ scored at least one goal in a season-high three straight games on two different occasions (Jan. 19-Jan. 20 and Feb. 16-Feb. 23)ย โฆ scored at least one goal in 12-of-31 games she played.
2018
Totaled seven goals, eight assists, three steals and one field block in 31 games played (16 starts) โฆ ACWPC All-Academic โSuperiorโ honoree โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2017, Winter 2018 and Spring 2018ย โฆ scored two goals in debut, an 11-2 win versus No. 22 Loyola Marymount (UCLA Invitational, Jan. 13) โฆ dished out two assists in 10-4 win versus No. 9 Pacific (Jan. 28) at Michigan Invitational โฆ notched one goal and one earned exclusion in MPSF Championships quarterfinal-round game, a 14-4 win versus No. 5 Arizona State (April 27) โฆ posted two earned exclusions in MPSF Championships third-place game, an 8-3 loss at No. 2 California (April 29).
NATIONAL TEAM
Was one of nine Bruins that representedย Team USA at the 2019ย FINA Women's Junior World Championship (Sept.ย 9-15) in Funchal, Portugal โฆ was on Team USA for the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy, in July as the Americans finished eighth with Wheaton scoring a total of four goals.
CLUB
Competed for 680 Drivers Water Polo Club in Walnut Creek, Calif. โฆ Drivers claimed first place at National Junior Olympics in 2013 (14U) and 2017 (18U) and third place in 2016 (18U); named 18U MVP in 2017.
HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, Calif., where she lettered in water polo and swimming โฆ named Fourth-Team KAI~CAL-HI All-American for 2016-17 โฆ three-time Diablo Foothill Athletic League First-Team selection (2014-16) โฆ All-California Interscholastic Federation-North Coast Section First-Team pick in 2015, 2016 โฆ selected Sixth-Team KAI~CAL-HI All-American for 2015-16 โฆ Sixth-Team National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association/Speedo All America selection for 2015-16 โฆ Eighth-Team KAI~CAL-HI pick for 2014-15.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Colleen and Chris โฆ has two brothers, Charlie and Maxwell โฆ decided to attend UCLA because it was her dream school growing up and โthe academic and athletic opportunitiesโฆ made it a clear choiceโ โฆ describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as winning the National Junior Olympics in 2017 with her best friends โฆ admires former track and field athlete Jackie Joyner-Kersee โฆ hobbies include making jewelry and watercolor painting โฆ grew up owning snakes and other reptiles โฆ father, Chris, attended UCLA โฆ interested in biochemistry research โฆ majoring in statistics.
ROXY WHEATON'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
Year | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
2018 | 31 | 7 | 15 | .467 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
2019 | 31 | 14 | 45 | .311 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 8 |
2020 | 21 | 14 | 36 | .389 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 1 |
Totals | 83 | 35 | 96 | .365 | 44 | 33 | 15 | 12 |