Tali Stryker Season 2025

UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team member (2025)
• MPSF Newcomer of the Week (April 22, 2025)
• ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Outstanding - 2026)
• MPSF All-Academic Team member (2026)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient (2026)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026)
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Spring 2026)

2026
Played in all 26 games … totaled 17 goals on 43 shot attempts (39.5%) … ranked among team leaders with 29 assists (third) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic Team, earning "Outstanding" designation ... member of MPSF All-Academic Team … Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award recipient ... earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... tallied game- and season-high five assists to help earn 15-5 victory against seventh-seeded Harvard in NCAA Championship quarterfinal round (April 24) … recorded two multi-goal games, including season-high four-goal performance in 18-7 victory against No. 6 Long Beach State at Brigitte Donner Daws Memorial Invitational (Jan. 25) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.

2025
Played in all 26 games … recorded 29 total points … collected 15 goals (tied for sixth on the team) and 14 assists (10th on the team) … drew three exclusions, had 10 steals (eighth on the team), and had eight field blocks (tied for third on the team) … notched a season-high three goals in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Jan. 31) … scored at least one goal in 13-of-26 games … went 21-13 in sprints on the year … had a season-best four consecutive games with at least one goal scored (Jan. 31 thru Feb. 2, scored in all four games of the Triton Invitational) … tallied one multi-goal game ... named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll for Fall 2024, Winter 2025 and Spring 2025.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
Was a four-time letterwinner in swimming and water polo at Miramonte High School … named First-Team NISCA All-America (2023-24) and Third-Team NISCA All-America in (2022-23) in water polo …named First-Team All-Diablo twice in water polo (junior and senior years) and her sophomore year in swimming  … received All-Diablo CO-MVP honors in 2024 … Second-Team All-Diablo selection for water polo during the 2021-22 seasons and in swimming during the 2023-24 seasons … played club for Lamorinda Water Polo Club … member of the 2022 USAWP ODP Women’s Cadet National Team.

PERSONAL
Full name: Natalie Ann Stryker, prefers Tali … born in Oakland, Calif. … parents are William and Candice Stryker … has two older brothers, Maxwell and William … decided to attend UCLA because of the team culture and academics …  lists Maddie Musselman, Stephen Curry, and Sabrina Ionescu as athletes she admires most … brother, Maxwell, played water polo at UC Davis, and brother, William is a current member of the UC Davis team … her father, William, and her uncle, Russell Stryker, played water polo at California … hobbies and interests include surfing, dogs, and playing beach volleyball … major is undeclared but has a career objective in medical device sales.