UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ACWPC All-Academic Team member (Excellent – 2026)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll member (2026)
• 6-time Athletic Director's Honor Roll member (last Winter 2026)
2026
Played in one of 26 games … totaled one goal on one shot attempt (100.0%) … qualified for ACWPC All-Academic team, earning “Excellent” designation … earned spot on Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll ... scored first goal of career in 15-4 win against No. 11 Harvard (March 21) … named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for Fall 2025, Winter 2026 and Spring 2026.
2025
Redshirted the season ... 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, a three-time letterwinner in water polo, and a two-time letterwinner in surfing at Newport Harbor High School … was a two-time NISCA All-American (2023 and 2024) … also named First-Team All-CIF Southern Section, Sunset League MVP, and First-Team All-Sunset League in 2024 … played club at Newport Beach Water Polo … named USAWP Academic All-American in 2022-23 … member of the U.S. Women's Youth National Team … helped lead team to a gold medal at the Pan-American Aquatics U17 Championships in 2023.
PERSONAL
Full name: Ryan Rae Chalupnik … born in Newport Beach, Calif. … parents are Bekki and Jim Chalupnik … has a younger sister, Rory … decided to attend UCLA because of the academics and team culture … describes greatest athletic thrill as “winning the Junior Olympics and the CIF Southern Section Open Division title in the same year.” … lists Kaleigh Gilchrist as the athlete she admires most … major is pre-psychology with a career objective of becoming a sports therapist.
| RYAN CHALUPNIK'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| YEAR | GAMES | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2025 | Redshirted | |||||||
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |