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2024 NCAA Champions
Photo by: Ross Turteltaub
UCLA Bench Celebration vs. Stanford
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
2024 UCLA Women's Water Polo Seniors
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2024 UCLA WWP Seniors
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UCLA Team Huddle
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UCLA Team Photo after Marist game
Photo by: Minette Rubin
UCLA Athletics - 2023 UCLA Women's Water Polo versus the University of Southern California Trojans, Sunset Recreational Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
April 22nd, 2023
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UCLA Huddle vs. California in MPSF Third-Place Game at San Jose State
Sydney Chiang
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Sydney Chiang
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Sydney Chiang
Jersey Number 1

Sydney Chiang

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • High School:
    Temple City HS
  • Hometown:
    Temple City, Calif.
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
โ€ข 3-time ACWPC All-Academic (Superior 2021, 2022, 2023)
โ€ข 3-time Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll (2021, 2022, 2023)

โ€ข 9-timeย UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Winter 2023, Spring 2023)

2023
Registered 70 saves (8.65 per game) and three steals in 14 games played (six starts) โ€ฆ was 6-0 on the year in the cage โ€ฆ also had a goals against average of 6.42 on the year (52 goals allowed in 32.375 quarters played) โ€ฆ collected a season-high nine saves in a win over No. 18 UC San Diego (Feb. 4) at the UCSD Triton Invitational.

2022
Registered 41 saves (8.96 per game), seven steals, and one assist in 10ย games played (two starts) โ€ฆ was 1-1 on the year in the cageย โ€ฆ also had a goals against average of 6.56 on the year (30 goals allowed in 18.3 quarters played) โ€ฆ collected a season- and career-high-tying 10 saves (in just three quarters of relief action) in a win over Santa Clara (Feb. 12) at the UCSD Tritonย Invitational.

2021
Registered three saves (12.0 per game) in one gameย played (played one quarter) โ€ฆ surrendered one goal in that quarter in a win at No. 11 Fresno State (Feb. 14).

HIGH SCHOOL
Sydney Chiang lettered in water polo all four years as a goalkeeper and for three years as a setter on the volleyball team at Temple City High School โ€ฆ first-team All-Rio Hondo League for three years (2018-20) โ€ฆ named Rio Hondo League MVP as a senior in 2020 โ€ฆ TCHS water polo Team MVP in 2020 and Female Athlete of the Year โ€ฆ first-team All-CIF as a senior โ€ฆ second-team All-Los Angeles County as a senior after recording 318 saves, 80 steals, 48 assists and scoring four goals โ€ฆ competed for the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club and had a second-place finish at the 16U Junior Olympics in 2019 โ€ฆ first-team USA Junior Olympics All-American in 2019 โ€ฆ USA Water Polo All-American in 2019.

PERSONAL
Full name: Sydney Chiang โ€ฆ born in Pasadena, Calif. โ€ฆ parents are Anna and Mike Chiang โ€ฆ has one younger brother, Miles, and an older sister, Camille โ€ฆ lists painting, traveling, and spending time with friends and family as things she likes to do in her free time โ€ฆ lists the late Kobe Bryant as the athlete she most admires โ€ฆ says she chose UCLA because, "... it was my dream school growing up, the academic rigor, and the high-level competitive water polo." โ€ฆ says her greatest athletic thrill was, "Winning Rio Hondo League Championship in high school for water polo senior year." โ€ฆ majoring in psychology.
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SYDNEY CHIANG'S CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP/GS QP SV GA GAA MP
2021 1/0 1.0 3 1 4.00 8:00
2022 10/2 18.3 41 30 6.56 146:24
2023 14/6 32.4 70 52 6.42 259:00
Totals 25/8 51.7 114 83 6.42 413:24
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