2024 Men's Water Polo Roster
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Brinkema, Bode
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Jersey Number 12
Bode Brinkema
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- San Juan Capistrano, Calif.
- High School:
- JSerra Catholic HS
Bio
UCLA Career Highlights
โข UCLA Student-Athleteย of the Week (Sept 18, 2024)
โข 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 23 of 28 games โฆ scored 16 goals on 36 attempts, converting at a 44.4 percent rate โฆ was ninth on the team in total points (39) with 23 assists (seventh on the team) โฆ scored a season- and career-high three goals in a win vs. No. 20 California Baptist University (Sept. 16) โฆ he scored at least one goal in 10 of the 23 games he played, including five multiple-goal games, and one game with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in three straight games two times (Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, Sept. 27 to Sept. 28) โฆ was third on the team in steals (22) and recorded one field block โฆ also drew four exclusions.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo as a utility and three-year letterwinner in swimming at JSerra Catholic High School โฆ named First-Team All-CIF twice and All-League in water polo โฆ named an All-American in the 100 free and the 50 free โฆ scored five goals in the title game to help JSerra HS win the 2023 CIF-SS Open Division โฆ placed first in the 50 free (20.73) at the 2023 Trinity League Finals โฆ played club water polo for Mission Water Polo Club โฆ also a member of Team USA Water Polo โฆ named MVP of the U19 Pan-Am Aquatics Championships after scoring 16 goals in six games and winning gold โฆ scored twice in the gold-medal match where Team USA placed firstย at the 2023 Pan American U17 Championships in Brazil.
Personal:
Full name: Boden Stevens Brinkema, prefers Bode โฆ born in Newport Beach, Calif. โฆ parents are Kristin Brinkema and Lisa Stevens โฆ has one younger sister, Berit (17) โฆ chose UCLA โBecause I knew it would be the best place for me, specifically for water polo and the amazing academics at the University.โ โฆ believes that โUCLA is the place I will grow as a person, student, and a player.โ โฆ greatest athletic thrill is playing Newport in the CIF finals his senior year after losing to them the year before โฆ athletes he admires most are the late Kobe Bryant and Michael Phelps โฆ enjoys the outdoors, but specifically surfing, camping, fishing, spearfishing, backpacking, and snowboarding โฆ his interesting fact is that he can knit and sew and has three dogs โฆ major is undeclared.
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โข UCLA Student-Athleteย of the Week (Sept 18, 2024)
โข 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in 23 of 28 games โฆ scored 16 goals on 36 attempts, converting at a 44.4 percent rate โฆ was ninth on the team in total points (39) with 23 assists (seventh on the team) โฆ scored a season- and career-high three goals in a win vs. No. 20 California Baptist University (Sept. 16) โฆ he scored at least one goal in 10 of the 23 games he played, including five multiple-goal games, and one game with a hat trick โฆ scored at least one goal in three straight games two times (Sept. 9 to Sept. 14, Sept. 27 to Sept. 28) โฆ was third on the team in steals (22) and recorded one field block โฆ also drew four exclusions.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in water polo as a utility and three-year letterwinner in swimming at JSerra Catholic High School โฆ named First-Team All-CIF twice and All-League in water polo โฆ named an All-American in the 100 free and the 50 free โฆ scored five goals in the title game to help JSerra HS win the 2023 CIF-SS Open Division โฆ placed first in the 50 free (20.73) at the 2023 Trinity League Finals โฆ played club water polo for Mission Water Polo Club โฆ also a member of Team USA Water Polo โฆ named MVP of the U19 Pan-Am Aquatics Championships after scoring 16 goals in six games and winning gold โฆ scored twice in the gold-medal match where Team USA placed firstย at the 2023 Pan American U17 Championships in Brazil.
Personal:
Full name: Boden Stevens Brinkema, prefers Bode โฆ born in Newport Beach, Calif. โฆ parents are Kristin Brinkema and Lisa Stevens โฆ has one younger sister, Berit (17) โฆ chose UCLA โBecause I knew it would be the best place for me, specifically for water polo and the amazing academics at the University.โ โฆ believes that โUCLA is the place I will grow as a person, student, and a player.โ โฆ greatest athletic thrill is playing Newport in the CIF finals his senior year after losing to them the year before โฆ athletes he admires most are the late Kobe Bryant and Michael Phelps โฆ enjoys the outdoors, but specifically surfing, camping, fishing, spearfishing, backpacking, and snowboarding โฆ his interesting fact is that he can knit and sew and has three dogs โฆ major is undeclared.
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| Bode Brinkema's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2024 | 23 | 16 | 36 | .444 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 23 | 16 | 36 | .444 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 4 |
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