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Jersey Number 11
Ethan Shipman
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Harvard-Westlake School
UCLA CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Excellent- 2020)
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2021)
• Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2021, Spring 2021)
2021
Played in the first seven games of the season … finished the season with two goals on seven shots, converting at a 28.6 percent rate … scored a goal in the season-opening win over Biola (Sept. 4) and one in a win over No. 14 California Baptist University (Sept. 5) … also recorded seven assists, four steals, four field blocks and drew one exclusion on the year.
2020
Played in four games … finished the season with one goal on seven shots, converting at a 14.3 percent rate … scored his lone goal in a loss to No. 4 USC (Feb. 21) … also recorded two assists and two steals on the year.
High School/Club
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo at Harvard Westlake High School under coach Brian Flacks … earned Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first-team honors in 2019 … named to All-CIF Southern Section Division I team in 2018 helped the Wolverines to back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division I titles in 2018 and 2019 … found the back of the net in the first quarter of the Wolverine’s eventual 6-4 title victory over Newport Harbor to win the CIF title in 2019 … scored a goal in the second half of Harvard Westlake’s 5-3 upset victory over Newport Harbor to win the CIF title in 2018 … registered six goals for the Wolverines’ in an 11-9 overtime league win to eventually clinch the Mission League title in 2018 … earned most valuable player in the 2019 18U Super Finals with LA Premier.
Personal
Full name: Ethan Nien Zu Shipman … born in Fullerton, Calif. … his parents are John and Ying Shipman … has an older brother, Wade … says he chose UCLA because he felt he could fulfill both his academic and athletic potential best at UCLA … describes his greatest athletic thrill as “beating a shot blocker” … lists the late Kobe Bryant as the athlete he admires most … lists snowboarding and spearfishing as his hobbies … has yet to declare a major.
• ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Excellent- 2020)
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2021)
• Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2021, Spring 2021)
2021
Played in the first seven games of the season … finished the season with two goals on seven shots, converting at a 28.6 percent rate … scored a goal in the season-opening win over Biola (Sept. 4) and one in a win over No. 14 California Baptist University (Sept. 5) … also recorded seven assists, four steals, four field blocks and drew one exclusion on the year.
2020
Played in four games … finished the season with one goal on seven shots, converting at a 14.3 percent rate … scored his lone goal in a loss to No. 4 USC (Feb. 21) … also recorded two assists and two steals on the year.
High School/Club
Was a four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo at Harvard Westlake High School under coach Brian Flacks … earned Los Angeles Daily News All-Area first-team honors in 2019 … named to All-CIF Southern Section Division I team in 2018 helped the Wolverines to back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division I titles in 2018 and 2019 … found the back of the net in the first quarter of the Wolverine’s eventual 6-4 title victory over Newport Harbor to win the CIF title in 2019 … scored a goal in the second half of Harvard Westlake’s 5-3 upset victory over Newport Harbor to win the CIF title in 2018 … registered six goals for the Wolverines’ in an 11-9 overtime league win to eventually clinch the Mission League title in 2018 … earned most valuable player in the 2019 18U Super Finals with LA Premier.
Personal
Full name: Ethan Nien Zu Shipman … born in Fullerton, Calif. … his parents are John and Ying Shipman … has an older brother, Wade … says he chose UCLA because he felt he could fulfill both his academic and athletic potential best at UCLA … describes his greatest athletic thrill as “beating a shot blocker” … lists the late Kobe Bryant as the athlete he admires most … lists snowboarding and spearfishing as his hobbies … has yet to declare a major.
| Ethan Shipman's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .143 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 | 7 | .286 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Totals | 11 | 3 | 14 | .214 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
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