โข ACWPC All-American (First Team - 2023)
โข Peter J. Cutino Award Finalistย (2023)
โข MPSF Player of the Yearย (2023)
โข All-MPSF (First Team - 2023)
โข NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team - 2023)
โข MPSF All-Tournament Team (2023)
โข 2-time MPSF Player of the Week (Sept. 25, 2023, Nov. 13, 2023)
โข UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 18-24, 2023)
โข ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Outstanding -ย 2023)
โข 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fallย 2023, Winter 2024)
Career Highlights (Long Beach State)
โข 3-time ACWPC All-American (First Team - 2021, 2022, Honorable Mention - 2019)
โข 2-time GCC Player of the Yearย (2021, 2022)
โข 3-time All-GCCย (First Team - 2019, 2021, 2022)
โข GCC All-Freshman Team (2019)
โข 2-time GCC All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022)
โข 2-time GCC Player of the Week (Nov. 21, 2019, Sept. 16, 2021)
โข 3-time GCC All-Academic Team (2020, 2021, 2022)
2023 (UCLA)
Played in 24 of 29 games โฆ scored 71 goals (led the team and the MPSF) on 123 attempts, converting at a 57.7 percent rate โฆ led the team in total points (94, fourth in the MPSF) while finishing with 21 assists โฆ tied his career high with seven goals in a win vs. No. 3 USC on Sept. 23 โฆ scored at least one goal in 22 of the 24 games he played, including 20 multiple-goal games โฆ scored at least one goal in the final seven games of the season (Nov. 11 - Dec. 3) and in the last 11 games he played in (Oct. 14 - Dec. 3), with nine of those games scoring at least two goals or more โฆ also registered 12 steals, seven drawn exclusions, and 12 field blocks, which ranked second on his team and fifth in the MPSFย โฆ was second on the team in Performance Indicator and eighth in the MPSF (102.4).
2022 (LBSU) -ย LBSU Statistics
Led both Long Beach State and the Golden Coast Conference with 73 goals (ranked tied for fourth in single-season history at LBSU) โฆ scored 192 goals at Long Beach State to finish his career fourth in program historyย โฆ was second on the Beach with 23 assists on the year, totaling a team-best 96ย total points โฆ also second on the team with 20 steals and in drawn exclusions (12) โฆย was the teamโs leading scorer in 13 games on the year โฆ scored a career-high seven goals in a 16-14 overtime loss to No. 2 California (Oct. 20), which tied for the most goals in a single-game for the Beach on the year.
2021 (LBSU) -ย LBSU Statistics
Led both Long Beach State and the Golden Coast Conference with 70 goals (ranked fifth in single-season history at LBSU) โฆ also led the Beach with 20 assists on the year, totaling 90 points โฆ tied forย the team lead with 20 steals and was third in drawn exclusions (16) โฆ helped lead LBSU to the GCC Tournament Championship โฆ was the teamโs leading scorer in 10 games on the year โฆ matched a then-career-high with six goals in a win over Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 11) and in a win against No. 10 Pepperdineย (Nov. 6).
2020 (LBSU)
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019 (LBSU) -ย LBSU Statistics
Appeared in 19 games his freshman year โฆ registered 49 goals (tied for 2nd on the team), and addedย 15 assists (5th on the team), and 15 steals (tied for 5th on the team) โฆ scored a then-career-high six goals in a 14-13 loss to No. 3 Stanford (Sept. 28) โฆ had 12 multi-goal games.
High School/Club
Named to Brazilian Senior National Team and won a gold medal at the South American Championship in Trujillo, Peru, in 2018 โฆ wonย bronze at the Pan American Championship in Lima, Peru, in 2019 โฆ also won a gold medal at the UANA Cup in Sao Paulo, Brazil โฆ was a two-time gold medalist with the Brazilian Junior National Team at theย UANA Pan American Junior Water Polo Championships (in Jamaica in 2015 and in Tampa, Fla., in 2018) โฆ was the top scorer of the tournament in 2018 and named MVP.
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Personal
Full Name: Rafael Saboya Vergara Realย โฆ born in Sao Paulo, Brazil โฆ parents are Leonardo Vergara Real and Luciana Saboya Vergara Real โฆ has an older brother Pedro (26) โฆ chose UCLA because โI believe UCLA has the best environment to develop as a playerโ โฆ greatest athletic achievement was winning the UANA Cup in a match against the United States in the final where they won in penalties because it was one of the few times Brazil had beaten the U.S. and the final was held in his hometown of Sao Pauloย โฆ admires Rafael Nadal and Felipe Perrone โฆ enjoys playing sports in his free time โฆ majoring in business economics.
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| Rafael Real Vergara's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2019 | 19 | 49 | 139 | .353 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 14 |
| 2021 | 28 | 70 | 162 | .432 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 16 |
| 2022 | 30 | 73 | 169 | .432 | 23 | 20 | 5 | 12 |
| 2023 | 24 | 71 | 123 | .577 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 7 |
| Totals | 101 | 263 | 593 | .444 | 79 | 67 | 26 | 49 |
