2025 Women's Water Polo Roster

UCLA Athletics - 2025 UCLA Women's Water Polo Media Day portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
November 13th, 2024
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Jersey Number 18

Ryan Chalupnik

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    5-3
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Newport Harbor HS
  • Hometown:
    Newport Beach, Calif.

HIGH SCHOOL
Ryan Chalupnik 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 โ€ฆ was a two-time NISCA All-American (2023 and 2024) โ€ฆ also named First-Team All-CIF Southern Section, Sunset League MVP, and First-Team All-Sunset League in 2024 โ€ฆ played club at Newport Beach Water Polo โ€ฆ named USAWP Academic All-American in 2022-23 โ€ฆ member of the U.S. Women's Youth National Team โ€ฆ helped lead team to a gold medal at the Pan-American Aquatics U17 Championships in 2023.ย 

PERSONAL
Full name: Ryan Rae Chalupnik โ€ฆ born in Newport Beach, Calif. โ€ฆ parents are Bekki and Jim Chalupnik โ€ฆ has a younger sister, Roryย โ€ฆ decided to attend UCLA because of the academics and team culture โ€ฆ describes greatest athletic thrill as โ€œwinning the Junior Olympics and the CIF Southern Section Open Division title in the same year.โ€ โ€ฆ lists Kaleigh Gilchrist as the athlete she admires most โ€ฆ major is psychology with a career objective of becoming a sports therapist.ย 

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