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Jersey Number 5
Wade Sherlock
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Orange Lutheran HS
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
UCLA Career Highlights
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Superior - 2023; Excellent - 2024)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in all 28 games … was 10th on the team in scoring with 21 goals on 50 attempts, converting at a 42 percent rate … was sixth on the team in total points (56) with 35 assists (fourth on the team) … scored a season-high three goals two times on the year, in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Sept. 7) and in a loss vs. No. 3 USC (Nov. 24) … he scored at least one goal in 13 of the 28 games he played, including six multiple-goal games, and two games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in five straight games (Sept. 7 to Sept. 14) … was tied for sixth on the team in steals (13) and recorded four field blocks … also drew five exclusions.
2023
Played in all 29 games … scored 32 goals (tied for fourth on the team) on 60 attempts, converting at a 53.3 percent rate … finished with 50 total points (sixth on the team) and 18 assists … scored at least one goal in 20 of the 29 games he played, including seven multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in seven games in a row (Sept. 29 - Oct. 20), with one of those games scoring a hat trick … scored a career-high four goals in a win vs. No. 10 UC Irvine on Sept. 3 … also registered 10 steals, four field blocks, and eight drawn exclusions.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in both water polo and swimming at Orange Lutheran High School … named First-Team All-CIF in 2022 and a Division I CIF All-American … First-Team All-Trinity League in 2021 and 2022, and a Second-Team All-Trinity League selection in 2020 … played club water polo for the SoCal club team … team finished first in 18U Junior Olympics in 2022 and was second in 2023.
Personal
Full Name: Wade Carter Sherlock … born in Long Beach, Calif. … parents are Dave and Suzie Sherlock … has an older brother, Austin (24), an older sister, Ellie (20), and a younger sister, Avalon (16) … chose UCLA because “I just love the atmosphere and culture UCLA has and offers with education and athletics and decided that UCLA would be the best fit” … greatest athletic thrills were winning CIF Division 1 in 2022 and winning the Junior Olympics 18U in 2022 … athlete he admires most is the late Kobe Bryant … enjoys going to the beach, surfing, eating good food, and playing basketball with friends in his free time … lists a fun fact as "I am left handed but write with my right" … major is undeclared.
• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Superior - 2023; Excellent - 2024)
• 2-time MPSF All-Academic Team (2024)
• Big Ten Spring Academic Honor Roll (2024)
• 2-time UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Winter 2024, Spring 2025)
2024
Played in all 28 games … was 10th on the team in scoring with 21 goals on 50 attempts, converting at a 42 percent rate … was sixth on the team in total points (56) with 35 assists (fourth on the team) … scored a season-high three goals two times on the year, in a win vs. Concordia University Irvine (Sept. 7) and in a loss vs. No. 3 USC (Nov. 24) … he scored at least one goal in 13 of the 28 games he played, including six multiple-goal games, and two games with a hat trick … scored at least one goal in five straight games (Sept. 7 to Sept. 14) … was tied for sixth on the team in steals (13) and recorded four field blocks … also drew five exclusions.
2023
Played in all 29 games … scored 32 goals (tied for fourth on the team) on 60 attempts, converting at a 53.3 percent rate … finished with 50 total points (sixth on the team) and 18 assists … scored at least one goal in 20 of the 29 games he played, including seven multiple-goal games … scored at least one goal in seven games in a row (Sept. 29 - Oct. 20), with one of those games scoring a hat trick … scored a career-high four goals in a win vs. No. 10 UC Irvine on Sept. 3 … also registered 10 steals, four field blocks, and eight drawn exclusions.
High School/Club
Four-year letterwinner in both water polo and swimming at Orange Lutheran High School … named First-Team All-CIF in 2022 and a Division I CIF All-American … First-Team All-Trinity League in 2021 and 2022, and a Second-Team All-Trinity League selection in 2020 … played club water polo for the SoCal club team … team finished first in 18U Junior Olympics in 2022 and was second in 2023.
Personal
Full Name: Wade Carter Sherlock … born in Long Beach, Calif. … parents are Dave and Suzie Sherlock … has an older brother, Austin (24), an older sister, Ellie (20), and a younger sister, Avalon (16) … chose UCLA because “I just love the atmosphere and culture UCLA has and offers with education and athletics and decided that UCLA would be the best fit” … greatest athletic thrills were winning CIF Division 1 in 2022 and winning the Junior Olympics 18U in 2022 … athlete he admires most is the late Kobe Bryant … enjoys going to the beach, surfing, eating good food, and playing basketball with friends in his free time … lists a fun fact as "I am left handed but write with my right" … major is undeclared.
| Wade Sherlock's Career Statistics | ||||||||
| Year | GP | GOALS | SHOTS | PCT | AST | STL | FB | EE |
| 2023 | 29 | 32 | 60 | .533 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 8 |
| 2024 | 28 | 21 | 50 | .420 | 35 | 13 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals | 57 | 53 | 110 | .482 | 53 | 23 | 8 | 13 |
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