2025 Women's Water Polo Roster

Tali Stryker
Photo by: CARY QIAN
UCLA Athletics - 2025 UCLA Women's Water Polo Media Day portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
November 13th, 2024
Copyright Don Liebig/ASUCLA
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Jersey Number 21

Tali Stryker

  • Position:
    Attacker
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • High School:
    Miramonte HS
  • Hometown:
    Lafayette, Calif.

HIGH SCHOOL
Tali Stryker was a four-time letterwinner in swimming and water polo at Miramonte High School โ€ฆ named First-Team NISCA All-America (2023-24) and Third-Team NISCA All-America in (2022-23) in water polo โ€ฆnamed First-Team All-Diablo twice in water polo (junior and senior years) and her sophomore year in swimmingย  โ€ฆ received All-Diablo CO-MVP honors in 2024 โ€ฆ Second-Team All-Diablo selection for water polo during the 2021-22 seasonsย and in swimming during the 2023-24 seasonsย โ€ฆ played club for Lamorinda Water Polo Club โ€ฆ member of the 2022 USAWP ODP Womenโ€™s Cadet National Team.

PERSONAL
Full name: Natalie Ann Stryker, prefers Tali โ€ฆ born in Oakland, Calif. โ€ฆ parents are William and Candice Stryker โ€ฆ has two older brothers, Maxwellย and Williamย โ€ฆ decided to attend UCLA because of the team culture and academics โ€ฆย  lists Maddie Musselman, Stephen Curry, and Sabrina Ionescu as athletes she admires most โ€ฆ brother, Maxwell, played water polo at UC Davis, and brother, William is a current member of the UC Davis team โ€ฆ her father, William, and her uncle,ย Russell Stryker, played water polo at California โ€ฆ hobbies and interests include surfing, dogs, and playing beach volleyball โ€ฆ major is sociology with a career objective in medical device sales.ย 

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