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2024 Triton Men's Water Polo Roster

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Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
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Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego

5 Rhys Bugelli

  • Position Utility
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown La Jolla, Calif.
  • High School La Jolla
  • Major Aerospace Engineering
  • College Warren

Biography

MEDIA
Feature story (Oct. 5, 2024)
Postgame interview (Nov. 14, 2024)

ACADEMIC AWARDS
• Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025)
• Four-time ACWPC All-Academic (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District (2025, 2023, 2022)
• Big West Fall Academic All-Conference (2023)
• WWPA All-Academic (2022)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
• All-Big West Coaches' Preseason Team (2023)
• All-WWPA Second Team (2022)
• WWPA Player of the Week (Sept. 28, 2022)
• UCU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 5, 2022)

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
• Sept. 9, 2021 vs. Concordia: 2 goals, 2 shots, win 19-4

AS A SENIOR IN 2024
Team captain ... ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Big West Fall Academic All-Conference ... CSC Academic All-District.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Team captain ... Triton Athletes' Council team representative ... All-Big West Coaches' Preseason Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Fall All-Academic Team ... Played in all 30 games ... Finished with 60 points on 33 goals and 27 assists, all of which ranked fifth on the team ... His 27 drawn exclusions ranked second among Tritons ... Also had 22 steals.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
All-WWPA Second Team ... CSC Academic All-District ... ACWPC All-Academic ... WWPA All-Academic ... Earned first career WWPA Player of the Week Award (Sept. 28) after totaling 11 points on nine goals and two assists over four matches at the MPSF Invitational ... Named the University Credit Union Athlete of the Week (Sept. 5) after totaling 14 points on 10 goals and four assists over four games during the Triton Invitational ... Serves as a Triton Athletes' Council team representative.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
ACWPC All-Academic ... Saw time in 20 of 24 games ... Finished with eight goals and four assists for 12 points ... Totaled a season-high four points with three goals and an assist against Fresno Pacific (Oct. 29) ... Had three points on a goal and a pair of assists vs. Concordia at the WWPA Championship ... Triton Athletes' Council team representative.

CLUB
• A member of the La Jolla United Water Polo Club from 2017-21

HIGH SCHOOL
• A 2021 graduate of La Jolla High School
• Two-time All-CIF First Team honoree
• Helped lead the Vikings to a second-place finish at 2017 CIF Open Division championship
• Also participated in swimming all four years

PERSONAL
Born: Dec. 9 in Santa Barbara, Calif.
Parents: Both parents rowed for the University of San Diego
Siblings: Younger brother Finn is a sophomore center for the Tritons ... Has two older sisters, Bennett, who was an All-American goalkeeper for the UC San Diego women's water polo team, and Jensine, who played at UC Irvine
Major: Aerospace engineering
College: Warren College
Future plans: Join the aerospace industry somewhere in California
Most memorable water polo moment: Blocking a shot with one hand after his team's goalie was excluded
Most memorable UC San Diego moment: Watching As Above So Below in a hotel room with my teammates during a tournament
Favorite athlete: Finn Bugelli
Hobbies: Surfing, woodworking
Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Listens to: The Beach Boys, ABBA
Favorite food: Lasagna
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals 5 at Cal 9/10/22
Assists 3 5 times 11/9/23 vs. Biola
Points 6 3 times 10/13/23 at Cal State Fullerton
Shots 7 2 times 10/29/22 at LMU
Steals 4 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/13/22
Field Blocks 2 vs. Westcliff 11/14/24
Drawn Exclusions 5 at Cal 9/10/22
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP G A P Sh. Sh. % EX DEX STL FB
2023 30 33 27 60 78 .423 32 27 22 4
2022 24 50 14 64 100 .500 21 24 24 6
2021 20 8 4 12 16 .500 6 1 3 1
Totals 74 91 45 136 194 .469 59 25 52 11

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2021Freshman

    Utility
    6'0" 170 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2022Sophomore

    Utility
    6'1" 0 lbs
    15
  • 15

    2023Junior

    Attacker
    6'1" 0 lbs
    15
  • 5
    C

    2024Senior

    Utility
    6'1" 180 lbs
    5
    C

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