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2025 Triton Men's Water Polo Roster

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

12 Bennett Axline

  • Position Utility
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 225
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rancho Bernardo, Calif.
  • High School Cathedral Catholic
  • Major Business Economics
  • College Sixth

Biography

MEDIA
Postgame Interview (Nov. 9, 2023)

ACADEMIC AWARDS
• Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2025)
• Two-time ACWPC All-Academic (2024, 2023)
• Big West Fall Academic All-Conference (2023)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
• ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention (2024)
All-Big West Honorable Mention (2024)
• Big West Preseason Coaches' Team (2024)
• ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention (2023)
• All-Big West Second Team (2023)
• Two-time UCU Athlete of the Week (Oct. 30, 2024, Nov. 20, 2023)
• WWPA Freshman of the Year (2022)
• WWPA All-Freshman Team (2022)

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
• Sept. 3, 2022 vs. La Verne: 3 goals

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention ... All-Big West Honorable Mention ... Big West Preseason Coaches' Team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll ... ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Fall Academic All-Conference ... UCU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 30) ... Played in 28 of 29 games ... Finished with 40 points on 39 goals and one assist ... His goal total was third on the roster ... His 74 shots were fourth on the team ... Led the Tritons with 62 drawn exclusions ... Scored in all but seven games ... Nine multiple goal games ... Season high five goals in the season opener vs. UC Merced ... Had a season long seven game scoring streak.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention ... All-Big West Second Team ... ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Fall All-Academic Team ... UCU Athlete of the Week (Nov. 20) ... Played in all 30 games ... Led Tritons in goals with 59, shots with 116, and drawn exclusions with 83 ... In the Big West ranked fifth in goals, and sixth in goals/game (2.0) and steals (31) ... Scored in 25 of 30 games ... Multiple goals in 16 games ... Nine hat tricks ... Scored a career-best six goals against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Sept. 10).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
WWPA Freshman of the Year ... WWPA All-Freshman Team ... Played in all 27 games ... Third on the team with 44 goals ... Led the Tritons with 56 drawn exclusions.

CLUB
• Del Mar

HIGH SCHOOL
• 2022 graduate of Cathedral Catholic in San Diego
• First Team All-CIF San Diego Section
• CIF Open Division Championship MVP

PERSONAL
Born: Oct. 20 in Indianapolis, Ind.
Parents: Father swam for Ohio State and mother played softball for Ohio State
Siblings: A younger brother and a younger sister
Family fact: Uncle J.J. Putz played professional baseball with the Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox, and Arizona Diamondbacks
Major: Business Economics
College: Sixth
Favorite water polo memory: Scoring three goals, the first of his career, against LMU in the 2022 home opener
Future plans: Pursue a career in business
Cheers for: LA Dodgers
Favorite athlete: Nikola Jokic
Favorite movie: Stand by Me
Listens to: Drake, Stick figure, Fred Again
Favorite food: Gyros
Hobbies: Surfing, Yoga
Top social outlet: Instagram
Did you know: Has hiked Half Dome in Yosemite National Park
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals 6 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9/10/23
Assists 1 10 times 10/11/24 at UC Irvine
Points 6 at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 9/10/23
Shots 8 2 times 10/25/24 at Long Beach State
Steals 4 at Concordia 9/29/23
Field Blocks 1 10 times 11/10/24 at Stanford
Drawn Exclusions 8 vs. UC Davis 11/20/22
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP G A P Sh. Sh. % EX DEX STL FB
2024 28 39 1 40 74 .527 13 62 12 4
2023 30 59 5 64 116 .509 23 83 31 3
2022 27 44 4 48 74 .595 16 56 5 3
Totals 85 142 10 152 264 .538 52 201 48 10

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2022Freshman

    Utility
    6'3" 0 lbs
    16
  • 12

    2023Sophomore

    Center
    6'3" 0 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2024Junior

    Utility
    6'3" 225 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2025Senior

    Utility
    6'3" 225 lbs
    12

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