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2024 Triton Men's Water Polo Roster

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Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Andrew Fischer/UC San Diego
David Bernal/UC San Diego

10 Matthew Wastila

  • Position Attacker
  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Coronado, Calif.
  • High School Coronado
  • Major Real Estate & Development
  • College Warren

Biography

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

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
• Sept. 3, 2022 vs. La Verne: 1 goal, 1 assist, 1 steal, 4 shots 

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Fall Academic All-Conference ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023 
ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Fall All-Academic Team ... Played in 24 of 30 games ... Finished with 16 points on nine goals and seven assists ... Against Occidental (Sept. 23) set career-highs with his first hat trick and added an assist for four points ...  Tallied two assists and a goal against San Jose State (Sept. 30) ... Netted a goal and assisted on another against Cal Lutheran (Sept. 9) ... Put together a four-game point-scoring streak between Oct. 13 and Oct. 29.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN IN 2022
ACWPC All-Academic ... WWPA All-Academic ... Played in 26 games and recorded 17 points on nine goals and eight assists ... Netted a career-high two goals against UC Davis in the WWPA title game ... Assisted on two goals against Austin College (Oct. 7).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Redshirt.

CLUB
• Competed as a member of Coronado Aquatics Club and La Jolla United
• Guided team to 2020 Turbo Cup Champions
• 2019 Commerce International Champions
• Helped team to the 2018 ODP Cadet National Championship and 2018 Hawai‘i Invitational Championship 

HIGH SCHOOL
• A 2021 graduate of Coronado High School ... Named team's MVP in 2021 ... Selected to the 2019-20 San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team .... Two time USA Water Polo Academic All-American ... Two time CIF All-Academic honoree ... Earned the Love of the Game Award (2019) ... Most Improved Player in 2018 ... Coaches' Award winner in 2017 ... Also participated on the swim team.

PERSONAL
Born: June 7 in Coronado, Calif.
Parents: Father rowed for Cal
Siblings: Has an older sister who competes in equestrian at UCLA as well as a younger brother
Relatives: Uncle Derek played basketball at UC San Diego and grandfather George played football at Wisconsin
Major: Real Estate and Development with a minor in Digital Arts
Minor: Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts
College: Warren
Future plans: Attend graduate school for an MBA
Most memorable water polo moment: Winning the ODP National Championship at the cadet level in 2018
Most memorable UC San Diego moment: Scoring two goals in the 2022 WWPA Championship game
Hobbies: Offshore fishing, bowling, golf
Roots for: Los Angeles Clippers, San Diego Padres, San Diego Gulls
Favorite athlete: Paul George
Favorite movie: Oppenheimer
Favorite food: Italian or Mexican
Top social media outlet: Instagram
Did you know: He's left-handed
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals 3 vs. Occidental 9/23/23
Assists 2 5 times 10/26/24 vs. Whittier
Points 4 vs. Occidental 9/23/23
Shots 8 vs. Westcliff 11/14/24
Steals 2 8 times 9/7/24 vs. Bucknell
Field Blocks 1 2 times 11/20/22 vs. UC Davis
Drawn Exclusions 2 vs. Occidental 9/23/23
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP G A P Sh. Sh. % EX DEX STL FB
2023 24 9 7 16 17 .529 5 3 6 0
2022 26 9 8 17 19 .474 4 0 2 2
Totals 50 18 15 33 36 .500 9 3 8 2

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2021Freshman

    Utility
    6'2" 220 lbs
    19
  • 12

    2022Redshirt Freshman

    Utility
    6'2" 0 lbs
    12
  • 10

    2023Sophomore

    Attacker
    6'3" 0 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2024Junior

    Attacker
    6'3" 200 lbs
    10

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