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2022 Men's Water Polo Roster

Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego
David Bernal/UC San Diego
Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego
David Bernal/UC San Diego
David Bernal/UC San Diego
David Bernal/UC San Diego
Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego

4 Vedran Latkovic

  • Position Utility
  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kotor, Montenegro
  • High School Gimnasium Kotor
  • Major Psychology
  • College Sixth

Biography

MEDIA
Postgame Interview (10/21/22)

AS A SENIOR IN 2022
UC San Diego All Triton Scholar-Athlete Team selection. 

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR IN 2022
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention ... All-WWPA First Team ... All-WWPA Tournament Team ... UC San Diego All-Triton Scholar Athlete Team ... WWPA Player of the Week (10/27) ... Two-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (11/14, 11/7).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR IN 2021
All-WWPA Second Team ... WWPA Player of the Week (9/29) ... UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (9/6) ... Played in all 24 games, finishing with a team-high 69 points on 53 goals and 16 assists ... His 121 shots also led the Tritons, while his 14 steals ranked third ... Scored at least one goal in all but three games and netted multiple goals 16 times ... Racked up a season-best seven points with four goals and three assists against No. 5 Pepperdine in the second game of the season (9/4/21) ... Also had a pair of six-point games, one of those coming against San Jose State (9/26) with six goals ... Scored with 15 seconds remaining in the game to lift UC San Diego to a 14-13 win over LMU (9/22) ... Scored seven goals over three matches at the WWPA Championship ... Totaled six steals against California Baptist (10/15).

AS A JUNIOR IN 2020
Season canceled due to the pandemic.

AT GOLDEN WEST AND LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE
Won a State Championship with Golden West in 2017 and placed second in the State Championship in 2019 with Long Beach City College.

HIGH SCHOOL 
A 2017 graduate of Gimnasium Kotor in Kotor, Montenegro ... Played in Primorac Kotor ... Played on multiple national championship teams.

PERSONAL 
Born: May 20 in Kotor, Montenegro
Siblings: His brother Sreten played water polo for Long Beach State
Major: Psychology
College: Sixth
Future plans: Applying for an Optional Practical Training (OPT) visa.
Favorite water polo memories: Playing for the Montenegro National Team and playing in the World Championship Finals
Favorite UC San Diego memory: Hitting a buzzer-beater to defeat LMU
Roots for: Paris Saint Germain FC
Favorite Athlete: Novak Djokovic
Favorite food: Pasta
 
SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals 8 vs. UC Irvine 11/10/22
Assists 4 vs. Westcliff 10/7/22
Points 8 2 times 11/10/22 vs. UC Irvine
Shots 12 vs. UC Santa Barbara 9/4/22
Steals 6 vs. California Baptist 10/15/21
Field Blocks 2 2 times 10/8/22 at UCLA
Drawn Exclusions 2 3 times 9/24/22 vs. LMU
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP G A P Sh. Sh. % EX DEX STL FB
2022 27 79 22 101 165 .479 17 7 18 5
2021 24 53 16 69 121 .438 18 10 14 3
Totals 51 132 38 170 286 .462 35 17 32 8

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020Junior

    Utility
    6'2" 210 lbs
  • 4

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Utility
    6'2" 210 lbs
    4
  • 4

    2022Senior

    Utility
    6'2" 0 lbs
    4

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