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2024 Women's Water Polo Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego
Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego

5 Lauren Bellavia

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Dana Point, Calif.
  • High School Dana Hills
  • Major Human Biology
  • College Muir

Biography

ACADEMIC AWARDS
• Two-time Big West Spring Academic (2024, 2022)
Three-time ACWPC All-Academic (2024, 2023, 2022)
• Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023)

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
1/23/22 vs. Princeton: 10-9 win

AS A SENIOR IN 2024
ACWPC All-Academic (Excellent) ... Big West Spring Academic ... Saw time in 27 of the team's 30 contests ... Finished with 12 points on seven goals and five assists ... Established a career-high with three assists against Ottawa (1/20) in the first game of the season.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (With Honors) ... ACWPC All-Academic (Excellent) ... Over 30 games collected nine points on seven goals and a pair of assists ... Also had 16 drawn exclusions and 11 steals ... Multiple points on three occasions ... Had a season-best two goals vs. Bucknell (1/21) ... Her three steals against Bucknell are a career-high ... Also had two points with a goal and an assist vs. Cal State Fullerton (3/17).

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
ACWPC All-Academic (Superior) ... Big West Spring All-Academic ... Finished with nine goals, two assists, and four steals ... Contributed a career-high three goals and a career-high two steals as well as her first career assist against Whittier (2/19) ... Scored her first goal for UC San Diego against Pomona-Pitzer (1/29) ... Had three consecutive multi-goal performances against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (two goals, 2/19), Whittier (three goals, 2/19), and UCLA (two goals, 2/25).

AS A SOPHOMORE AT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE IN 2021
Season canceled.

AS A FRESHMAN AT GOLDEN WEST COLLEGE IN 2020
First Team All-America ... First Team All-Orange Empire Conference ... First Team SoCal Region ... Scored 119 goals in 29 games. 

CLUB
• Played for Laguna Beach Water Polo Club (2012-16) and SET Water Polo Club (2016-20).

HIGH SCHOOL 
A 2019 graduate of Dana Hills in Dana Point, Calif. ... Team was CIF D4 runner-up Finalist and South Coast League runner-up in 2019 ... Selected as Team MVP and received Coach's Award twice ... Scored 99 goals as team captain in senior season ... Named First Team All-South Coast League in 2018 and 2019 and Second Team All-South Coast League in 2017 ... A First Team All-CIF selection in 2019 ... Also a member of the swim team.

PERSONAL 
Born: Aug. 7 in Laguna Hills, Calif.
Major: Human biology
College: Muir
Future plans: Attend medical school and become a surgeon
Top water polo moment: Playing in CIF finals
Top UC San Diego moment: Going to Hawai‘i for the Big West tournament
Hobbies: Piano, violin, going to the beach
Roots for: LA Rams, Lakers, Dodgers
Favorite movie: Star Wars
Favorite athletes: Amanda Longan, Kobe Bryant
Listens to: Maroon 5
Favorite food: Sushi and pasta
Fun fact: Has dual citizenship in Italy and the United States 

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals 3 vs. Whittier 2/19/22
Assists 3 vs. Ottawa 1/20/24
Points 4 vs. Whittier 2/19/22
Shots 3 5 times 3/1/24 vs. La Verne
Steals 3 vs. Bucknell 1/29/23
Field Blocks 0 - -
Drawn Exclusions 4 vs. Princeton 1/28/23
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP G A P Sh. Sh. % EX DEX STL FB
2024 27 7 5 12 25 .280 6 4 5 0
2023 30 7 2 9 22 .318 8 16 11 0
2022 19 9 2 11 17 .529 2 0 4 0
Totals 76 23 9 32 64 .359 16 20 20 0

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Historical Player Information

  • 5

    2022Sophomore

    Attacker
    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2023Junior

    5'6"
    5
  • 5

    2024Senior

    5'6"
    5

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