Player Pro les: Rossi/Saveljic

on a lake as his favorite hobbies … says he chose to attend UCLA because, “I wanted to partake in its scholastic experience and continue my water polo career at the next level. UCLA’s inclusive community and sunny environment is a perfect t for me. It’s also close enough for my family and friends to be able to attend my games. I would like to have a career involving some form of environmental science and UCLA has an amazing amount of minors and majors in that department” … has yet to declare a major. Career Statistics Year GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL BLK EE 2017 25/13 9 18 .500 2 6 1 2 2018 28/17 13 25 .520 7 14 4 17 Totals 53/30 22 43 .512 9 20 5 19

MAXIMO ROSSI

6-6 / Freshman Utility Laguna Beach, Calif. Mater Dei HS

Team USA Participated in the 2020 Olympic Development Boys Youth National Team Selection Camp for the Southern Paci c Zone. High School/Club Was a two-year varsity letterwinner in water polo and three-year letterwinner in swimming at Mater Dei High School … earned rst-team all-league, second-team all-CIF and thirdteam all-county during his senior season … played club water polo for Vanguard … was a member of the 18U team that nished second at Futures League … earned All-American honors at the 2019 Junior Olympics. Personal Full name: Maximo Basso Rossi … born in Berkeley, Calif. … his parents are Lisa and Mark … has a younger sister, Genoa, who currently plays water polo at Mater Dei HS … says he chose UCLA because of the opportunity to get a great education with the ability to play for one of the best programs in the country … lists his greatest athletic thrill as he was able to “sprint back to defense and block someone’s shot on a counter attack” … lists George Kittle and Nick Bosa as the athlete he admires most … lists playing beach volleyball and pick-up basketball as his hobbies … has yet to declare a major but aspires to pursue a career in either the medical eld or the FBI.

NICOLAS SAVELJIC

6-6 / Senior Attacker Kotor, Montenegro Maritime School Kotor

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2019 Played in 18 matches, making eight starts … collected second-team All-MPSF, MPSF All-Tournament Team, and MPSF All-Academic Team accolades… earned ACWPC AllAcademic “excellent” honors and earned the Maggie Gilbert Academic Perseverance Award (given to student-athletes who have shown tremendous growth throughout their academic career and demonstrated relentless perseverance and commitment to their academic endeavors) … made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters (fall, winter, and spring) for the rst time since his freshman year … found the back of the net a team-high four times in a 14-12 win over No. 6 Pepperdine (Sept. 21) … nished third on the team in scoring with 31 goals on 57 shots, converting at a 54.4 percent rate … scored in 14 of the 18 contests he played in, including in seven of the last eight games of the season … registered 10 multiple-goal games including four contests with a hat trick or more … logged a career-high ve goals in a 16-15 overtime loss to No. 1 Stanford in the semi nals of the MPSF Championship (Nov. 23) … nished second on the team in steals (22), which ranked tied for eighth in the MPSF … nished tied for rst on the team in eld blocks (10) and third in assists (17) … led the team in sprints won for the third consecutive season, going 21-6 on the year, which was good for fth-best in the league … also logged eight exclusions drawn. 2018 Played in 28 matches, making 14 starts … earned rst team All-America, second team All-MPSF, MPSF All-Tournament Team, and MPSF All-Academic accolades … made the Director’s Honor Roll during the winter quarter … was named MPSF/KAP7 Player of the Week on Nov. 5 after leading the Bruins to a home upset of No. 2 Stanford (Nov. 3) with a game-high and career-high-tying four goals, handing the Cardinal just its second loss of the year and its rst in MPSF play … Saveljic scored the eventual game-winning goal in the third period and scored three of the Bruins’ four goals in the second half (UCLA led 6-2 at the half) … he also had one assist, drew one exclusion and won the only sprint he swam … named the UCLA/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week on Sept. 11 after leading UCLA in scoring with 13 goals in ve games at the Princeton Invitational (Sept. 7-9) as the Bruins went undefeated to improve to 8-0 on the year … he scored at least one goal in every game, including tying his career high of four goals in wins over Wagner and at No. 13 Princeton … he also had a hat trick against Air Force and scored one goal each in wins over St. Francis Brooklyn and No. 17 Brown … Saveljic also recorded four steals, three eld blocks and two assists during the tournament … led the team in scoring with 51 goals (1.82 gpg) to rank ninth in the MPSF ... took 109 shots, converting at a 46.8 percent rate … also scored a season- and career-high-tying four goals in a 12-11 loss at No. 1 USC (Nov. 10) … he scored at least one goal in 22 of the 28 games he played, including 16 multiple goal games and had a season-best streak of 11 consecutive games with at least one goal … also had 24 steals (led the team for the second straight year), won 23 sprints (led the team for the second straight season), 10 assists, drew 11 exclusions (tied for fth on the team) and had nine eld blocks.

2017 Played in 24 matches, making 23 starts … earned second team All-America, second team All-NCAA Tournament and honorable mention All-MPSF accolades … made the Director’s Honor Roll all three quarters (fall, winter and spring) ... was named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week on Sept. 11 after scoring a total of 12 goals at the Princeton Invitational (four goals in a win over No. 11 Princeton, four goals in a win over No. 14 Brown, two goals in a win over No. 16 Bucknell, one goal in a win over No. 18 St. Francis Brooklyn and one goal in a win over No. 17 George Washington) ... also named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week on Sept. 18 after scoring four goals for the third-straight game in a win over No. 7 UC Santa Barbara, becoming the rst player in league history to ever win back-to-back Newcomer of the Week awards ... led the team in scoring with 45 goals (1.75 gpg) to rank fourth in the MPSF ... took 105 shots, converting at a 42.9 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high four goals in an 18-2 win over No. 14 Brown (Sept. 9, in a 14-8 win over No. 11 Princeton (Sept. 10) and in a 10-5 win over No. 7 UCSB (Sept. 15) …