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Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

upset victory over Newport Harbor to win the CIF title in 2018 … registered six goals for the Wolverines’ in an 11-9 overtime league win to eventually clinch the Mission League title in 2018 … earned most valuable player in the 2019 18U Super Finals with LA Premier. Personal Full name: Ethan Nien Zu Shipman … born in Fullerton, Calif. … his parents are John and Ying Shipman … has an older brother, Wade … says he chose UCLA because he felt he could ful ll both his academic and athletic potential best at UCLA … describes his greatest athletic thrill as “beating a shot blocker” … lists the late Kobe Bryant as the athlete he admires most … lists snowboarding and spear shing as his hobbies … will major in psychology.

CHASEN TRAVISANO

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6-2 / Senior Attacker Glendora, Calif. Damien HS

2019 Played in 16 matches, making two starts … named to the MPSF All-Academic Team … made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in all three quarters (fall, winter, and spring) for the rst time in his career … scored in seven of the 16 games he played in, including two goals scored in wins over No. 8 Cal (Nov. 2) and Penn State Behrend (Nov. 22) … also made the game-clinching steal with 0:25 to go to seal the Bruins’ 10-9 win over Cal (Nov. 2) … nished the season with nine goals on 32 shots, converting at a 28.1 percent rate … nished tied for third on the team in assists (17) … added seven steals, seven eld blocks and ve exclusions drawn.

2018 Played in 28 matches, making ve starts … named to the MPSF All-Academic team … made the Director’s Honor Roll in the fall and winter quarters ... scored 20 goals (seventh on the team) on 56 attempts, converting at a 35.7 percent rate … scored a season-high three goals in an 18-1 win over Penn State Behrend (Nov. 16) in the rst round of the MPSF Championship … he scored at least one goal in 14 of the 25 games he played, including six multiple goal games, which included a season-best streak of ve consecutive games (to end the year) with at least one goal … also had 15 assists (third on the team), 16 steals (tied for fth on the team), four eld blocks and four earned exclusions while nishing second on the team in sprints won with nine. 2017 Played in 25 matches, making 13 starts … made the Director’s Honor Roll in the winter quarter ... scored 26 goals (1.04 gpg) to rank 5th on the team and 23rd in the MPSF on 64 attempts, converting at a 40.6 percent rate … scored a season- and career-high four goals in a 14-8 win over No. 11 Princeton (Sept. 10) … he scored at least one goal in 15 of the 25 games he played, including eight multiple goal games, which included a personal-best stretch of eight consecutive games with at least one goal … also had 28 assists (third on the team), 10 steals, three eld blocks and one earned exclusion while nishing third on the team in sprints won with eight. High School/Club Was a four-year letterwinner for the Spartans and earned three letters in swimming as a sprinter … he scored 315 goals in high school and broke Damien High School’s and Baseline League’s single-season record in assists with 96 in 2015 … registered 254 assists in his career and tallied 63 goals and had 52 assists as a freshman, 74 goals and 50 assists as a sophomore, 100 goals and 96 assists as a junior and 79 goals and 56 assists as a senior … his team’s won two Baseline League titles (2015-16) and one Sierra League Championship (2013) … was a four-time rst team All-League selection and was named rst team All-CIF Southern Section in 2015 and 2016 … also named second team All-CIF SS in 2014 and to the third team in 2013 … led the Spartans in scoring and assists his senior year and was named Damien HS’s Most Valuable Player while being selected as a third team All-American … named DHS’s Offensive Player of the Year as a junior while being selected as a sixth team All-American … as a freshman, he was named the San Gabriel Valley Newcomer of the Year and Damien’s Rookie of the Year … played his club ball for Foothill Water Polo Club … was a rst team All-American as the winner of Junior Olympics 10U Platinum Division in 2010 and as a silver medalist in 12U in 2011 … named a rst team All-American as a silver medalist at the 14U Junior Olympics in 2012 and as a bronze medalist in 16U in 2013 … was a second team AllAmerican as his team nished 6th at the 18U Junior Olympics in 2015 … was also named a 2016 Academic All-American … was a member of the USA Men’s Cadet National Team in 2014 and 2015 and the Men’s Developmental National Team in 2013 and 2012 … in swimming, Damien HS won the CIF Division II Championship in 2016 with Travisano placing fourth in the 100 Meter Freestyle and 200 Meter Freestyle races. Personal Full name: Chasen John Travisano … born in Pasadena, Calif. … his parents are Chris and Wendy Travisano … has one younger brother, Tyler, one older sister, Tara and one younger sister, Ellie … his aunt, Karen Kosch, attended UCLA … lists Kobe Bryant and Michael Phelps as the athletes he most admires … lists playing basketball and going to the beach and hanging with friends as his favorite hobbies … says he chose to attend UCLA because, “it offered the best mix of academics, athletics, location, team and coaching staff” … majoring in business/economics. Career Statistics Year GP/GS G ATT PCT AST STL BLK EE 2017 25/13 26 64 .406 28 10 3 1 2018 28/5 20 56 .357 15 16 4 4 2019 16/2 9 32 .281 17 7 7 5 Totals 69/20 55 152 .362 60 33 14 10

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