Player Pro les: Makshanoff/Maurizi

LUKE MAKSHANOFF

6-7 / Redshirt Sophomore Defender San Clemente, Calif. San Clemente HS

UCLA Career Highlights

• 4-time UCLA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Winter 2022) 2021

Was on the team but didn’t see any action. 2020

Redshirted the season. Team USA

Participated in the Olympic Development Program’s training camps and was a member of the SOPAC Zone Red Team … was named to the ODP All-Star team. High School/Club

Was a three-year varsity letterwinner in water polo and swimming at San Clemente High School … helped the Tritons to three Sea View League titles in 2017, 2018 and 2019 … played a role in San Clemente’s second-place nish at the CIF Southern Section Division II Championship in 2019 and the eighth-place nish at the CIF Southern Section Division I Championship in 2018 … earned third-team All-CIF honors and second-team All-Sea View League honors … quali ed for the CIF-SS DI and competed in the 200 freestyle and 4x100 freestyle relay … played club water polo for San Clemente Tritons Water Polo Club and did club swimming with San Clemente Aquatics Club. Personal

Full name: Luke James Makshanoff … born in Fullerton, Calif. … his parents are James and Suzanne Makshanoff … James Makshanoff was an All-American goalie for Long Beach State and was on the U.S. Men’s National Team from 1987-94 … has a younger brother, Alex … says he chose UCLA because of the coaching staff and the positive team culture … describes his greatest athletic thrill as “when crowds cheer and coaches got pushed into the water after winning a championship” … lists Michael Phelps as the athlete he admires most … lists sur ng, shing, hiking, biking, off-roading, 3D printing, computer building, and playing video games as his hobbies … works as a California State Lifeguard … majoring in environmental science.

BERNARDO MAURIZI

6-2 / Senior Goalkeeper Florence, Italy Salesiani Firenze

UCLA Career Highlights

• 2-time ACWPC All-American (Second Team - 2020, Third Team - 2021) • 2-time All-MPSF (Second Team - 2020, Honorable Mention - 2021) • NCAA All-Tournament Team (First Team - 2020) • 3-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Outstanding - 2019, Superior- 2020, 2021) • MPSF All-Academic Team (2020) • 2-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021) • 7-time UCLA Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (Fall 2019, Winter 2020, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Winter 2021, Winter 2022) • MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Sept. 9, 2019) Played in 13 games at goalkeeper, making 13 starts … had a record of 9-4 on the year … had an 8.79 goals against average, which was second on the team and ranked third in the MPSF … led the team and was fourth in the MPSF in total saves (118) while his 9.1 saves per game ranked third in the MPSF … had a save percentage of .527 which ranked second on the squad and fourth in the league … had a season-high 16 saves twice (in the MPFS-opening 8-6 win over No. 3 Stanford on Oct. 9, and in an overtime semi nal loss to eventual NCAA Champion California on Dec. 4) … also had seven steals and three assists on the year. 2020

Played in 14 games at goalkeeper, making 14 starts … had a record of 9-5 on the year … was second on the team and in the MPSF and third in the NCAA in steals (26) … had a 10.32 goals against average, which ranked fth in the MPSF … his 143 saves led the MPSF and the NCAA while his 10.2 saves per game ranked second in the MPSF and fth in the NCAA … also had a save percentage of .520 which ranked second in the league fourth in the NCAA … had a season-high 18 saves in a loss to No. 2 California (Feb. 6) at the USC Round Robin … also had eight assists on the year. 2019

Played in nine games at goalkeeper, making ve starts … had a record of 3-1 on the year … Maurizi helped the Bruins go 4-0 to kick-off the season at the Navy Open (Sept. 7-8) and was named the MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week on Sept. 9 He racked up 40 saves (16.00 SPG), while recording a goals-against average of 4.00. Maurizi tallied 13 saves while allowing three goals in his debut vs. Fordham … he played the second half of the win over Navy, registering eight stops while allowing ve goals … he then made a record-setting appearance in a win over La Salle, recording a UCLA freshman record 19 saves, while giving up just two scores (it marked the most saves by a Bruin in four years -- Garrett Danner-21; Nov. 22, 2015 -- and was the most for a UCLA regulation game in a decade -- Chay Lapin-21; Nov. 1, 2009) … played 26.0958 quarters on the year, allowing 45 goals for a goals against average of 6.90, which ranked fourth in the MPSF … averaged 11.96 saves per game and had a save percentage of .634 which ranked fourth in the league, but was tops in the MPSF for all goalies with nine or more appearances … his 78 goals on the year (6.52395 games) ranked sixth in the league … also had 10 steals. High School/Club

Was a multi-sport standout in Florence, Italy, at Salesiani Firenze competing for Rari Nantes Florentia, one of the oldest water polo club programs in Serie A1 di pallamano maschile, the premier division of Italian water polo … served as captain of the Rari Nantes Florentia men’s water polo team in three age groups (U13, U15, and U17) and was named the Best Italian Water Polo Goalkeeper at both the U13 and U15 Italian Men’s Water Polo National Championships … won an Italian National Championship at the U15s in 2015 and placed third at the U17s in 2017 … recently served as the starting goalie for Italy at the FINA World Men’s Youth Water Polo Championships in 2018 (Aug. 19) in Szombathely, Hungary as the Italians placed seventh with a 12-6 win over Australia in the seventh-place game … was a three-time regional championship winner at U13s and U15s and also served as the starting goalkeeper for the Italian National Water Polo Team during the U17 European Championship in Malta as Italy placed sixth, falling to Serbia (7-4) in the fth-place game … most recently (Sept. 2, 2018), he was a backup goalie for Italy at the U19 European Championship in Minsk, Belarus, where Italy fell to the eventual champions Greece in the quarter nals (9-8), but rallied to defeat Russia (11-4) and Serbia (8-4) to place fth. Personal

Full name: Bernardo Maurizi … born in Florence, Italy … his parents are Massimo and Daniela Maurizi … has two older brothers, Niccolo and Filippo, and one younger brother, Tommaso … an all-around athlete, he enjoys playing basketball and soccer and won backto-back long jump titles in track and eld (athletics) … comes from an athletic family as his grandfather, Mauro, was an amateur cyclo-cross National Champion in Italy, while his mother, Daniela, was a regional cross-country skiing champion … his father, Massimo, is an ultra runner and his brother, Filippo, has also played water polo for seven years … his brother, Niccolo, is an amateur polo champion (horse) and Tommaso is a regional amateur basketball champion … says he chose UCLA because, “I loved the school and the campus. I am convinced UCLA is the best place to achieve my goals, both athletically and academically.” … lists LeBron James as the athlete he most admires … lists traveling with his friends around the world, playing basketball and soccer, watching NBA games, and reading detective story novels as his favorite hobbies … majoring in business economics. Career Statistics

Year GP/GS QP SV GA GAA MP 2019 9/5 26.0958 78 45 6.90 208:46 2020 14/14 9-5 143 132 10.32 409:10 2021 14/14 9-5 143 132 10.32 409:10 Totals 23/19 12-6 221 177 9.17 617:56