2024 Men's Water Polo Roster
Jersey Number 1
Jacob Pyle
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Huntington Beach HS
2024 (Graduate Student)
- ACWPC All-Academic Team
- Big West Fall All-Academic Team
- UCI Academic Unit Award - Graduate Division
- UC Irvine Scholar Athlete
- Appeared in 17 matches for 440:00 minutes
- Held a 7-5 record in the cage
- Allowed 186 goals while stopping 133 shots
- Recorded 12 steals
- Dished out three assists
- Registered five shots
2023 (Junior)
- Big West Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- All-Big West Honorable Mention
- Big West Championship MVP
- ACWPC All-Academic Team
- Big West Commissioner’s Honor Roll (Highest Honors)
- Big West Fall All-Academic Team
- Men's Water Polo Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- UCI Academic Unit Award - Social Sciences
- Dean’s List (Fall, Winter, Spring)
- UC Irvine Scholar Athlete
- Played in 19 matches for 572:43 minutes
- Held a 10-7 record in the cage
- Allowed 177 goals while stopping 159 shots
- Recorded 17 steals
- Tallied 14 assists
- Notched a season high 14 saves four times
2022 (Sophomore)
- Men's Water Polo Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic team
- GCC All-Academic Team
- Dean’s List (Fall, Winter, Spring)
- Contributed to nine wins as a goalie
- Recorded 10 steals
2021 (Freshman)
- Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic team
- Dean’s List (Fall, Winter, Spring)
- Played in 4 games
- Recorded 7 saves averaging 1.75 saves per game
- Had 3 steals
2020 (Freshman)
- GCC All-Academic Team
- Dean’s List (Fall, Winter, Spring)
- UCI did not compete
Career Highs
- Saves: 16, vs. USC (09/03/2022)
- Assists: 4, vs. Biola (09/03/2023)
- Steals: 3, Twice (last vs. LMU, 09/20/2024)
- Drawn Exclusions: 1, vs. UC San Diego (09/23/2023)
Huntington Beach HS
- CIF D1 Semi-Finalist (2019-2020)
- Second Team Sunset League Conference (2019-2020)
Personal
- Parents attended UC Irvine
- Graduated with an Economics degree with a minor in Business Management (Spring 2024)
- Brother plays water polo at Air Force
- Aspires to work as a Product Manager or Operations Manager
- Member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
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