2023 Men's Water Polo Roster
Biography
UC SANTA BARBARA
2023
Big West Player of the Year … All-Big West First Team selection … ACWPC Academic All-American, Excellent level ... Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Scored a career-high 82 goals, tied for the fifth most in a single season in UC Santa Barbara history and the most by a Gaucho in one season in the 21st century … Maintained a .626 shooting percentage, the highest among Gauchos with 10 or more shots on the season … Drew a career-high 68 exclusions while being called for just eight … Scored at least three goals in more than half (17) of his 30 games on the season … Recorded six five-plus goal games, including a six-goal haul in Santa Barbara’s 14-7 win over No. 14 Pacific (Oct. 15).
2022
All-GCC Second Team … GCC All-Academic Team honoree ... Scored career-high 36 goals in the season, ranking second on the team … Drew a whopping 45 exclusions while being called for just eight … Tallied five hat-tricks in the season, including a four-goal game against No. 5 Long Beach State on September 4 … Scored hat-tricks in both matches against No. 13 UC San Diego, September 4 and 13.
2021
GCC All-Academic Team … Scored 22 goals in his freshman season … Scored his first career hat-trick with three goals against Occidental on September 11 … Recorded his first career four-goal game against No. 8 Pacific on September 26.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letter winner at Berkeley High School under coach Brodie Jasper … Named West Alameda County Conference Player of the Year as a senior … Led the league in goals scored all four years … Holds the school record for goals … Scored six goals to help the Yellowjackets claim the WACC League Title.
PERSONAL
Dash Smith McFarland was born on May 22, 2002 in Berkeley … Son of Sean and Lauren McFarland … Has a younger brother, Chase, who plays water polo at Stanford … Majoring in Environmental Science at UC Santa Barbara.
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2020Freshman
Center
6'5"
205 lbs
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2021Freshman
Center
6'5"
235 lbs
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2022Sophomore
Center
6'6"
255 lbs
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2023Junior
Center
6'6"
255 lbs