University of California, Santa Barbara

UC SANTA BARBARA
2024
ACWPC Academic All-American, Outstanding level … Big West Academic All-Conference honoree … Played in all 27 games during the season ... Posted career highs of 45 goals and 18 assists, totalling 63 points ... Scored at least once in 22 games with a streak of 13 games ... Recorded eight hat-trick games ... Set a career-high of five points in a game against Cal Lutheran (Sept. 28) with three goals and two assists … Highest scoring game was four goals against Santa Clara on Oct. 5. 

2023
ACWPC Academic All-American, Outstanding level ... Played in 25 games during his debut season with the Gauchos ... Scored 10 goals and provided 14 assists to finish 11th on the team in total points ... Scored on his debut against Westcliff (Sept. 9) ... Recorded his first career multi-goal game against No. 7 UC Davis (Oct. 14) ... Added an assist against the Aggies for his highest point total of the season (3) ... Scored in consecutive games against No. 4 Pepperdine (Sept. 14), No. 3 USC (Sept. 16) and No. 6 Stanford (Sept. 17).

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HIGH SCHOOL
Played water polo and swam at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, earning three varsity letters in each sport ... Led the Gators to four consecutive West Catholic Athletic League Championships, plus CIF Central Coast Section Open Division Championships in 2019, 2021 and 2022 and Division 1 NorCal Titles in 2021 and 2022 ... Earned Cal-Hi All American Second Team, CIF All-NorCal First Team, All-Central Coast Section First Team and All-WCAL First Team honors in 2022 ... Named 2022-23 Sacred Heart Prep Athlete of Distinction as one of the school's top senior athletes ... Also received 2022-23 Heart of Sacred Heart Award ... Four-time Academic All-American.

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PERSONAL
Grew up in Woodside ... Son of Tiger and Phil Bachler ... Has an older sister, Bella ... Majoring in Economics at UC Santa Barbara ... Lists winning the CIF NorCal Championship in 2022 as his favorite athletic achievement ... Roots for the Golden State Warriors ... Lists Johnny Hooper and Denes Varga as his favorite athletes ... Enjoys surfing, fishing and watching anime in his free time ... Listens to Rufus Du Sol, Red Hot Chili Peppers and John Summit ... Lists 500 Days of Summer and The Hateful Eight as his favorite movies.