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University of California, Santa Barbara

2022 Men's Water Polo

Jeff Liang

7 Sam Nangle

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 255
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Sydney, Australia
  • High School Winmalee HS
  • Position Center

Biography

UC SANTA BARBARA

2022
AWPCA All-American Honorable Mention … All-GCC First Team … Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Water Polo Athlete of the Year … Named GCC Player of the Week (November 10) … The team’s top scorer for a second year in a row, with 39 goals … Also led the team in drawn exclusions (49) … Led the GCC with 13 field blocks … Recorded five-goal games against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (September 3) and No. 5 Pacific on Senior Day (November 5) … Scored four goals in a game against No. 13 UC San Diego (September 4) … Tallied a hat-trick against No. 9 Pepperdine (September 15).

2021
Led the team and ranked 10th in the GCC with 48 goals … Drew 36 exclusions, while being called for only 11 … Recorded his first career five-goal game on September 11 against Chapman … Tallied a second five-goal game on October 30 against No. 15 UC Irvine … Scored hat-tricks against Occidental (September 4), La Verne (September 12), No. 7 Pacific (October 16), and No. 8 San Jose State (November 6).

2020
Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic.

2019
AWPCA All-American Honorable Mention … All-GCC Honorable Mention … Scored 41 goals, the third most on the team … Found the back of the cage four times against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (September 15) and again versus No. 3 Pacific (October 20) … Scored a hat-trick in the GCC Third Place Match victory over top-seeded Pacific (November 24) … Also recorded a hat-trick against Fresno Pacific (September 14).

2018
Ranked fifth on the team with 17 goals in just 16 games for the Gauchos … Recorded his first career hat-trick against Whittier on September 8.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 7

    2018Freshman

    Attacker
    0 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2019Sophomore

    Attacker
    6'4" 230 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2020Junior

    Attacker
    6'4" 230 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2021Junior

    Attacker
    6'4" 230 lbs
    7
  • 7

    2022Senior

    Center
    6'4" 255 lbs
    7