UCLA Athletics - 2025 UCLA Women's Water Polo Media Day portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
November 13th, 2024
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Taylor Smith

  • Award
    MPSF/Delfina Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    3/11/2025
  • Sport
    Women's Water Polo
  • School
    UCLA
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
    Attacker
  • Hometown
    Newport Beach, Calif.
  • High School
    Newport Harbor HS
UCLA junior Taylor Smith (Newport Beach, CA) scored a season-high-tying four goals in back-to-back MPSF home games, helping the Bruins defeat No. 5 California 12-7 (Mar. 8) and No. 15 Indiana 19-9 (Mar. 9). Smith added two assists for a game-high six points, to go with two steals, one field block, one earned exclusion, and won her only sprint of the game against Cal. In the win over the Hoosiers, she also finished as the game-high scorer with five points, adding one assist. Smith added a field block and won a sprint against IU. This is the fourth career MPSF weekly award for Smith.