UCLA Athletics - 2026 UCLA Women's Water Polo Media Day portraits, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
November 18th, 2025
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Taylor Smith

  • Award
    MPSF/Delfina Player of the Week
  • Week Of
    2/3/2026
  • Sport
    Women's Water Polo
  • School
    UCLA
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Attacker
  • Hometown
    Newport Beach, Calif.
  • High School
    Newport Harbor HS
UCLA senior Taylor Smith (Newport Beach, CA) led the Bruins in scoring this past week with 15 goals and one assist in the Bruins’ march to the Triton Invitational Championship (Jan. 30-Feb. 1). Smith opened with a hat trick against CS Fullerton and registered a career-high six goals in the win over No. 6 Arizona State. She had one goal in the semifinal win over No. 5 Hawai’i and then responded with five goals in the upset win over No. 2 USC. She also added three steals, one assist, one field block, and won five of six sprints on the weekend. This is the fifth career MPSF weekly award for Smith.