Tanner Pulice Season 2023

Career Accolades

• 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Outstanding - 2020, 2021)
• MPSF All-Academic Team (2021)
• 2-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021)
• MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 1, 2021)

As a Junior (2023)

• Scored 26 goals on the season, fifth-most on the team
• Assisted 16 times, and added six multi-goal games
• Scored three times in the MPSF tournament, including two goals against Austin College on Nov. 17
• Appeared in all 24 games for the Card

As a Sophomore at UCLA (2021)

• ACWPC All-Academic
• MPSF All-Academic
• Pac-12 Fall All-Academic
• Played in 18 games
• Finished the season with 17 goals on 26 shots, converting at a 65.4 percent rate (highest on the team)
• Tallied six assists on the year to finish 10th on the team in total points (23)
• Scored at least one goal in nine games and had multiple-goal games twice during the year, including two hat tricks
• Scored his season- and career-high three goals in a win over Biola to open the season (Sept. 4) and in a win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 11)
• Won eight sprints which ranked third on the team and seventh in the MPSF
• Was 8-4 in sprints (.667)
• Was ninth on the squad in steals (10) and recorded five field blocks and drew seven exclusions

As a Freshman at UCLA (2020)

• MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 1)
• ACWPC All-Academic
• Pac-12 Fall All-Academic
• Played in 14 games
• Named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 1) after scoring two goals and assisting on two others to rack up four points in the Bruins' 15-9 win over No. 5 Pepperdine (Jan. 30)
• Finished the season with 10 goals on 27 shots, converting at a 37.0 percent rate
• Scored at least one goal in eight games and had five multiple-goal games, including a season-high two goals in a loss to No. 1 USC (Jan. 23) and in the win over the Waves
• Was third on the team in drawn exclusions (15) and tied for fourth in steals (12)
• Won seven sprints which ranked third on the team and eighth in the MPSF
• His .875 sprint winning percentage (7-of-8) was the  highest percentage in the league by anyone that won more than two sprints
• Also added seven assists on the year

USA Water Polo

• Competed on U.S. Development, Cadet and Youth National Teams
• Helped the Youth National Team win gold at the UANA Youth Pan-American Championships in Trinidad and Tobago (2019)
• Member of the 2018 UANA Junior Pan-American 19U Championships that won silver in Florida
• Was a member of the Cadet Men’s National Team that won gold at the 15U Darko Cukic Memorial Tournament (2017)
• Earned USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American honors
• Competed for the USA Collegiate team in National League and trained with Men's Senior National Team prior to World Championships (2022)

Prior to UCLA

• 2020 graduate of Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, Calif.
• Four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo and swimming at Corona del Mar
  • Orange County Player of the Year (2019)
  • Finished senior season with 129 goals (passing two-time Olympian John Mann for school record) on 49% shooting, 86 drawn exclusions, 34 assists and 31 steals
  • Led the Sea Kings to a third-place finish in the Surf League and a quarterfinal finish in the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs (2019)
  • Guided team to CIF Division II runner-up finish in 2017 and a seminfinal finish in 2018
  • Named to the Daily Pilot Dream Team (2017-19)
  • Two-time first-team all-league and first-team all-CIF (2018-19)
  • Two-time water polo Team MVP (2018-19) and three-time most outstanding swimmer (2017-19) after making finals at CIF Championships
  • NISCA All-American in swimming
• Played club for Corona del Mar Club (2015-20) and New York Athletic Club (2022-23)
  • Team Captain at Corona del Mar
  • Guided team to a first-place finish in National League while with NYAC (2023)

Personal

• Born in Marin, Calif.
• Son of Lisa Pulice
• Late older brother is Tobyn
• Has a 20-pound pet cat named Caboose