Pepperdine University Athletics

PEPPERDINE 2023: Did not play water polo this season and utilized a redshirt year … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll ‘Bronze’ honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.

HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Mater Dei High School, where he was a three-year varsity letterwinner, in 2023 ... Was high school teammates with current Pepperdine attacker Clay Kaneko ... Named a USA Water Polo All-American as a senior ... Helped the Monarchs reach the 2021 CIF State Regionals semifinals and the CIF Southern Section Open Division semifinals ... Won the South Coast Tournament ... In the classroom, made the principal's honor roll all four years and was a four-time California Scholarship Federation award winner ... Was a member of the National Honor Society.

CLUB: Played for Vanguard Aquatics (2019-22) and the SoCal Water Polo Foundation (2023) ... Earned a gold medal at the 2021 Junior Olympic Qualifiers ... Was a silver medalist at the 2021 Futures Water Polo tournament ... Earned a bronze medal at the National Junior Olympics ... 

PERSONAL: Son of Audrey and Dave Bryant ... Has two siblings, Jack and Olivia ... His father Dave played water polo at UC Santa Barbara ... Plans on majoring in finance ... Career goal is to work and finance and eventually start his own company ... Chose Pepperdine because "it allows me to balance my academic goals at college while being part of the water polo program."

FAVORITES: Enjoys skiing outside of playing water polo ... Favorites include Dénes Varga (pro water polo athlete), Tiger Woods (pro athlete), To Kill a Mockingbird (book), Forrest Gump (movie), Breaking Bad (TV show), Mac Miller (musical artist) and basketball (sport besides water polo).