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Jersey Number 14
Nick Bryant
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 210
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Mater Dei
2025: Appeared in four games during redshirt sophomore season ... Tallied a pair of goals to go along with a steal and field block against Whittier (Sept. 11).
2024: Appeared in one game for the Waves and collected an assist against Westcliff (Sept. 19).
2023: Utilized a redshirt season with the Waves.
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).
2024: Appeared in one game for the Waves and collected an assist against Westcliff (Sept. 19).
2023: Utilized a redshirt season with the Waves.
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).
