- Brandon Brooks (water polo)
Brandon Brooks (born April 29, 1981), who played water polo as a goalie for
UCLA and the 2004 United States National team, is now the assistant coach for both the men's and women's water polo teams at UCLA and a goalkeeper with the US Water Polo team. The women's team won the 2008NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship on May 11, 2008 [ [http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/home?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/NCAA/NCAA+News/NCAA+News+Online/2008/Assocation-wide/UCLA+wins+fourth+straight+-+05-12-08+NCAA+News NCAA News: UCLA wins fourth straight] ] and one of his players,Courtney Mathewson , captured thePeter J. Cutino Award as the player-of-the year [ [http://www.ncaa.com/waterpolo-womens/article.aspx?id=261324 NCAA News: UCLA's Mathewson Captures Cutino Award] ] .Early Years
Brooks is the oldest in his family of three children. He has twin sisters. He was born in
Rock Island, Illinois , but was educated in Honolulu Hawaii and attended Punahou School. At Punahou, he played both basketball and water polo.College
He was the goalkeeper at UCLA for four years and was a four-time All-America selection (1999 hm, 2000, 2001, and 2002). He helped UCLA to NCAA Men's Water Polo Championships in 1999 and 2000, and became the school's all-time leader with 700 saves. He was also a three-time All-
MPSF honoree (2000, 2001, and 2002).Brooks was a walked-on to UCLA basketball team his freshman year. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in sociology.
Olympic Games
In the summer 2004 Olympic Games, Brooks, Adam Wright and
Brett Ormsby , two former UCLA teammates, completed for Team USA in Athens Greece. He is a member of 2008 Water Polo Team USA [ [http://waterpolo.usoc.org/news/article/346 USA Men's Senior National Team] ] . In the gold medal championship match, Brooks had four saves and helped the USA team to win the silver medal, losing to Hungary 14-10. He was a big cheerleader on the bench for the United States team.References
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