2025 Men's Water Polo Roster

11 Alex Oprea

  • Position Attacker
  • Class Sophomore
  • Height/Weight 6-4 / 225
  • Hometown Downey, Calif.
  • High School Mater Dei

Biography

At Cal
2024 (Fr.)
  • First-year member of the three-time defending national champion California Golden Bears

National
  • USA Water Polo Academic All-American all four years of high school
  • Olympic Development Program member from 2019-22, playing goalie in 2019 and 2022 ODP National Championships
  • 2022 Youth National Team goalie on silver medal team at Pan American Games
  • Represented Team USA in Greece and Serbia at the FINA Youth World Championship

High School/Club
  • Played at Mater Dei under head coach Wyatt Benson and with Vanguard Aquatics under Bret Lathrop
  • Named MVP of Mater Dei Water Polo, First Team All-Trinity League and First Team All-CIF Open Division in 2023
  • Earned a second-place finish at Junior Olympics in 2023
  • Finished as CIF State Runner-Ups in 2021
  • Also competed in swim as a freshman

Personal
  • Parents are Julia and Alex Oprea
  • His sister, Tiffany, was a rower at Boston College
  • Born in Los Angeles, Calif.
  • Hobbies include watching movies, weightlifting, off-roading, going to the beach and being with friends
  • Intends to major in Economics
  • Aspirations and career goals include graduating from the Haas School of Business, playing water polo professionally in Europe, competing in the 2028 Olympics, and creating his own company

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Historical Player Information

  • 11

    2024Freshman

    Attacker
    6'4" 225 lbs
    11
  • 11

    2025Sophomore

    Attacker
    6'4" 225 lbs
    11