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Santa Clara University

2025 Men's Water Polo Roster

23 Charlie Engs

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 175
  • Year Redshirt Sophomore
  • Hometown Orinda, Calif.
  • High School Miramonte HS
  • Position Attacker

Biography

ACWPC All-Academic "Excellent" Honors (2024)
WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention (2025)
WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll "Bronze" Honors (2024-25)


AT SANTA CLARA: Has appeared in 41 games over two years (2024, '25) after redshirting his freshman year of 2023 ... Named West Coast Conference All-Academic Honorable Mention in 2025 ... Earned All-Academic "Excellent" honors from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches and "Bronze" honors on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll in 2024-25 ... Has 21 goals, 49 assists (70 points), 47 steals, 29 drawn exclusions and 15 field blocks in his career ... Scored his first career goal with three versus Iona on Sept. 13, 2024 ... Tallied his first assist with two in his first career game versus Fresno Pacific (Sept. 7).

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2025): Named WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention ... Played in 22 of 23 games, finishing sixth on the team with 35 points ... Set new career season highs in assists (25), steals (24) and drawn exclusions (17) ... His 24 steals were second on the team and his 25 assists were tied for third ... Grabbed multiple steals in nine games, including a career-high four versus No. 19 Harvard (Oct. 26) ... Logged multiple assists in five games, with a season-high four versus Mount St. Mary's (Sept. 6) ... Drew a career-high three exclusions twice -- versus No. 11 Long Beach State (Oct. 11) and at No. 13 Princeton.

AS A REDSHIRT FRESHMAN (2024): Garnered "Excellent" All-Academic honors from the ACWPC ... Earned "Bronze" honors on the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll ... Appeared in 19 games in his first competitive season ... Finished the year third on the team with 23 steals and fifth with 24 assists ... Also had 11 goals (35 points), 12 drawn exclusions and nine field blocks ... Scored a season-high three goals and had an assist versus Iona (Sept. 13) ... Had a season-high five assists versus Wagner (Sept. 15) ... Scored multiple goals in three games, tallied multiple assists in five, and had multiple steals in seven different contests.

AS A FRESHMAN (2023): Redshirted the season.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Played high school water polo at Miramonte High School ... Was named the 2022 Diablo Athletic League MVP ... Two-time California/Hawai'i All-America selection ... Played club ball for Lamorinda and CC United ... Was a two-time USA Water Polo Junior Olympics All-America honoree.

GET TO KNOW CHARLIE: Majoring in economics ... Parents are Chuck and Kirsten ... Father, Chuck, played soccer at Cal ... Has two siblings - Eloise and Henry ... Sister, Eloise, swam collegiately at UC Davis ... Enjoys skiing and fishing in his free time and has aspirations to one day set foot on Mars.

CAREER HIGHS:
Goals -- 3, vs. Iona (Sept. 13, 2024)
Assists -- 5, vs. Wagner (Sept. 15, 2024)
Steals -- 4, vs. #19 Harvard (Oct. 26, 2025)
Field Blocks -- 2, twice, at Air Force (Nov. 8, 2025) / at UC Davis (Sept. 27, 2024)
Kickouts Drawn -- 2, multiple times, last vs. Air Force (Nov. 15, 2024)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2023Redshirt

    Attacker
    6'2" 175 lbs
  • 23

    2024Redshirt Freshman

    Attacker
    6'2" 175 lbs
    23
  • 23

    2025Redshirt Sophomore

    Attacker
    6'2" 175 lbs
    23