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Career Accolades

  • 2-time ACWPC All-Academic Honors (Outstanding - 2020, 2021)
  • MPSF All-Academic Team (2021)
  • 2-time Pac-12 Fall All-Academic Team (2020, 2021)
  • MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 1, 2021)

As a Junior (2023)

  • Scored 26 goals on the season, fifth-most on the team
  • Assisted 16 times, and added six multi-goal games
  • Scored three times in the MPSF tournament, including two goals against Austin College on Nov. 17
  • Appeared in all 24 games for the Card

As a Sophomore at UCLA (2021)

  • ACWPC All-Academic
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Fall All-Academic
  • Played in 18 games
  • Finished the season with 17 goals on 26 shots, converting at a 65.4 percent rate (highest on the team)
  • Tallied six assists on the year to finish 10th on the team in total points (23)
  • Scored at least one goal in nine games and had multiple-goal games twice during the year, including two hat tricks
  • Scored his season- and career-high three goals in a win over Biola to open the season (Sept. 4) and in a win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer (Sept. 11)
  • Won eight sprints which ranked third on the team and seventh in the MPSF
  • Was 8-4 in sprints (.667)
  • Was ninth on the squad in steals (10) and recorded five field blocks and drew seven exclusions

As a Freshman at UCLA (2020)

  • MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 1)
  • ACWPC All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Fall All-Academic
  • Played in 14 games
  • Named MPSF/KAP7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 1) after scoring two goals and assisting on two others to rack up four points in the Bruins' 15-9 win over No. 5 Pepperdine (Jan. 30)
  • Finished the season with 10 goals on 27 shots, converting at a 37.0 percent rate
  • Scored at least one goal in eight games and had five multiple-goal games, including a season-high two goals in a loss to No. 1 USC (Jan. 23) and in the win over the Waves
  • Was third on the team in drawn exclusions (15) and tied for fourth in steals (12)
  • Won seven sprints which ranked third on the team and eighth in the MPSF
  • His .875 sprint winning percentage (7-of-8) was the  highest percentage in the league by anyone that won more than two sprints
  • Also added seven assists on the year

USA Water Polo

  • Competed on U.S. Development, Cadet and Youth National Teams
  • Helped the Youth National Team win gold at the UANA Youth Pan-American Championships in Trinidad and Tobago (2019)
  • Member of the 2018 UANA Junior Pan-American 19U Championships that won silver in Florida
  • Was a member of the Cadet Men’s National Team that won gold at the 15U Darko Cukic Memorial Tournament (2017)
  • Earned USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American honors
  • Competed for the USA Collegiate team in National League and trained with Men's Senior National Team prior to World Championships (2022)

Prior to UCLA

  • 2020 graduate of Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, Calif.
  • Four-year varsity letterwinner in water polo and swimming at Corona del Mar
    • Orange County Player of the Year (2019)
    • Finished senior season with 129 goals (passing two-time Olympian John Mann for school record) on 49% shooting, 86 drawn exclusions, 34 assists and 31 steals
    • Led the Sea Kings to a third-place finish in the Surf League and a quarterfinal finish in the CIF Southern Section Division II playoffs (2019)
    • Guided team to CIF Division II runner-up finish in 2017 and a seminfinal finish in 2018
    • Named to the Daily Pilot Dream Team (2017-19)
    • Two-time first-team all-league and first-team all-CIF (2018-19)
    • Two-time water polo Team MVP (2018-19) and three-time most outstanding swimmer (2017-19) after making finals at CIF Championships
    • NISCA All-American in swimming
  • Played club for Corona del Mar Club (2015-20) and New York Athletic Club (2022-23)
    • Team Captain at Corona del Mar
    • Guided team to a first-place finish in National League while with NYAC (2023)

Personal

  • Born in Marin, Calif.
  • Son of Lisa Pulice
  • Late older brother is Tobyn
  • Has a 20-pound pet cat named Caboose
Pulice
2023
Driver
5-10 / 190 lbs