2021 Men's Water Polo Roster
Luke Hughes
- Height:
- 6-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bountiful, UT
- High School:
- Bountiful
- Position:
- G
2021 (Sophomore): Played 11 minutes in two games and made two saves … saw action against MIT and Biola … career-best two saves against Biola … earned Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) all-academic honors.
2018 (Freshman): Did not see any game action … spent the 2019 and 2020 seasons on a religious mission.
High School: Lettered three years in water polo, three in cross country and three in wrestling … water polo team captain … earned his club team’s “Coaches Award” in 2018 … team won the state 5A championship in 2017 … first-team all-state as a senior and was named the team’s defensive player of the year … all-region in cross country … on the honor roll all four years … member of the National Honor Society … played for the South Davis Water Polo Club.
Personal: Member of cadet squadron 35 … major is foreign area studies … minor is Russian … son of Don and Amy Hughes … father played basketball at Humboldt State, mother played soccer at BYU and sister plays water polo at Cal State Northridge … uncles served in the Army … has three siblings … greatest influences on his sports career are his dad and his former water polo coach, Michael Rose … started playing water polo at the age of 15 … long-term goal is to work in the intelligence field … on the Superintendent’s List as a sophomore … travelled to Latvia to experience the Russian language on the Cadet Summer Language Immersion Program … also spent three weeks at Little Rock AFB, Ark. on Operation Air Force and worked Basic Cadet Training.
