2025 Men's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Charles Mills
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Position:
- Goalie
- Height:
- 6-5
- Hometown:
- Tiburon, Calif.
- High School:
- Redwood HS
- Major:
- International Relations
THIS SEASON: Charles Mills enters his third season of competition at USC.
2024 SEASON:
• Appeared in eight games with 38 saves made
• Averaged 9.5 saves per game and 6.8 goals-against per game
• Recorded double-digit saves twice — 12 vs. Westcliff and 10 vs. Austin College in the MPSF quarterfinals
• Academic All-Big Ten honoree
2023 SEASON:
• Made 13 saves in his USC debut vs. Biola on Sept. 3 before being sidelined by injury
NATIONAL TEAMS:
• A member of the U.S. Junior National Team
• Won silver with the USA Junior team at the 2025 World Aquatics U20 Championship in Croatia
• Recorded 11 saves in the final vs. Spain and 10 in the quarterfinals vs. Serbia
• Has been a member of the U.S. Youth National Team
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2023 graduate of Redwood High... Won 2021 NorCal championship and the 2021 North Coast Section Division I titles... A two-time Marin Independent Journal Player of the Year (2021 and 2022)... Named 2022 MCAL Player of the Year... An all-league second team selection in 2021... Redwood High’s E. E. Boyden Award Senior Male Athlete of the Year... Played club for S.F. Water Polo... An honor student
PERSONAL: Mills is majoring in international relations... Parents are Jennifer and Alden... Has three brothers: Henry, John and William... Father, Alden, was a rower at the Naval Academy.... Uncle, Mike Ryan, swam at UCLA... Grandfather, Joe Ryan, played football at Washington... Enjoys spearfishing, camping and crabbing in his free time... Lists Jon Jones as his biggest sports hero... Hopes to travel to Fiji... Born Feb. 18, 2005.
