He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

[1] Wright attended UCLA and played water polo for the NCAA championship team.

During his senior year, he was named as honorable mention on the All-America team and was on the All-MPSF second-team for his 39 goals on 76 attempts.

After graduation from UCLA with degrees in history and sociology, Wright played water polo for Bissolati Cremona (2007), Civitavecchia in Italy (2006), Nuoto Catania in Sicily (2005–06), and Dynamo in Moscow (2004–05).

Wright has since gone on to lead the Bruins to win the national titles for the 2015, 2017, and 2020 seasons, the latter of which was delayed to early 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.