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Briefly: Extremely athletic and opportunistic ... A team leader and scoring threat from anywhere in the pool ... Determination has made her one of the best defenders in college water polo.
Summer of 2002: Co-captained the Stanford Club Team to a second place finish at the U.S. Senior Nationals in Bloomington, Indiana ... Named to the All-American squad.
As a junior in 2002: Fourth on the team with 28 goals scored ... Recorded two goals in Stanford's 8-4 win over UCLA in the NCAA Championship title match ... Also chalked up two goals in the Semifinal win over Michigan ... An NCAA All-Tournament Team Selection ... Named MPSF Player of the Week on March 4, tallying three scores in Stanford’s win at UCLA ... Also recorded three goals at Hawai’i ... Scored in 16 of the team’s 23 games ... Posted seven multi-goal games.
Winter of 2001: Member of the Junior National team that won the gold medal at the Junior World Championships in Perth, Australia.
As a sophomore in 2001: Honorable Mention All-America by the American Water Polo Coaches Association … Earned Honorable Mention All-MPSF honors and selected to the Second Team All-Tournament team of the MPSF Championships … Fourth on the team with 29 goals … Recorded a season-high four goals in the Cardinal’s 10-3 over No. 6 Hawaii … Posted three scores against Indiana and Slippery Rock at the Michigan Invitational … Scored two goals against Cal in the MPSF Tournament and one goal against UCLA in the championship game … Had one goal against Brown in the NCAA semifinals … Scored in 16 of the Cardinal’s 28 games.
Summer of 2000: Won the gold medal at the Pan-American Games as a member of the U.S. Junior National Water Polo team.
As a freshman in 2000: Second on the team in scoring with 57 goals … Earned Third Team All-America honors … Was named the MPSF Player of the Week for the week of March 20 after scoring two timely goals to lead the Cardinal to a win over No. 3 UCLA … She scored in 28 of the team’s 33 games, and had a 24-game scoring streak … Scored seven goals at the National Championships, including three in an 8-5 victory over Cal in the third-place game … Named First Team MPSF All-Tournament after scoring 13 goals in the MPSF Tournament to lead Stanford to the conference title, including two in the championship game … Also named Second Team All-Conference.
High School: Earned First-Team All-America accolades in 1998 and was named MVP of the Central Coast Section (CCS) … Was first on her Menlo School squad in goals and assists, and led the Knights to a CCS Championship … Named Third Team All-America in 1997 ... Was on the honor roll all four years of high school … Earned the Love of Learning Award in 1999.
Personal: Born September 3, 1981 in Richmond, Virginia … Daughter of Artyn and Max Gardner … Sister Suze played water polo at Stanford … Sister Kristin swam at Duke … Younger sister, Amy, plays water polo as well … Competed as a member of the U.S. National Junior Team … MVP at the summer Junior Nationals in 1999 … Enjoys reading, camping and playing the guitar … Feminist studies major contemplating working as a paramedic.