Women's Water Polo 2014

PositionDRIVER

Height5-7

ClassFreshman

HometownGoleta, Calif.

Career Accolades and Statistics

As a Senior (2017)

ACWPC First Team All-American
ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
All-NCAA Tournament Second Team
All-MPSF First Team
MPSF All-Academic
MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Feb. 7)
Third on the team with 38 goals
Tied for 17th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.46)
Scored in 18 games, had 12 multi-goal performances and five hat tricks
Tied a career high with four goals against Long Beach State (1/29), Marist (3/12) and San Jose State (4/22)
Had nonconference hat tricks against Cal (2/5) and Michigan (2/25)

As a Junior (2016)

ACWPC First Team All-American
ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
All-NCAA Tournament First Team
All-MPSF First Team
MPSF All-Tournament Team
MPSF All-Academic
Led the team with a career-high 49 goals
Fifth in the MPSF in goals per game (1.69)
Scored in 20 games and topped the team in multi-goal efforts (15) and hat tricks (11)
Tied a career high with four-goal outings against UC Davis twice (2/21 and 2/27) and at UCLA (4/23)
Final hat trick of the season came in the NCAA semifinals against UCLA (5/14)
Other three-goal games were against UC Davis (1/16), San Jose State (1/17, 2/6 and 3/5), Loyola Marymount (2/7), CSU Bakersfield (4/2) and San Diego State (4/10)

As a Sophomore (2015)

ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
All-MPSF Honorable Mention
MPSF All-Academic
MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 10)
Tied for fourth on the team with 28 goals
Scored in 17 games, had nine multi-goal efforts and two hat tricks
Three-goal outings came in MPSF wins against USC (3/8) and San Jose State (4/4)
Scored twice in games against UC Davis (1/31), San Jose State (2/1), Cal (2/22), Sonoma State (2/26), Harvard (3/20), UCLA (4/11) and USC (4/26)

As a Freshman (2014)

2014 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2014 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
2014 MPSF All-Newcomer Team
MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 14)
Seventh on the team with 20 goals
Had four multi-goal games, including one hat trick
Season-high four goals came at Fresno Pacific (3/8)
Netted two goals each in wins over Cal (2/23), San Diego State (3/24) and CSU Bakersfield (4/12)

USA Water Polo

Won gold at the World University Games in Taipei in August 2017
- Was the tournament's fourth-leading scorer, pouring in 22 goals on 39 shots, to go along with a team-high four field blocks, seven assists and six steals
Made her FINA World Championship debut in Budapest, Hungary in July 2017 as the U.S. won its second consecutive title
- Scored nine goals, including six in the opener against South Africa
Scored five times as Team USA took home its fourth straight FINA World League Super Final gold in Shanghai, China in June 2017
Captained the United States to gold at the FINA Junior World Championships in Volos, Greece in August 2015
- Team USA went a perfect 6-0 and outscored its opponents 106-46
- Scored 14 goals, including three hat tricks
- In group play, scored four against Mexico (8/17), once against Ukraine (8/18) and three against Spain (8/19)
- Scored three more in a 12-9 quarterfinal win over Brazil (8/21)
- Netted two goals in a 13-11 victory in the semifinals against Russia (8/22)
- Scored once in the 13-10 championship clincher against Spain (8/23)
Stanford represented the United States and finished fifth at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea
- Played 168 minutes in seven games, scored a team-high 18 goals, had four assists, nine steals and two field blocks
- Tied for fifth at the tournament in goals scored

Prior to Stanford

A 2013 graduate of Dos Pueblos High School
Played four years of water polo, swam for three years and ran cross country one year
Helped lead Dos Pueblos to CIF Southern Section Division I titles in 2010 and 2011, scoring the game-tying and game-winning goals in the 2010 title game
Team made the tournament quarterfinals in 2013
Three-time All-CIF Southern Section Division I first team selection (2011-13)
Four-time pick for the All-Channel League first team
Played for Santa Barbara Water Polo Club from 2005-13
Helped club teams to 12U, 14U, 16U and 18U Junior Olympics titles and has been named a JO All-American at each level
Named 14U Junior Olympic MVP in 2009 and 16U MVP in 2011
Also helped teams to U.S. National Club Championships crowns at the 12U, 14U and 18U levels

Personal

Born in Goleta, Calif.
Parents are Peter and Cathy
Has two siblings, Kiley and Ryann
Both parents played water polo at UC Santa Barbara, and her mother is currently the women's water polo head coach
Sister Kiley is Stanford's third all-time leading scorer (222 goals) and a two-time Peter J. Cutino Award winner (2012 and 2015)

Jamie Neushul Season 2014