2023 Women's Water Polo Roster

9 Aria Fischer

  • Position 2-Meters
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • High School Laguna Beach
  • Hometown Laguna Beach, Calif.
  • Major English

Biography

In The News
Career Accolades
  • Three-time NCAA champion (2019, 2022-23)
  • Peter J. Cutino Award winner (2023)
  • ACWPC Player of the Year (2023)
  • Four-time ACWPC All-American (2018-19, 2022-23)
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team MVP (2023)
  • Four-time NCAA All-Tournament (2018-19, 2022-23)
  • MPSF Tournament MVP (2023)
  • Two-time MPSF All-Tournament Team (2019, 2023)
  • Four-time All-MPSF (2018-19, 2022-23)
  • Six-time MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 26, 2019; April 16, 2019; Jan. 31, 2023; Feb. 14, 2023; March 7, 2023; March 28, 2023)
  • MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2018)
  • Two-time MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 30, 2018; Feb. 27, 2018)
  • CSC Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year (2023)
  • CSC Academic All-America At-Large (2023)
  • CSC Academic All-District At-Large First Team (2023)
  • Four-time ACWPC All-Academic (2018-19, 2022-23)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
  • Three-time MPSF All-Academic (2019, 2022-23)
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient (2023)
As a Redshirt Senior (2023) • NCAA Champions
  • Peter J. Cutino Award winner
  • ACWPC Player of the Year
  • ACWPC All-American First Team
  • NCAA All-Tournament Team MVP
  • NCAA All-Tournament First Team
  • MPSF Tournament MVP
  • All-MPSF First Team
  • CSC Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year
  • CSC Academic All-America At-Large
  • CSC Academic All-District At-Large First Team
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
  • Appeared in 25 games
  • Led team in goals (71), assists (45), points (116), shots (142) and was second in multi-goal games (20)
  • Became seventh player in school history to reach 200-goal mark, scoring career-high eight goals against Arizona State (March 26)
  • 226 career goals ranked fifth in school history
  • 71 goals ranked fifth in school history for a single season
As a Redshirt Junior (2022) • NCAA Champions
  • ACWPC All-American First Team
  • NCAA All-Tournament First Team
  • All-MPSF Second Team
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in 25 games
  • Ranked second on team in shots (121) and was third in goals (62), assists (33) and points (85)
  • Produced 17 multi-goal games and 13 hat tricks
  • Scored season-high five goals on four occasions
As a Junior (2021)
  • Sat out to train with USA national team for Summer Olympic Games
As a Junior (2020)
  • Sat out to train with USA national team for Summer Olympic Games
As a Sophomore (2019) • NCAA Champions
  • ACWPC All-American First Team
  • NCAA All-Tournament First Team
  • All-MPSF First Team
  • MPSF All-Tournament Team
  • Two-time MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 26; April 16)
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Appeared in 24 games, ranking second on the team with 58 goals
  • Ranked third in MPSF in goals per game (2.42)
  • Only underclassmen in the top five in the league in scoring
  • Totaled 16 multi-goal performances and 12 hat tricks
  • Poured in 12 goals over three games to lead the Cardinal in scoring at the NCAA Championship, matching career high with five-goal performances in the quarterfinals and semifinals
As a Freshman (2018)
  • ACWPC All-American Second Team
  • NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
  • All-MPSF Second Team
  • MPSF All-Newcomer Team
  • Two-time MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 30; Feb. 27)
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • Appeared in all 24 games, ranking fourth on the team with 35 goals
  • Ranked 13th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.46)
  • Produced 10 multi-goal performances and four hat tricks
  • Led all conference freshmen in scoring average in MPSF contests (1.60)
  • Scored season-high four goals against San Jose State (Jan. 28)
USA Water Polo
  • Two-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2020)
    • Youngest female team sport athlete in U.S. Olympic history to win gold with performance in 2016 while scoring 10 goals in Tokyo
  • Has won 14 other gold medals with the United States
    • 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
      • Secured the U.S. its fifth consecutive Pan Am title and upped Team USA's winning streak to 59 games
      • Scored 14 goals
    • 2019 FINA World Championship in Gwangju, South Korea
      • Was the third consecutive world championship for the U.S., a record for any women's or men's program
      • Scored 10 goals
    • 2019 World League Super Final in Budapest, Hungary
      • Title qualified the United States for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
      • Scored 10 goals
    • 2018 FINA World Cup in Surgut, Russia
      • Scored four goals in the opener against New Zealand, an 18-2 win
    • 2018 World League Super Final in Kunshan, China
      • Accounted for three goals
    • 2018 FINA World League Super Final in Kunshan, China
      • Contributed three goals
    • 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
      • Scored five goals
    • 2017 FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai, China
      • Tallied four goals
    • 2016 FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai, China
      • Logged four goals
    • 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gouda, Netherlands
    • 2016 FINA Women's Intercontinental Tournament in Lewisville, Texas
      • Posted five goals
    • 2015 FINA Junior World Championship in Volos, Greece
      • MVP
      • Led the team in scoring with 23 goals
    • 2015 FINA Intercontinental Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand
      • Scored eight goals
    • 2014 FINA Youth World Championship in Madrid, Spain
      • Led the team in scoring with 18 goals
    • 2014 UANA Junior Pan American Championship in Riverside, Calif. (U19)
      • MVP
      • Poured in 16 goals
    • 2013 UANA Youth Pan American Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina (U17)
      • Led Team USA in scoring with 20 goals
  • One of two Olympians on the U.S. roster which took home silver at the 2017 FINA Intercontinental Tournament in Davis, Calif.
    • Scored a team-high 14 goals for a team composed primarily of rising talents in the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program pipeline
Prior to Stanford
  • 2017 graduate of Laguna Beach High School in Laguna Beach, Calif.
  • Part of both the water polo and swim teams during her prep career and served as a water polo captain in 2014, 2015 and 2017
    • Three-time CIF SS Division 1 champion (2014, 2015, 2017)
    • Went undefeated (31-0) in both 2014-15 and 2016-17
    • Had a 30-1 record in 2013-14
    • 2017 SoCal Prep Legends Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
    • 2017 Orange County Register Female Athlete of the Year
    • 2017 OCADA Orange County Female Athlete of the Year
    • 2017 Orange Coast League Margaret Davis Female Athlete of the Year
    • 2017 CIF SS Division 1 Female Water Polo Player of the Year
    • Two-time CIF SS Division 1 first team (2014 and 2015)
    • 2015 Orange Coast League Girls Water Polo Co-MVP
    • 2015 Orange County Register All-Orange County Girls Water Polo first team
  • Took off her junior year to train with the U.S. Senior National Team for the Olympics
  • Played for SET Water Polo Club
    • First place at the 2014 16U Junior Olympics
    • Second place at the 2015 16U Junior Olympics
    • Third place at the 2016 18U Junior Olympics
    • 2014 16U Junior Olympics MVP
    • 2015 16U First Team All-American
    • 2016 18U First Team All-American
Personal
  • Born in Laguna Beach, Calif.
  • Parents are Erich and Leslie Fischer
  • Played alongside older sister, Makenzie, a three-time NCAA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist
  • Father was a two-time men's water polo All-American at Stanford and 1992 Olympian
  • Mother played for the Cardinal women's water polo team when it was a club sport
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Games Goals
2018 24 35
2019 24 58
2020 - -
2021 - -
2022 25 62
2023 25 71
TOTALS 98 226

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Season:
2023

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2018Freshman

    2-Meters
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2019Sophomore

    2-Meters
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2022Junior

    2-Meters
    9
  • 9

    2022Redshirt Junior

    2-Meters
    6'0"
    9
  • 9

    2023Redshirt Senior

    2-Meters
    6'0"
    9