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Career Accolades and Statistics

• 2017 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
• 2017 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• 2017 MPSF All-Academic
• 2016 ACWPC Third Team All-American
• 2016 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• 2016 MPSF All-Academic
• 2015 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• 2015 MPSF All-Academic
• 2014 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• Scored 106 career goals and posted 11 hat tricks

As a Senior (2017)

• ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Fourth on the team with 29 goals
• Tied for 23rd in the MPSF in goals per game (1.12)
• Scored in 19 games, had nine multi-goal efforts and one hat trick against Loyola Marymount (2/4)
• Scored once in a 13-6 NCAA quarterfinal win over Pacific (5/12)

As a Junior (2016)

• ACWPC Third Team All-American
• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Fourth on the team with 32 goals
• 25th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.10)
• Scored in 19 games, had eight multi-goal efforts and four hat tricks
• Tied a career high with four goals in the season opener against Pacific (1/16)
• Also had hat tricks against Brown (2/21), San Jose State (3/5) and Cal (4/9)
• Scored twice in the NCAA quarterfinals against UC Santa Barbara (5/13) and added another in the semifinals against UCLA (5/14)

As a Sophomore (2015)

• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Tied for fourth on the team with 28 goals
• Scored in 14 games, had nine multi-goal efforts and four hat tricks
• Put home a season-high four goals against Harvard (3/20)
• Other hat tricks came against CSU Monterey Bay (1/17), Sonoma State (2/26) and UC Davis (3/29)
• Scored once in a 7-2 NCAA quarterfinal win over Princeton (5/8)

As a Freshman (2014)

• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• Eighth on the team with 17 goals
• Posted two hat tricks as part of four multi-goal games
• Scored twice in a win over Hawaii (2/1)
• Added two more goals at Santa Clara (2/12)
• Scored four times in a win at Pacific (2/15)
• Netted a goal in a UCI Invitational win over Cal (2/23) for third place
• Posted a hat trick in a win at Fresno Pacific (3/8)
• Scored in a MPSF win over USC (3/30)
• Netted a goal in NCAA Championship opener against Indiana (5/9)

USA Water Polo

• Won gold at the World University Games in Taipei in August 2017
  • Scored three times and had a pair of assists and a pair of steals in eight U.S. wins
• Stanford represented the United States and finished fifth at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea
  • Played 145 minutes in seven games, scored five goals on 11 shots, had one assist, seven steals and one field block
• Captained the U.S. Youth National Team in 2011
• Was part of the U.S. squad that took fourth at the FINA Youth World Championships in Perth, Australia in December 2012

Prior to Stanford

• A 2013 graduate of Lincoln-Way Central High School
• Played four years of water polo, swam for three years and earned a letter in basketball
• Helped lead LWCHS to the state tournament in 2012 and 2013, becoming first South Suburban team to reach the state title game in 2013
• Two-time sectional champions (2012-13) and conference champions in 2013
• Named Illinois State Player of the Year as a senior
• Four-time selection to all-state, all-sectional and all-conference teams
• Four-time team MVP
• Named an academic All-American four times
• Played club for West-Suburban Water Polo Club (2009-10), Windy City Water Polo (2011-12) and Huntington Beach Water Polo Club (2012-13)
• Her teams finished third at the U.S. Club Championships in 2012, eighth at the 2012 Junior Olympics and second at the 2013 Junior Olympics

Personal

• Born in Chicago, Ill.
• Parents are Daniel and Desa
• Has one older brother, Petar
• Father played football at Utah State and brother played water polo at the U.S. Air Force Academy