Makenzie Fischer Season 2022

In The News

• 5/5/22: End of An Era - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)
• 3/15/19: Scouting Stanford's goal scoring machine - Wendy Mayer (SwimSwam)

Career Accolades

• Three-time NCAA champion (2017, 2019, 2022)
• Two-time Peter J. Cutino Award Winner (2019, 2022)
• Four-time ACWPC All-American (2017-19, 2022)
• Two-time NCAA Tournament MVP (2019, 2022)
• Four-time All-NCAA Tournament First Team (2017-19, 2022)
• MPSF Player of the Year (2019)
• Four-time All-MPSF (2017-19, 2022)
• Three-time MPSF All-Tournament Team (2018-19, 2022)
• Six-time MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (April 3, 2018; Jan. 29, 2019; Feb. 5, 2019; Feb. 19, 2019; April 9, 2019, March 1, 2022)
• Peter J. Cutino Award Finalist (2018)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2017)
• Four-time MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 7, 2017; Feb. 21, 2017; Feb. 28, 2017; April 11, 2017)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year (2019, 2022)
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large (2018-19, 2022)
• Three-time CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team (2018-19, 2022)
• Four-time ACWPC All-Academic (2017-19, 2022)
• Three-time MPSF All-Academic (2018-19, 2022)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022)

As a Fifth-Year Senior (2022) • NCAA Champions

• Peter J. Cutino Award Winner
• ACWPC All-American First Team
• NCAA Tournament MVP
• All-NCAA Tournament First Team
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 1)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 26 games, leading team in goals (83), assists (47), points (130), shots (167), multi-goal games (23) and hat tricks (18)
• Became Cardinal's all-time leading scorer against USC (Feb. 26), with 288 career goals also ranking third in MPSF history
• Scored season-high six goals against USC (Feb. 26)
• Totaled 11 goals, five assists, 16 points and 22 shots in three NCAA Championship matches
• Produced 10 shots or more on five occasions, including a season-best 14 against UCLA (Feb. 27)

As a Senior (2021)

• Sat out to train with USA national team for Summer Olympic Games

As a Senior (2020)

• Sat out to train with USA national team for Summer Olympic Games

As a Junior (2019) • NCAA Champions

• Peter J. Cutino Award Winner
• ACWPC All-American First Team
• NCAA Tournament MVP
• All-NCAA Tournament First Team
• MPSF Player of the Year
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• Four-time MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Jan. 29; Feb. 5; Feb. 19; April 9)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large First Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Appeared in 24 games, leading team with 84 goals, the second-most in Stanford history (Ellen Estes; 1998; 93) and a single-season record for a national champion
• Scored league-best 3.50 goals per game, the second-highest average in the MPSF over the past 15 seasons (Sarah Harris; Pacific; 2007; 3.64)
• Produced 19 multi-goal games, including 16 hat tricks
• Scored career-high eight goals against Michigan (Feb. 2), one off the MPSF single-game record and the most for a Cardinal since 2009
• Named the NCAA Tournament MVP, scoring six times over three games, including a hat trick in the final against USC (May 12)
• Totaled four six-goal performances against San Jose State (Jan. 27), Indiana (Feb. 2), UC Davis (Feb. 16) and UC Irvine (March 25)

As a Sophomore (2018)

• Peter J. Cutino Award Finalist
• ACWPC All-American First Team
• All-NCAA Tournament First Team
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (April 3)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America At-Large Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District At-Large First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Appeared in all 24 games, leading team with 67 goals, the fifth-most in school history
• Also led MPSF averaging 2.79 goals per game
• Averaged 3.67 goals per game in the season’s final 12 contests
• Produced 19 multi-goal games, including 11 hat tricks
• Scored season-high five goals against UC Irvine (Jan. 27), UC Irvine (March 26), UC Santa Barbara (March 28), Arizona State (April 15), San Jose State (April 21), California (April 28) and USC (April 29)
• Opened the season with eight consecutive multi-goal outings

As a Freshman (2017) • NCAA Champions

• ACWPC All-American Second Team
• All-NCAA Tournament First Team
• All-MPSF Second Team
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team
• Four-time MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Feb. 7; Feb. 21; Feb. 28; April 11)
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• Appeared in all 26 games
• Ranked second on team with 54 goals, the highest total for a Stanford freshman since 2013
• Ranked fifth in MPSF in goals per game (2.08)
• Produced 18 multi-goal games, including seven hat tricks
• Scored season-high five goals twice in victories over Santa Clara (Feb. 18) and California (Feb. 25)
• Scored six goals over three games at NCAA Championships

USA Water Polo

• Two-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2020)
  • Scored seven goals in Rio and 14 goals in Tokyo for the United States
• Has won three FINA World Championship titles (2015, 2017, 2019)
  • Rattled the cage 10 times at the 2019 edition in Gwangju, South Korea
• Led the U.S. in scoring (21 goals) on its way to gold at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
• Won gold at the 2018 FINA World Cup in Surgut, Russia
  • Scored 10 goals, one of three of Team USA's double-digits scorers at the event
• Four-time FINA World League Super Final champion
  • Scored eight goals in Budapest, Hungary in 2019, six times in Shanghai, China in 2016, 10 in 2015 and five in 2014
• Won the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia and Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada
  • Tallied six goals at the world championships and 10 and the Pan American Games
• Also earned gold medals with the United States at the FINA World Youth Water Polo Championships in Madrid, Spain in 2014 and the FINA Women's Junior World Championships in Volos, Greece in 2013

Prior to Stanford

• 2015 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 as a junior and senior
  • Owns the Laguna Beach High School scoring record with 456 career goals
  • Won back-to-back CIF Southern Section Division I championships (2014 and 2015)
  • Team went a perfect 31-0 her senior season
  • Two-time CIF SS Division I player of the Year (2014 and 2015)
  • Two-time Orange County Register Player of the Year (2014 and 2015)
  • Orange County Register Small School Female Athlete of the Year (2015)
  • Orange Coast League Margaret Davis Female Athlete of the Year (2015)
  • Two-time Laguna Beach High School Female Athlete of the Year (2014 and 2015)
  • Laguna Beach High School Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2014)
• Played for SET Water Polo Club

Personal

• Born in Laguna Beach, Calif.
• Parents are Erich and Leslie Fischer
• Played alongside younger sister, Aria, a two-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

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