Women's Water Polo 2012

PositionOFFENCE

Height5-11

ClassFreshman

HometownSanta Monica, Calif.

Career Accolades and Statistics

As a Senior (2015)

ACWPC First Team All-American
ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
All-NCAA Tournament First Team
All-MPSF Second Team
MPSF All-Academic
Second on the team with 54 goals
Tied for eighth in the MPSF in goals per game (2.00)
Scored in 22 games, had 16 multi-goal efforts and eight hat tricks
Season-high six goals came against San Diego State (2/14)
Scored five goals in wins over UC Davis (1/31) and Harvard (3/20)
Had one four-goal outing in a MPSF win over CSU Bakersfield (4/12)
Other hat tricks came against CSUN (2/21), Santa Clara (2/26), UC Davis (3/29) and San Jose State (4/4)

As a Junior (2014)

As a Sophomore (2013)

ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
MPSF All-Academic
Scored 20 goals despite missing the first half of the season due to injury
Scored first goal of the year in win over Harvard (3/22)
Netted a pair of goals in win at Arizona State (3/24)
Scored 11 goals over Stanford's 4-0 trip to Hawaii (3/29-30), including five goals in win over San Diego State and three in win against Hawai'i
Added a goal to wins over UCLA (4/6) and at USC (4/13)
Scored the goal that sent the national championship game into overtime against USC (5/12)

As a Freshman (2012)

ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
All-MPSF Honorable Mention
MPSF All-Newcomer Team
MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 9)
MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 2)
MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 5)
Second on the team with 50 goals
Seventh in the MPSF in goals per game (1.92)
Posted nine hat tricks
Scored four goals in her collegiate debut against LMU, then added two more later in the day against UC Davis (1/28)
Posted hat tricks in wins over San Jose State (2/5 and 2/11)
Scored four times in 13-5 in over California at the UCI Invitational (2/26)
Added another hat trick in win over UC Irvine (3/4)
Turned in consecutive hat tricks in wins over Brown (3/26) and Arizona State (3/31)
Scored four goals in MPSF Championship quarterfinal win over Hawai'i (4/27)
Posted hat trick in National Collegiate Championship semifinal win over UC Irvine (5/12)

USA Water Polo

Has seen action with both the U.S. Senior and Junior National Teams
Helped Team USA to silver at the 2014 FINA Intercontinental Tournament in Riverside, Calif. from May 19-25, 2014
Won gold at the 2013 FINA Junior World Championship
Participated in Pan Am Games qualifiers in Puerto Rico and trained with the senior team in Italy
Played in the Junior Pan Am Games in Brazil and participated in the 2009 and 2011 Junior World Championships

Prior to Stanford

A 2011 graduate of Harvard-Westlake in Studio City, Calif.
Earned four letters in water polo, captaining the team as a junior and senior
Helped lead the team to CIF Southern Section Division IV title in 2011, the school's first women's water polo title
Named All-American, CIF Southern Section Division I Player of the Year and Mission League MVP as a senior
Played club for Los Angeles Water Polo Club from 2003-11
Led team to titles at the Junior Olympics in open and under-20 divisions in 2010
Named Junior Olympics MVP

Personal

Ashley Grossman Season 2012