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Sophia Monaghan Season 2014
PositionDEF
Height5-9
ClassFreshman
HometownPrinceton, N.J.
In The News
Career Accolades and Statistics
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- 2017 MPSF All-Academic
- 2016 MPSF All-Academic
- 2014 ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- Scored 32 career goals, had four multi-goal outings and one hat trick
As a Senior (2017)
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- MPSF All-Academic
- Scored seven goals and had one multi-goal performance against La Verne (3/11)
As a Junior (2016)
- MPSF All-Academic
- Scored a career-high 14 goals
- Netted at least one goal in 11 games, had two multi-goal efforts and one hat trick
- Registered her first career hat trick at the Davis Shootout against Brown (2/21)
- Scored twice in a win over Loyola Marymount at the Stanford Invitational (2/7)
As a Sophomore (2015)
- Scored five goals, once each in games against CSU Monterey Bay (1/17), UC Davis (1/31), Fresno Pacific (2/14), Santa Clara (2/26) and Harvard (3/20)
As a Freshman (2014)
- ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
- Scored six goals
- Multi-goal effort came at UC Davis (2/15)
USA Water Polo
Stanford represented the United States and finished fifth at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea
- Played 73 minutes in seven games, scored one goal, had two steals and two field blocks
- Part of the U.S. Junior National Team that captured gold at the 2012 UANA Pan Am Championships
- Has also trained with the U.S. Youth National Team
Prior to Stanford
- A 2013 graduate of The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J.
- Played water polo and swam for four years, and rowed for two
- Helped lead water polo team to the 2012 Beast of the East title, the biggest prep water polo tournament outside of California
- Team captured Eastern Championships in 2011 and 2012 and went undefeated in 2012-13
- Named Eastern Championship MVP in 2011 and 2012
- Selected to the Eastern Championship All-Tournament First Team in 2009 and 2010
- Named to Beast of the East All-Tournament First Team (2012)
- Two-time academic All-American (2011-12)
- Played club for Greenwich Aquatics (2011) and Tiger Aquatics (2010, 2012-13)
- Helped Tiger Aquatics to third-place finish at 2010 National State Challenge
- Named to the All-Tournament first team at that tournament
Personal
- Born in Philadelphia, Pa.
- Parents are Alec and Ansie
- Has two siblings, Paul and Isabelle
- Father played squash at Trinity College
- Mother was a swimmer at Virginia who also competed at U.S. Olympic Trials in 1980 and was part of the U.S. Swimming National Junior Team that defeated the USSR in 1981
- Grandmother, Dolly Hill, competed the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1956
Women's Water Polo
Champions in the Classroom
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Another Academic Record
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Stanford Takes Care of CSUB
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Senior Day Success
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SJSU at Avery Saturday
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Steffens Scores Seven
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Stanford Routs Red Foxes
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Cardinal Tallies Two Wins
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Stanford Wins Home Invite
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Pair of Convincing Wins
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2016 Season In Review
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Record Academic Haul
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Record Academic Haul
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Cardinal At CSUB Saturday
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No. 4 Stanford At UCI Invite
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Senior Day Success
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Friday Win Under the Lights
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Total Team Effort
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Valentine's Day Victories
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Card Tops Aggies, Anteaters
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Good Start
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Cardinal Cruises To Win
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Victories In The Valley
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