Kat Klass Season 2016

Career Accolades

• 2019 ACWPC Second Team All-American
• 2019 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• 2019 All-NCAA Tournament Second Team
• 2019 All-MPSF Second Team
• 2019 MPSF All-Academic
• 2018 ACWPC Third Team All-American
• 2018 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• 2018 All-NCAA Tournament Second Team
• 2018 MPSF All-Academic
• MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Feb. 6, 2018)
• 2017 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• 2017 MPSF All-Academic
• 2016 ACWPC Second Team All-American
• 2016 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• 2016 MPSF Newcomer of the Year
• 2016 MPSF All-Newcomer Team
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 26, 2016)
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 29, 2016)
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 8, 2016)
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 19, 2016)
• Scored 150 career goals in 103 games
• Had 42 multi-goal performances and 18 hat tricks
• Scored an average of 1.46 goals per game in her career

As a Senior (2019)

• ACWPC Second Team All-American
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• All-NCAA Tournament Second Team
• All-MPSF Second Team
• MPSF All-Academic
• Fourth on the team with 37 goals
• 13th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.54)
• Scored in 22 games, had 11 multi-goal performances and three hat tricks
• Put in the 150th and final goal of her career to tie the game midway through the third quarter of the NCAA final against USC (5/12)
• Season-high four goals came against California (2/3)

As a Junior (2018)

• ACWPC Third Team All-American
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• All-NCAA Tournament Second Team
• MPSF All-Academic
• MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (Feb. 6)
• Second on the team with 39 goals
• Ninth in the MPSF in goals per game (1.63)
• Scored in 21 games, had 11 multi-goal efforts and four hat tricks
• Had at least one goal in each of the first 16 games to start the season
• Tied a career high with five goals against California at the Stanford Invitational (2/4)
• Scored four earlier the same day against Long Beach State (2/4)
• Tallied a hat trick at UC Santa Barbara (3/28)
• Scored in each game at the NCAA championship in Los Angeles and totaled six goals
• Put in two in the quarterfinals against UC Irvine (5/11) and three in the semifinals against California (5/12)

As a Sophomore (2017)

• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Sixth on the team with 28 goals
• 26th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.08)
• Scored in 15 games, had eight multi-goal efforts and four hat tricks
• Poured in a season-high four goals against Loyola Marymount in the Stanford Invitational opener (2/4)
• Netted three in wins over UC Davis (1/14), California (2/5) and La Verne (3/11)
• Scored once each in wins over CSU Bakersfield (4/28) and USC (4/19) in the MPSF Tournament quarterfinals and semifinals
• Did the same in wins over Pacific (5/12) and USC (5/13) in the NCAA quarterfinals and semifinals in Indianapolis

As a Freshman (2016)

• ACWPC Second Team All-American
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF Newcomer of the Year
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 26)
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 29)
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 8)
• MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 19)
• Second on the team with 46 goals
• Eighth in the MPSF in goals per game (1.59)
• Scored in a team-high 24 games, had 12 multi-goal efforts and seven hat tricks
• Poured in a career-high five goals in the MPSF opener at San Jose State (3/5)
• Had one four-goal performance in the second game of the season against UC Davis (1/16)
• Other hat tricks came against Pacific (1/16), Michigan (2/6), San Jose State (2/6), Hawaii (2/28) and UC Santa Barbara (3/22)
• Tied for the team lead with five goals at the NCAA championships in Los Angeles
• Scored twice in the quarterfinals against UC Santa Barbara (5/13) and once in the semifinals against UCLA (5/14)
• Two goals in the championship against USC (5/15) came in the game's final 47 seconds
• Two-goal games came against Loyola Marymount (2/7), San Diego State (4/10), UCLA (4/23), UC Santa Barbara (5/13) and USC (5/15)

USA Water Polo

• Took home gold at the World University Games in Taipei in August 2017
  • Collected seven goals on 12 shots to go with two assists and four steals 
• Stanford represented the United States and finished fifth at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea
  • Played 147 minutes in seven games, scored 11 goals on 27 shots, had nine assists, five steals and three field blocks
  • Tied for 12th at the tournament in goals scored
• In 2014, won gold with the U.S. Women's Youth National Team at both the UANA Junior Pan American Championships and the FINA World Youth Championships
  • Scored 12 total goals over six games at the UANA Junior Pan American Championships in Riverside, Calif., highlighted by hat tricks against Mexico and Puerto Rico
    • The U.S. was a perfect 6-0 and defeated Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico (twice) and Brazil (twice) by a combined score of 107-18.
  • Scored three times at the FINA World Youth Championships in Madrid, Spain from Aug. 25-31, including two against Germany, a 24-4 U.S. win
    • Klass and Team USA, which also included current Stanford teammates Madison Berggren and Jordan Raney, swept their way to the title
    • The United States beat Hungary, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, Greece and Canada
• Won gold with Team USA at the 2013 Pan Am Youth Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Scored 15 goals, including five in a 23-4 win over Puerto Rico in the semifinals
  • The U.S. went 7-0 and outscored its opponents 123-33
  • Wins came against Puerto Rico (twice), Venezuela, Canada (twice), Brazil and Argentina
• Member of the 2012 U.S. Women's Cadet National Team that underwent common training with Team Canada in July in Southern California

Prior to Stanford

• A 2015 graduate of San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, Calif.
• Lettered four years in water polo and served as team captain as a senior
  • San Ramon Valley's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year in 2015
  • Named Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year (2015) by the Rotary Club of Danville
  • East Bay Girls Water Polo Player of the Year (2013 and 2014)
  • Three-time NCS Division I MVP (2012-14)
  • NCS Division I first team (2011)
  • Three-time EBAL Most Valuable Player (2012-14)
  • EBAL first team (2011)
  • Holds school records for career goals (492) and single-season goals (151)
  • Second in school history in career assists
  • San Ramon Valley won four North Coast Section (NCS) CIF Division I titles (2011-14)
  • Won three East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) championships (2012-14)
  • Team came in first at the 2013 NorCal Tournament and went undefeated that season (27-0)
• Also competed for three years in varsity swimming
• Played for 680 Drivers from 2011-15
  • Two time Junior Olympics first team All-American (2014 and 2015)
  • 680 Drivers won 2015 Junior Olympics and finished third in 2014
  • Team also came in second at the Cal Cup in 2015 and won the event in 2014

Personal

• Born in San Ramon, Calif.
• Parents are Laura and Craig Klass
• Has a younger sister, Sarah
• Father is one of the most accomplished Stanford men's water polo players in school history
  • Three-time All-American (1984-86)
  • Helped Stanford to back-to-back NCAA championships in 1985 and 1986 and a runner-up finish in 1984
  • Eighth in Stanford history with 184 goals, including a then single-season best 87 goals in 1986
  • NCAA Player of the Year in 1986
  • Competed for the United States in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games
  • Won silver in 1988 and Team USA finished fourth in 1992
  • 1989 USOC Athlete of the Year
  • Inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008