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Career Accolades

  • Two-time NCAA champion (2017, 2019)
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Superior (2017)
  • MPSF All-Academic (2020)

As a Senior (2020)

  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Scored five goals in five games
  • Tallied back-to-back scoring performances against USC (Feb. 23) and UC San Diego (March 1)

As a Junior (2019) • NCAA Champions

  • Scored one goal in the MPSF opener against Indiana (Feb. 2)

As a Sophomore (2018)

  • Scored once in the quarterfinals of the conference tournament against San Jose State (April 27)

As a Freshman (2017) • NCAA Champions

  • ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
  • Scored one goal in a win over Loyola Marymount at the Stanford Invitational (Feb. 4)

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2016 graduate of Riverside Polytechnic High School in Riverside, Calif.
  • Four-year letterwinner in water polo and was team captain in 2015 and 2016
    • Appeared in the CIF Southern Section Division IV championship in 2015 and 2016 and the Division V championship in 2013 and 2014
    • Team won the CIF SS Division V title in 2014
    • Inland Valley League champions all four years
    • Two-time first-team All-CIF (2015 and 2016)
    • Second-team All-CIF as a sophomore (2014)
    • Third-team All-CIF as a freshman (2013)
    • Two-time Inland Valley League Most Valuable Player (2015 and 2016)
    • 2015 Inland Empire Player of the Year
    • All-Inland Valley League in 2013 and 2014
  • Also completed in volleyball and swimming, appearing in the CIF finals each of her prep seasons
  • Played for Foothill Water Polo Club from 2011-16
    • Finished in the top ten at Junior Olympics five straight years (2012-16)
  • Graduated in the top five percent of her class and with bilteracy honors

Personal

  • Born in Corona, Calif.
  • Parents are Kathleen and Garr Bywater
  • Has an older sister Jacqueline, who played on the George Washington women's water polo team
  • An accomplished pianist, has qualified for honors recitals and competitions through the Music Teachers’ Association of California’s Certificate of Merit Program