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