Aria Fischer Season 2019

In The News

• 5/5/22: End of An Era - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)
• 2/18/19: My Stanford Story: Aria Fischer [VIDEO] - Stanford Athletics

Career Accolades

• Three-time NCAA champion (2019, 2022-23)
• Peter J. Cutino Award winner (2023)
• ACWPC Player of the Year (2023)
• Four-time ACWPC All-American (2018-19, 2022-23)
• NCAA All-Tournament Team MVP (2023)
• Four-time NCAA All-Tournament (2018-19, 2022-23)
• MPSF Tournament MVP (2023)
• Two-time MPSF All-Tournament Team (2019, 2023)
• Four-time All-MPSF (2018-19, 2022-23)
• Six-time MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 26, 2019; April 16, 2019; Jan. 31, 2023; Feb. 14, 2023; March 7, 2023; March 28, 2023)
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team (2018)
• Two-time MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 30, 2018; Feb. 27, 2018)
• CSC Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year (2023)
• CSC Academic All-America At-Large (2023)
• CSC Academic All-District At-Large First Team (2023)
• Four-time ACWPC All-Academic (2018-19, 2022-23)
• Two-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)
• Three-time MPSF All-Academic (2019, 2022-23)
• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient (2023)

As a Redshirt Senior (2023) • NCAA Champions

• Peter J. Cutino Award winner
• ACWPC Player of the Year
• ACWPC All-American First Team
• NCAA All-Tournament Team MVP
• NCAA All-Tournament First Team
• MPSF Tournament MVP
• All-MPSF First Team
• CSC Academic All-America At-Large Team Member of the Year
• CSC Academic All-America At-Large
• CSC Academic All-District At-Large First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship recipient
• Appeared in 25 games
• Led team in goals (71), assists (45), points (116), shots (142) and was second in multi-goal games (20)
• Became seventh player in school history to reach 200-goal mark, scoring career-high eight goals against Arizona State (March 26)
• 226 career goals ranked fifth in school history
• 71 goals ranked fifth in school history for a single season

As a Redshirt Junior (2022) • NCAA Champions

• ACWPC All-American First Team
• NCAA All-Tournament First Team
• All-MPSF Second Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in 25 games
• Ranked second on team in shots (121) and was third in goals (62), assists (33) and points (85)
• Produced 17 multi-goal games and 13 hat tricks
• Scored season-high five goals on four occasions

As a Junior (2021)

• Sat out to train with USA national team for Summer Olympic Games

As a Junior (2020)

• Sat out to train with USA national team for Summer Olympic Games

As a Sophomore (2019) • NCAA Champions

• ACWPC All-American First Team
• NCAA All-Tournament First Team
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF All-Tournament Team
• Two-time MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 26; April 16)
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• MPSF All-Academic
• Appeared in 24 games, ranking second on the team with 58 goals
• Ranked third in MPSF in goals per game (2.42)
• Only underclassmen in the top five in the league in scoring
• Totaled 16 multi-goal performances and 12 hat tricks
• Poured in 12 goals over three games to lead the Cardinal in scoring at the NCAA Championship, matching career high with five-goal performances in the quarterfinals and semifinals

As a Freshman (2018)

• ACWPC All-American Second Team
• NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
• All-MPSF Second Team
• MPSF All-Newcomer Team
• Two-time MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 30; Feb. 27)
• ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
• Appeared in all 24 games, ranking fourth on the team with 35 goals
• Ranked 13th in the MPSF in goals per game (1.46)
• Produced 10 multi-goal performances and four hat tricks
• Led all conference freshmen in scoring average in MPSF contests (1.60)
• Scored season-high four goals against San Jose State (Jan. 28)

USA Water Polo

• Two-time Olympic gold medalist (2016, 2020)
  • Youngest female team sport athlete in U.S. Olympic history to win gold with performance in 2016 while scoring 10 goals in Tokyo
• Has won 14 other gold medals with the United States
  • 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru
    • Secured the U.S. its fifth consecutive Pan Am title and upped Team USA's winning streak to 59 games
    • Scored 14 goals
  • 2019 FINA World Championship in Gwangju, South Korea
    • Was the third consecutive world championship for the U.S., a record for any women's or men's program
    • Scored 10 goals
  • 2019 World League Super Final in Budapest, Hungary
    • Title qualified the United States for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo
    • Scored 10 goals
  • 2018 FINA World Cup in Surgut, Russia
    • Scored four goals in the opener against New Zealand, an 18-2 win
  • 2018 World League Super Final in Kunshan, China
    • Accounted for three goals
  • 2018 FINA World League Super Final in Kunshan, China
    • Contributed three goals
  • 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary
    • Scored five goals
  • 2017 FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai, China
    • Tallied four goals
  • 2016 FINA World League Super Final in Shanghai, China
    • Logged four goals
  • 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Gouda, Netherlands
  • 2016 FINA Women's Intercontinental Tournament in Lewisville, Texas
    • Posted five goals
  • 2015 FINA Junior World Championship in Volos, Greece
    • MVP
    • Led the team in scoring with 23 goals
  • 2015 FINA Intercontinental Tournament in Auckland, New Zealand
    • Scored eight goals
  • 2014 FINA Youth World Championship in Madrid, Spain
    • Led the team in scoring with 18 goals
  • 2014 UANA Junior Pan American Championship in Riverside, Calif. (U19)
    • MVP
    • Poured in 16 goals
  • 2013 UANA Youth Pan American Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina (U17)
    • Led Team USA in scoring with 20 goals
• One of two Olympians on the U.S. roster which took home silver at the 2017 FINA Intercontinental Tournament in Davis, Calif.
  • Scored a team-high 14 goals for a team composed primarily of rising talents in the USA Water Polo Olympic Development Program pipeline

Prior to Stanford

• 2017 graduate of Laguna Beach High School in Laguna Beach, Calif.
• Part of both the water polo and swim teams during her prep career and served as a water polo captain in 2014, 2015 and 2017
  • Three-time CIF SS Division 1 champion (2014, 2015, 2017)
  • Went undefeated (31-0) in both 2014-15 and 2016-17
  • Had a 30-1 record in 2013-14
  • 2017 SoCal Prep Legends Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year
  • 2017 Orange County Register Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2017 OCADA Orange County Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2017 Orange Coast League Margaret Davis Female Athlete of the Year
  • 2017 CIF SS Division 1 Female Water Polo Player of the Year
  • Two-time CIF SS Division 1 first team (2014 and 2015)
  • 2015 Orange Coast League Girls Water Polo Co-MVP
  • 2015 Orange County Register All-Orange County Girls Water Polo first team
• Took off her junior year to train with the U.S. Senior National Team for the Olympics
• Played for SET Water Polo Club
  • First place at the 2014 16U Junior Olympics
  • Second place at the 2015 16U Junior Olympics
  • Third place at the 2016 18U Junior Olympics
  • 2014 16U Junior Olympics MVP
  • 2015 16U First Team All-American
  • 2016 18U First Team All-American

Personal

• Born in Laguna Beach, Calif.
• Parents are Erich and Leslie Fischer
• Played alongside older sister, Makenzie, a three-time NCAA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist
• Father was a two-time men's water polo All-American at Stanford and 1992 Olympian
• Mother played for the Cardinal women's water polo team when it was a club sport

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