Emalia Eichelberger Season 2022

In The News

• 2/12/20: My Stanford Story: Emalia Eichelberger (VIDEO) - Stanford Athletics

Career Accolades

• Two-time NCAA champion (2017, 2019)
• Three-time ACWPC All-America (2019-21)
• Three-time All-MPSF (2019-21)
• All-NCAA Tournament First Team (2019)
• Three-time ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent (2018-20)
• Four-time MPSF All-Academic (2018-21)

As a Redshirt Senior (2021)

• ACWPC All-America Second Team
• All-MPSF First Team
• MPSF All-Academic
• Started every game, allowing 144 goals and posted a 8.412 goals against average while playing 68.48 quarters (17.12 games)
• Made 153 saves, an average of 8.94 per game
• Finished second in the MPSF in saves per game
• Ranked third in the MPSF in total saves and fourth in save percentage
• Had nine double-digit save performances, including a season-best 15 at Arizona State (3/7)

As a Redshirt Junior (2020)

• ACWPC All-America First Team
• All-MPSF First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Superior
• MPSF All-Academic
• Allowed 71 goals and posted a 7.45 goals against average while playing 38.14 quarters (9.53 games)
• Made 102 saves, an average of 10.7 per game
• Led the MPSF in saves per game
• Fourth in the MPSF in total saves and eighth in save percentage
• Had three double-digit save performances, including a season-best 15 against Fresno State (Feb. 15)
• Collected 14 saves against UC Irvine (Jan. 26) and 12 against UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 22)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019) • NCAA Champions

• ACWPC All-America Second Team
• All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• All-NCAA Tournament First Team
• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Allowed 115 goals and posted a 7.27 goals against average while playing 63.28 quarters (15.82 games)
• Made 141 saves, an average of 8.91 per game
• Fourth in the MPSF in both goals against average and saves per game
• Had four double-digit save performances, including a career high 16 in the MPSF championship against USC (April 28)
• Also made 12 stops at California (April 13), 11 at USC (March 30) and 10 against UCLA (Feb. 23)
• Never allowed more than nine goals in a single game

As a Redshirt Freshman (2018)

• ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent
• MPSF All-Academic
• Allowed 17 goals and posted a 3.70 goals against average while playing 18.37 quarters (4.59 games)
• Made 31 saves, an average of 6.75 per game
• Had a season-high eight saves in a win over San Jose State at the Cal Cup (Jan. 28)
• Also had five-stop performances against Long Beach State (Feb. 4) and UC Santa Barbara (March 28)
• Made her collegiate debut in the fourth quarter of the season opener against UC Davis (Jan. 20)
• Played the second half against San Jose State (April 27) in the MPSF quarterfinals, made three saves and allowed two goals
• Came on in the fourth quarter of an NCAA quarterfinal against UC Irvine (May 11) and stopped a pair of shots

As a Freshman (2017) • NCAA Champions

• Redshirted the 2017 season

 USA Water Polo

• Won a gold medal at the FINA World Women's Junior Water Polo Championships in Volos, Greece in 2015
• Traveled to Dunaújváros, Hungary in 2014 for a cadet team training camp and tournament
• Won gold at the UANA Junior Pan American Championship in Riverside, Calif. in 2014
• Gold-medal winner at the 2013 UANA Youth Pan American Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Prior to Stanford

• A 2016 graduate of Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Lettered four years in water polo and won state titles and Interscholastic League of Hawaii (ILH) titles each season
  • Two-time state most valuable player (2015 and 2016)
  • Three-time first-team All-American (2014-16)
  • Four-time first-team all-state (2013-16)
  • Was named Senior Athlete of the Year in her final prep season
  • Won the McEldowney Matthias Award for Scholarship, Athletics and Citizenship as a junior
  • Pa'ani Athlete of the Year (2014)
• Her 2016 Punahou class never lost a game, beginning when they were in seventh grade paying intermediate water polo
• Also was a three-time varsity canoe paddling state champion in the mixed crew (2013-15) and won a state title in the girls' crew in 2015
• Played for Rose Bowl Water Polo Club from 2014-16
  • Was an 18U team captain in 2016
  • 16U team finished fourth at Junior Olympics in 2013
• Won academic excellence awards in high school in Spanish, history and for her senior capstone

Personal

• Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Parents are DC and Dave Eichelberger
• Has three siblings, including twin brother Davis
• Father, Dave, played golf at Oklahoma State and won the 1963 NCAA team championship
  • Later won four PGA Tour events and six Champions Tour events, including the 1999 US Senior Open
  • Was a member of the United States Walker Cup team in 1965