2024 Women's Water Polo Roster

13 Sophie Wallace

  • Position 2-Meter Defender
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Fifth Year
  • High School Corona del Mar
  • Hometown Newport Beach, Calif.
  • Major Science, Technology and Society

Biography

Career Accolades
  • Two-time NCAA champion (2022-23)
  • ACWPC All-American First Team (2024)
  • All-MPSF First Team (2024)
  • NCAA All-Tournament First Team (2024)
  • MPSF All-Tournament Team (2024)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 29, 2022)
  • NCAA Elite 90 Award winner (2021)
  • Four-time ACWPC All-Academic (2020-23)
  • Four-time MPSF All-Academic (2021-24)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)
As a Fifth-Year Senior (2024)
  • ACWPC All-American First Team
  • All-MPSF First Team
  • NCAA All-Tournament First Team
  • MPSF All-Tournament Team
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • One of 11 players to compete in all 26 games
  • Led team in goals (54), assists (36), points (90), shots (148) and multi-goal games (18)
  • Led the Cardinal in scoring six times
  • Matched career high with five goals against San Diego State (March 9)
As a Senior (2023) • NCAA Champions
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • One of nine players to compete in all 25 games
  • Ranked fifth on team in goals (28) and shots (54)
  • Contributed 10 assists and eight multi-goal games
  • Scored season-high three goals against UCLA (May 13)
As a Junior (2022) • NCAA Champions
  • MPSF/Kap7 Player of the Week (March 29)
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
  • One of five players to compete in all 27 games
  • Ranked sixth on team in goals (25) on 51 shots
  • Contributed 12 assists
  • Produced six multi-goal games, including a career-high five against Marist (Jan. 29)
As a Sophomore (2021)
  • NCAA Elite 90 Award winner
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF All-Academic
  • Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll 
  • Appeared in all 19 games, scoring 12 goals
  • Scored season-high two goals against San Diego State (March 14)
As a Freshman (2020)
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • Appeared in all 16 games, scoring nine goals
  • Produced two-goal performances against UC Irvine (Jan. 26) and Long Island (March 1)
USA Water Polo
  • Won a silver medal at the UANA Junior Pan American Games with the Cadet National Team in Edmonton, Alberta in 2016
  • Placed seventh at the FINA Youth World Championship in Belgrade, Serbia in 2018
Prior to Stanford
  • 2019 graduate of Corona del Mar High School in Newport Beach, Calif.
  • 2019 CIF Southern Section Division I Player of the Year
    • Team-leading goal scorer
    • Corona del Mar Offensive MVP
    • Orange County Register All-County
    • Newport Mesa Daily Pilot Dream Team Player of the Year
    • All-Sunset League first team
  • Two-time All-CIF Southern Section Division I second team (2017, 2018)
  • Three-time Newport Mesa Daily Pilot Dream Team (2017-19)
  • Three-time All-Pacific Coast League first team (2016-18)
  • 2016 Corona del Mar Most Improved Award
  • Three-time Pacific Coast League champion (2016-18)
  • Runner-up at CIF-SS Championships, Sunset League Championships and Surf League Championships in 2019
  • 2018 CIF-SS Academic Team Champion
  • Played club for Corona del Mar in 2016 and SET Water Polo Club from 2017-19
    • Placed fourth at the Junior Olympics in 2017, third in 2018 and third in 2019
    • Junior Olympics All-America first team in 2019 and All-America second team in 2018
Personal
  • Born in Newport Beach, Calif.
  • Parents are Jay and Stephanie Wallace
  • Has one brother, Luke
  • Four-time member of the California Scholarship Foundation (2016-19)
  • Received an academic letter with distinction in 2018 and 2019
  • Three-time Outstanding Academic All-American (2017-19)
  • 2019 Corona del Mar Scholar-Athlete Award recipient
  • Volunteered with Best Day Foundation, which helps children with special needs surf, swim and play games at the beach
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Games Goals
2020 16 9
2021 19 12
2022 27 25
2023 25 28
2024 26 54
TOTALS 113 128

Statistics

Season:
2024

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 13

    2020Freshman

    2-Meter Defender
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2022Sophomore

    2-Meter Defender
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2022Junior

    2-Meter Defender
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2023Senior

    2-Meter Defender
    5'8"
    13
  • 13

    2024Fifth Year

    2-Meter Defender
    5'8"
    13