2022 Women's Water Polo Roster

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21 Emma Wright

  • Position Attacker
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Last School(s) Lindsay Institute
  • Hometown Lindsay, Ontario

Biography

2021
• Sat out season to train with Canadian National Team in preparation for Summer Olympics 

2020
• Sat out season to train with Canadian National Team in preparation for Summer Olympics 

Cal Success:
• Named a 2019 ACWPC Second Team All-American
• Selected to the 2019 All-MPSF First Team
• Scored seven goals in an 18-9 win over San Jose State in the quarterfinals of the 2019 MPSF Championships, tying her career-high and the second-most ever in a game by a Cal player
• Her 67 goals in 2019 are the eighth-most ever in a single season by a Cal player
• Earned ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention in 2018 
• Earned All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• Appeared in all 26 games as a sophomore and led the team with 47 goals 
• Finished fifth in the MPSF at 1.81 goals per game 
• Earned a spot on the 2018 MPSF All-Academic Team 
• Earned All-Academic ACWPC excellent status in 2017 and 2018 
• Selected as a captain for her junior year
• Appeared in 25 games as a freshman 
• Recorded 40 goals, tying for second on the team
• Earned an ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention as a freshman
• Earned All-MPSF Honorable Mention
• Named to the 2017 MPSF All-Newcomer Team 
• Named MPSF Newcomer of the Week twice in 2017
• Scored seven goals in a 16-5 win over No. 24 CSU Bakersfield (the most in an MPSF match since 2001)


High School/National Success:
• Played for Canada in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, serving as team captain
• Five-time Ontario Provincial MVP
• Member of Canada's National Team Program since 2010
• Led Team Canada to quarterfinals of 2016 Olympic Qualification Tournament; missed Olympic berth by one goal after falling 8-7 to Italy
• Has played in numerous international tournaments for Canada, including FINA World Championships, Pan American Games, Super World League Finals and FINA Junior World Championships among others

Personal:
• Interdisciplinary Studies major
• Parents are Jim and Wendy Wright
• Sister Claire Wright was a teammate on the 2020 Canadian Olympic Team and played at Loyola Marymount; other sister Rebecca Wright played at Pacific
• Uncle Jeff Beukeboom played in the NHL for the New York Rangers and Edmonton Oilers

CAREER GOALS:
2017: 40
2018: 47
2019: 67
TOTAL: 154

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2017Freshman

    Driver
    6'0"
    21
  • 21

    2018Sophomore

    Attacker
    6'0"
    21
  • 21

    2019Junior

    Attacker
    6'0"
    21
  • 2021Senior

    Attacker
    6'0"
  • 21

    2022Senior

    Attacker
    6'0"
    21