2018 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Kelsey Blacker
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Cathedral Catholic HS
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
2019
Totaled 12 goals, five assists, five steals and three field blocks in 24 games played (three starts) โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Spring 2019ย โฆ finished third on the team in exclusions drawn (25) and penalties drawn (three) โฆ posted a .545 shooting percentage โฆ scored a season-high-tying and career-high-tying two goals in a 9-8 win over No. 15 Loyola Marymount (Feb. 2) and in a 16-2 win over No. 22 Indiana (Mar. 16).
2018
Totaled 10 goals, five assists, seven steals and one field block in 29 games played (five starts) โฆ posted a .526 shooting percentage โฆ scored two goals in 14-7 win versus No. 20 Wagner (Jan. 28) at Michigan Invitational; also registered two-goal games in 15-4 win versus No. 21 San Jose State (March 18) and 15-7 victory versus No. 12 Hartwick (March 24) โฆ tallied two steals in 13-3 win versus No. 17 UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 23) at Barbara Kalbus Invitational.
2017
Totaled one goal, one assist and three steals in four games played โฆ collected one goal and one steal in 19-3 win over No. 16 UC San Diego (Feb. 24) at Barbara Kalbus Invitational.
2016
Played in five games ... scored three goals on six attempts for a .500 shot percentage ... was 2-for-2 on counterattacks ...ย also recorded three assists and three steals.
CLUB
Competed for San Diego Shores Water Polo Club ... helped the club to a gold medal at the 2012 Junior Olympics and a first-place finish at the 2014 National Club Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year varsity water polo letterwinner at Cathedral Catholic High School ... also lettered in swimming (2013-14) ... team MVP in 2015 and 2013 ... she is a three-time All-CIF performer and three times was named to her schoolโs all-academic teamย ... awarded "Best Defender" in 2012 ... earned the 2015 Career-Athletic Achievement Award. ย
PERSONAL
Daughter of Jonathan and Jennie Blacker ... has one brother, Ryan, and one sister, Sarah ... says she chose UCLA because, "I love the campus and the many opportunities offered so that I can learn and grow as a student."
| KELSEY BLACKER'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2016 | 5/0 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 4/0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 29/5 | 10 | 19 | .526 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| 2019 | 24/3 | 12 | 22 | .545 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 |
| Totals | 62/8 | 26 | 49 | .531 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 29 |
