2017 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Bronte Halligan
- Position:
- Utility
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Stella Maris College
- Hometown:
- Sydney, NSW, Australia
2021
Taking the year off to pursue Olympic dreams with Team Australia.
2020
Taking the year off to pursue Olympic dreams with Team Australia.
2019
Totaled 34 goals, 37 assists (team high), 39 steals (team high) and 21ย field blocks (team high) in 29 games played (12 starts) โฆ added 22 earned exclusions (one penalty) and won 17-of-25 sprints โฆ 1.17 goals per game average was 24th in MPSF โฆ Second-Team All-America pick by ACWPC โฆ All-MPSF Second Team selection โฆ also selected toย the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team โฆ ACWPC All-Academic โExcellentโ honoree โฆ named MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2018, Winter 2019, and Spring 2019 quarters โฆ had eight multi-goal games and three hat tricks, including a career- and season-high four goals in a win over San Jose State (Apr. 7)ย โฆ scored at least one goal in a season-high 11ย straight games Mar. 3-May 10ย and scored at least one goal in 22-of-29 games she played.
2018
Totaled 31 goals, 37 assists (team high), 58 steals (team high) and 11 field blocks in 31 games played (six starts) โฆ 1.00 goals per game average was 23rd in MPSF โฆ tied for team high with 19 sprints won โฆ Second-Team All-America pick by ACWPC โฆ chosen to NCAA All-Tournament Team after posting one goal, four assists (team high), seven steals (team high) and three field blocks (team high) in two games played (two starts) โฆ ACWPC All-Academic โExcellentโ honoree โฆ named MPSF All-Academic Scholar-Athlete โฆ selected to Athletic Directorโs Honor Roll for Fall 2017, Winter 2018 and Spring 2018 โฆ tallied nine multi-goal games (two hat tricks), including four-goal performance in MPSF Championships semifinal-round game, a 13-10 loss versus No. 1 USC (April 28); posted team highs of eight goals, five steals and two field blocks in three games played at tournament โฆ contributed two goals, two assists and four steals in 11-2 win versus No. 22 Loyola Marymount (UCLA Invitational, Feb. 10) โฆ dished out four assists in 10-4 win versus No. 9 Pacific (Jan. 28) at Michigan Invitational โฆ accumulated one goal, four earned exclusions and three steals in National Collegiate Championships semifinal-round game, a 10-6 loss at No. 1 USC (May 12); also posted four earned exclusions in 8-5 loss versus No. 1 Stanford (April 7) โฆ collected three assists, four steals and two field blocks in National Collegiate Championships quarterfinal-round game, an 8-4 win versus Pacific (May 11); also amassed four steals in 8-7 (2OT) win at No. 7 UC Irvine (Feb. 16).
2017
Totaled 25 goals, 26 assists, 27 steals and two field blocks in 24 games played (21 starts) โฆ member of MPSF All-Newcomer Team โฆ ACWPC All-Academic โSuperiorโ honoree โฆ collected four assists and two steals in 13-2 road win over No. 14 Long Beach State (Feb. 3) โฆ tallied eight goals, six assists and eight steals (team high) in four games at Feb. 24-26 Barbara Kalbus Invitational, including two-goal, three-assist, three-steal performance in 19-3 win over No. 16 UC San Diego (Feb. 24) ... also posted three goals, one assist, one field block and four earned exclusions in 10-9 loss to No. 2 USC (Feb. 25) at Barbara Kalbus Invitational โฆ accumulated two goals, three assists and two steals in 22-5 win over No. 12 San Diego State (March 30) at Hawaiโi Invitational โฆ scored game-winning goal in 9-8 semifinal-round win over third-seeded California (April 29) at MPSF/KAP7 Tournament.
NATIONAL TEAM
Competed for the Aussie Stingers (Australia's Senior Women's National Team) at the FINA World League Super Final in 2019ย ... the Aussies placed fifth with Halligan scoring a total of six goalsย ... she scored at least one goal in four of the six games, including a tournament-high two scores in a 10-8 win over China and in a 12-7 win over Hungary in the fifth-place gameย ... also competed for the Stingers at the FINA World Championships in 2015, andย 2017 ... she finished off World League Super Finals in 2019 with player of the game honors in her 100th cap for the Stingers.
PERSONAL
Daughter of Linda and Darylย ... has one older brother, Cooper, one older sister, Devon, and one younger sister, Indeย ... decided to attend UCLA because she felt at home with the team and the city of Los Angeles, as well as the college lifestyle and the scholastic opportunities UCLA presented ... describes her greatest athletic thrill to date as being able to represent Australia at the FINA World Championships for the first time in 2015 ... admires former swimmer Brooke Hanson and former basketball player Lauren Jackson ... hobbies and interests include "surfing, hanging with friends and anything Australian" ... is half Australian and half New Zealander ... father, Daryl, played for New Zealand in rugby league, while older sister, Devon, competes for New Zealand in Surf Life Saving and, as of 2017, is a current world champion ... major is undecided.
| BRONTE HALLIGAN'S CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||||
| Year | GP/GS | G | ATT | PCT | AST | STL | BLK | EE |
| 2017 | 24/21 | 25 | 64 | .391 | 26 | 27 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 31/6 | 31 | 73 | .425 | 37 | 58 | 11 | 15 |
| 2019 | 29/12 | 34 | 71 | .479 | 37 | 39 | 21 | 22 |
| Totals | 84/39 | 90 | 208 | .433 | 100 | 124 | 34 | 44 |
