2019 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Carlee Kapana
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Newport Harbor HS
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
2019
Registered career-best 235 saves, and tallied 19 steals and 18 assists in 28 games played (27 starts) โฆ posted aย 10.12 saves per game average, which was second in the MPSF โฆ her 6.68 goals against average was third in MPSF โฆ Honorable Mention All-America pick by ACWPC โฆ All-MPSF Honorable Mention selection โฆ earned Director's Honor Roll all three quarters (Fall 2018, Winter 2019, Spring 2019) โฆ tallied 13 multi-save games, including a season-best 16-save performance in the 8-7 setbackย at No.ย 2 Stanfordย (Mayย 11) in the NCAA Semifinals โฆ turned away double-digit shots in 5 of her last six outings โฆ finished third on the UCLA career charts in total saves (723).
2018
Registered 180 saves, 15 steals and 14 assists in 22 games played (22 starts) โฆ 9.21 saves per game average was third in MPSF โฆ 6.14 goals against average was fifth in MPSF โฆ Honorable Mention All-America pick by ACWPC โฆ All-MPSF Honorable Mention selection โฆ tallied eight multi-save games, including 18-save performance in 12-8 win at No. 8 Pacific (March 11) โฆ surrendered four or fewer goals in starts of at least three quarters seven times, including six-save, two assist showing in 6-3 win versus No. 6 Arizona State (March 31) โฆ turned away 11 shots in 5-4 win versus No. 8 Michigan (Jan. 20) at UCSB Winter Invitational โฆ posted six saves and three assists in 13-3 win versus No. 17 UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 23) at Barbara Kalbus Invitational โฆ accumulated 13 saves in Barbara Kalbus Invitational third-place game, a 7-5 win versus No. 2 California (Feb. 25).
2017
Registered 193 saves (8.16 saves per game), 15 steals and six assists in 26 games played (26 starts) โฆ allowed 110 goals in 94.64 quarters played (4.65 goals-against average) โฆ All-MPSF Honorable Mention selection โฆ named to NCAA All-Tournament First Team after recording tournament-high 23 saves in three games played โฆ earned MPSF Player of the Week nodย (Feb. 21) after tallying 13 saves, one steal and one assist in 16-1 win over No. 6 UC Irvine โฆ allowed two or fewerย goals in 12 starts โฆ piled up 17 saves in 15-1 win over No. 17 UC Davis (Jan. 15) at LouStrong Invitational โฆ accumulated six saves, four steals and one assist and allowed two goals in 17-5 win over No. 23 CSU Bakersfield (March 11).
2016
Played in 18 games (11 starts) and 50 quarters, allowing 61 goals for a goals-against average of 4.88 ... recorded 115 saves on the season, including a season-high 15 against UCSB at the UCSB Winter Invite (Jan. 23) ... earned MPSF Newcomer of the Week honors for her performance at the UCSB Winter Invite (Jan. 26) ... tallied 10 steals and five assists.ย
NATIONAL TEAM
Competed at 2017 FINA Junior World Championships in Volos, Greece as member of Junior National Team; collected five saves in 24-1 win over Croatia ... member of the USA Senior National Team that won gold at theย 2015 FINA World Championships ...ย in 2014, she helped the Team USA win a gold medal at the Youth World Championships in Spain, and she was selected best goalkeeper ... also won gold with the Team USA in the Youth Pan American Games and was named Goalie of the Tournament.
CLUB
Competed for Newport Water Polo Foundation under coach Bill Barnett ... 2014 Junior Olympics All-American honorable mention selection ... 2010 recipient of the Maureen O'Toole Award at the U14 National Championships ... in 2009, Kapana was First-Team All-American Junior Olympics Platinum and made the All-Tournament Team at the San Diego Water Polo Tournament ... 2008 MVP Junior Olympics Gold ... was the 2007 MVP of the San Diego Water Polo Tournament. ย ย
HIGH SCHOOL
Kapana is a four-year letterwinner in goal for Newport Harbor, and helped lead the Sailors to the 2012 CIF championship and a pair of runner-up results in 2013 and 2014ย ... First-Team All-American in 2015 ... two-time First-Team Division I All-CIF selection ... Newport Harbor HS MVP and Sunset League MVP in 2015 ... 2015 OCADA Sunset League Female Athlete of the Year and Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Top Athlete ... 2015 Newport-Mesa Dream Team Player of the Year ... in 2014, she earned Goalie of the Tournament at the Irvine SoCal Championships ...ย 2012 JV Defensive Player of the Year at Newport Harbor HS ... member of the 2012 CIF-SS Division I Championship team ... also lettered in swimming. ย ย
PERSONAL
Daughter of Joseph and Susan Kapana ... has an older brother, Chase ... majored inย Sociology.
| CARLEEย KAPANA'Sย CAREER STATISTICS | ||||||
| Year | GP/GS | QP | SV | GA | GAA | MP |
| 2016 | 18/11 | 50.00 | 115 | 61 | 4.88 | 400:00 |
| 2017 | 26/26 | 94.64 | 193 | 110 | 4.65 | 752:38 |
| 2018 | 22/22 | 78.15 | 180 | 120 | 6.14 | 625:20 |
| 2019 | 28/27 | 92.8475 | 235 | 155 | 6.68 | 758:47 |
| Totals | 94/86 | 315.64 | ย 723 | 446 | 5.65 | 2536:45 |
