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Women's Water Polo Announces Latest Recruiting Class
7/17/2023 2:56:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
LEWISBURG, Pa.- The Bucknell Bison women's water polo announced its latest recruiting class on Monday. Head coach John McBride is adding six new players to his 2024 squad.Â
Sophie "Lehua" Bender, a center, travels to Lewisburg from distant Honolulu, Hawaii. She spent her high school career in the water, notching five letters with four in water polo and one on the swimming team. She captained the water polo team during her senior year. Her squad was the undefeated Hawaii State Champions in 2022. Bender played for the following club teams:Â Hawaiian Islands Water Polo Club, Punahou Aquatics Water Polo Club, Oahu Water Polo Club, and ODP Water Polo State Team.
Campbell Collins, an attacker, rolls into Lewisburg from nearby Baltimore, Maryland. She collected six variety letters: four in swimming and diving and two in water polo. Collins served as the swimming and water polo captain for the 2023 seasons. Since her home region has little water polo presence, she spent the last two seasons attending boarding school in New England to maximize her water polo opportunities. It paid off as she won the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Water Polo MVP, and her team won the Williston Northampton NEPSAC Championship in 2022.Â
Regan Coon, an attacker, hails from New York City. An accomplished swimmer, she collected 11 medals in various events at the Ivy League Championships and NYSAIS (New York State Association Independent Schools) meets. Her swimming team won NYSAIS in 2020 and notched second place in 2022 and 2023. Coon received the alumni award for my swim team this year (an award given to one selected upperclassman for their devotion to the team, team spirit, and leadership abilities). She contains a Bucknell lineage. Her mother attended and graduated in 1991.Â
Amy Pischke, utility position, stays in the Commonwealth as she lives in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. Pischke displayed excellent athleticism in high school by collecting ten varsity letters, with four in water polo and swimming and two in lacrosse. Pischke racked up numerous individual achievements, including serving as the water polo captain in 2022 and 2023, 2021 and 2022 PA Small School All-State First Team, 2022 PA Big School All-State honorable mention, 2021 and 2022 Eastern All-Conference Second Team and 2021 Suburban 1 All-League.
Caitlin Scott, an attacker, becomes Bucknell's second South African player. Scott ventures to Lewisburg from Johannesburg. She participated in netball, swimming, and water polo in high school. She served as team captain (water polo) and played for the South African National Team from South African National team from 2019-2022. In 2021, Stott won gold with the South African national team at the EU Nations tournament. She played for the Provincial A team from 2016-2022 and won gold in 2019 and 2022. Stott played for the OJ Eagles in Johannesburg.Â
Tamara Torkos, a goalkeeper, journeys to Bucknell from Budapest, Hungary. A lifelong water polo player, Torkos has collected a host of rewards: the Pécel Award (2019), Szalay Award (2018), Best Player of the 2021/2022 Girls Young Division, and 2022 Player of the Month (October). Playing for BVSC-Zugló (2015-2022), the team won multiple championships, most notably, 2016/17 Budapest 2002 Girls Budapest Championship (1st), 2017/2018 Budapest 2003 Girls Budapest Championship (1st), and 2020/2021 Sipos Edit National Girls Youth Cup (1st). While on the Hungarian National Team, the squad won the U152019 Diapolo Cup U15. She was the first goalkeeper to receive the Iván Szalay Award. Her arms poetic: "There is no losing game, only winning."
The women's water polo team returns to action in 2024.Â
Sophie "Lehua" Bender, a center, travels to Lewisburg from distant Honolulu, Hawaii. She spent her high school career in the water, notching five letters with four in water polo and one on the swimming team. She captained the water polo team during her senior year. Her squad was the undefeated Hawaii State Champions in 2022. Bender played for the following club teams:Â Hawaiian Islands Water Polo Club, Punahou Aquatics Water Polo Club, Oahu Water Polo Club, and ODP Water Polo State Team.
Campbell Collins, an attacker, rolls into Lewisburg from nearby Baltimore, Maryland. She collected six variety letters: four in swimming and diving and two in water polo. Collins served as the swimming and water polo captain for the 2023 seasons. Since her home region has little water polo presence, she spent the last two seasons attending boarding school in New England to maximize her water polo opportunities. It paid off as she won the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council Water Polo MVP, and her team won the Williston Northampton NEPSAC Championship in 2022.Â
Regan Coon, an attacker, hails from New York City. An accomplished swimmer, she collected 11 medals in various events at the Ivy League Championships and NYSAIS (New York State Association Independent Schools) meets. Her swimming team won NYSAIS in 2020 and notched second place in 2022 and 2023. Coon received the alumni award for my swim team this year (an award given to one selected upperclassman for their devotion to the team, team spirit, and leadership abilities). She contains a Bucknell lineage. Her mother attended and graduated in 1991.Â
Amy Pischke, utility position, stays in the Commonwealth as she lives in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. Pischke displayed excellent athleticism in high school by collecting ten varsity letters, with four in water polo and swimming and two in lacrosse. Pischke racked up numerous individual achievements, including serving as the water polo captain in 2022 and 2023, 2021 and 2022 PA Small School All-State First Team, 2022 PA Big School All-State honorable mention, 2021 and 2022 Eastern All-Conference Second Team and 2021 Suburban 1 All-League.
Caitlin Scott, an attacker, becomes Bucknell's second South African player. Scott ventures to Lewisburg from Johannesburg. She participated in netball, swimming, and water polo in high school. She served as team captain (water polo) and played for the South African National Team from South African National team from 2019-2022. In 2021, Stott won gold with the South African national team at the EU Nations tournament. She played for the Provincial A team from 2016-2022 and won gold in 2019 and 2022. Stott played for the OJ Eagles in Johannesburg.Â
Tamara Torkos, a goalkeeper, journeys to Bucknell from Budapest, Hungary. A lifelong water polo player, Torkos has collected a host of rewards: the Pécel Award (2019), Szalay Award (2018), Best Player of the 2021/2022 Girls Young Division, and 2022 Player of the Month (October). Playing for BVSC-Zugló (2015-2022), the team won multiple championships, most notably, 2016/17 Budapest 2002 Girls Budapest Championship (1st), 2017/2018 Budapest 2003 Girls Budapest Championship (1st), and 2020/2021 Sipos Edit National Girls Youth Cup (1st). While on the Hungarian National Team, the squad won the U152019 Diapolo Cup U15. She was the first goalkeeper to receive the Iván Szalay Award. Her arms poetic: "There is no losing game, only winning."
The women's water polo team returns to action in 2024.Â
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