2021 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Kali Hyham
- Position:
- Utility
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Huntington Beach
- Hometown:
- Garden Grove, Calif.
ACWPC Honorable Mention All-American (2020, 2021) 2021 All--CWPA First Team...2019 CWPA Second Team. 2018 All-CWPA Championship Second Team.
2021 (Senior): Finished career in the Orange and Blue ranked sixth in career goals with 196...Played and started all 12 games for the Bison...major contributor, scoring 41 goals, second on the team...opened season with a six-goal game against La Salle (3/13)...also scored four goals in the nightcap against the Explorers...had big weekend against Mercyhurst and Gannon (4/2), scoring six goals in each contest to lead all scorers...also drew six ejections and added four steals in win over the Lakers in the second game of the weekend...scored five goals and added four assists in win over Mount St. Mary's (3/20)
2020 (Junior): Was enjoying a breakout year for the Bison...played and started all 19 games, posting 57 goals and three assists while adding 72 ejections drawn...Earned CWPA Division I Player of the Week honors on Feb. 18 after a career weekend at the Mercyhurst Invite, setting career-highs in goals in three consecutive games...Scored seven goals in win over McKendree (2/16), one shy of the school record...overall, scored 23 goals over the four-game span...drew season-best six ejections, one shy of her career high, in win over Cal State East Bay (3/7)...scored at least four goals in seven games for the Bison in 2020...57 goals was second on the team, while 12 steals was tied for second.
2019 (Sophomore): Enjoyed a terrific sophomore season as the primary center for Bucknell...played and started all 37 games en route to earning Second Team All-CWPA Honors...was third on the team with 60 goals...added seven assists...tied career-high with four goals in wins over La Salle (2/2), VMI (2/17), and Gannon (3/2)...drew 65 ejections this season...11th-most in a single season in program history...added 33 steals...drew career-best seven ejections against No. 22 San Diego State (3/9)....drew three ejections and posted three steals in semifinal round vs. Princeton (4/27)...
2018 (Freshman): All-CWPA Championship Second Team ... played in 32 games with 11 starts ... finished fourth on the team with 47 points on 38 goals and nine assists ... fourth among Bison in goals ... second on the team with 36 ejections drawn ... also posted 19 steals ... enjoyed 12 multi-goal games ... netted season-high four goals against Gannon (2/10) ... posted season-best two assists against No. 19 Harvard (4/14) ... had season-high four points against McKendree (2/3) and Gannon ... posted season-best four steals against Cal Baptist (2/3) and five ejections drawn against George Washington (4/15).
Before Bucknell: Four-year swimming letterwinner at Huntington Beach High School … three-year water polo letterwinner … three-year All-Sunset selection … two-time All-CIF honoree … an All-Empire selection … school record holder for goals and steals … four-year scholar-athlete … two-year academic All-American … USA Water Polo National Junior Olympic All-American … selected for Olympic Development Cadet and Youth Level by USA Water Polo.
Personal: Kalista G. Hyham … born Dec. 5, 1998 in Mesa, Arizona … daughter of Karla and Thomas Hyham … father, Thomas, played water polo at Cypress College … has two sisters, Victoria and Marina....Marina is a goalkeeper at Marist, while Father Tom is the Head Water Polo Coach at La Salle.
