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Jersey Number 8
Malli Challa
- Position:
- Center Guard
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Chapel Hill
- Hometown:
- Durham, N.C.
Career: Eight goals...
2026 (Senior): Scored three goals...
2025 (Junior): Tallied two goals...
2024 (Sophomore): Recorded three goals and showcased her defensive capability with four steals.
2023 (Freshmen): Didn't record any stats...
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Chapel Hill...Team captain in 2021-22...USA Water Polo Academic All-American from 2020-2022...also named American Water Polo Scholar-Athlete in 2020-21...helped swim team to 2018 AAA conference and regional championhip, and to runner-up finish in 2019...team won 2022 AAAA conference championship...member of NC Select Water Polo Club...helped club team finish first at Best of Midwest Tournament and Battle of the Bay...also spent time with Sarasota United Water Polo Club...helped Sarasota to first place at 2021 Junior Olympics (16U)...member of ODP Southeast Zone and national team (2020-2022).
Personal: Malli Reece Challa...born on October 19, 2004 in Durham, N.C...has two siblings: Mia and Maya...was the only girl on club team NC Select...Is the first athlete from North Carolina to play on a college varsity water polo team...has also spent time coaching and developing North Carolina's first girls team, which won the 2022 session of the Junior Olympics in the 16U Girls Championship Division.
2026 (Senior): Scored three goals...
2025 (Junior): Tallied two goals...
2024 (Sophomore): Recorded three goals and showcased her defensive capability with four steals.
2023 (Freshmen): Didn't record any stats...
Before Bucknell: Four-year letterwinner in swimming at Chapel Hill...Team captain in 2021-22...USA Water Polo Academic All-American from 2020-2022...also named American Water Polo Scholar-Athlete in 2020-21...helped swim team to 2018 AAA conference and regional championhip, and to runner-up finish in 2019...team won 2022 AAAA conference championship...member of NC Select Water Polo Club...helped club team finish first at Best of Midwest Tournament and Battle of the Bay...also spent time with Sarasota United Water Polo Club...helped Sarasota to first place at 2021 Junior Olympics (16U)...member of ODP Southeast Zone and national team (2020-2022).
Personal: Malli Reece Challa...born on October 19, 2004 in Durham, N.C...has two siblings: Mia and Maya...was the only girl on club team NC Select...Is the first athlete from North Carolina to play on a college varsity water polo team...has also spent time coaching and developing North Carolina's first girls team, which won the 2022 session of the Junior Olympics in the 16U Girls Championship Division.
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