2021 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Marcela Herrera
- Position:
- Attack
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Olympia
- Hometown:
- Windermere, Fla.
2021 (Senior): Played and started all 12 games for the Bison in 2021...third on the team with 17 assists...also added nine goals...tallied three assists in win over Mercyhurst (4/2)... also added season-best five steals in the victory...opened season with two goals and three assists against La Salle (3/20).
2020 (Junior): Played and started 17 games for the Bison in 2020...scored 12 goals and added four assists...also registered ten steals...scored season-high three goals in one-goal win over Salem (2/16)...also scored twice and added an assist in win over Siena (3/7)...found the back of the cage in seven games overall.
2019 (Sophomore): Played in 34 games with 31 starts...recorded 14 goals and 20 assists... won 15 sprints throughout the year...scored career-high three goals in win over Fresno Pacific (3/10)...posted career-high three assists in win over VMI (2/17)...posted two assists in six other games...Posted three points in overtime win vs. Cal State East Bay (3/16).
2018 (Freshman): Played in 17 games as a freshman, recording 12 points (4g-8a) and five steals ... netted season-high two goals against McKendree (2/3) ... also posted season-best two steals against the Bearcats ... recorded season-best two assists against Saint Francis (2/10) ... registered season-high three points against McKendree (2g-1a) and Saint Francis (1g-2a) ... earned Superior Recognition ACWPC All-Academic Award.
Before Bucknell: Four-year swimming and water polo letterwinner at Olympia High School … earned all-metro, all-area and All-America honors as a water polo player ... named school's Athlete of the Year as a senior … four-time swimming metro and district champion … three-time water polo metro champion … four-time water polo district and regional champion … played club water polo with the Orlando Thunder for three summers … competed with Big Valley at the Junior Olympics.
Personal: Marcela Herrera … born Oct. 13, 1998 in Medellin, Colombia … daughter of Eduardo and Adriana Herrera … has two brothers, Matin and Mateo, and one sister, Manuela, a member of the Bucknell women's water polo team's class of 2018 … both parents were members of golf teams at BYU … cousin, Christina Herrera, attended Bucknell and graduated in 2010 ... major is biology.
