2020 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Nina Benson
- Position:
- Attack
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Green Valley
- Hometown:
- Henderson, Nev.
2020 (Senior): Played and started all 19 games for the Bison in 2020...Scored career-best four goals three times in senior season in wins over Mercyhurst (2/15) and LIU (3/8), and in a narrow defeat to Long Beach State (3/1)...scored twice and added three assists for season-high five points against St. Francis (NY) (2/8)...registered at least one point in every game...scored multiple goals in seven games...posted season-best four steals in win over Cal State East Bay (3/7)...totaled 29 goals and 16 assists on the year.
2019 (Junior): Played in 29 games with 13 starts....posted a career-best 61 points on 34 goals and 27 assists in breakout junior campaign...set single-season record in sprint percentage after going 36-for-39 (.923)...earned starting role late in the season...posted three goals and three assists in third-place game vs. No. 16 Harvard...scored twice and had three assists in CWPA opening-round win over George Washington (4/26)...netted career-high five goals and two assists for seven points to go along with seven steals in win over Saint Francis (Pa.) (3/30)
2018 (Sophomore): Played in 26 games with two starts ... posted 31 points on 19 goals and 12 assists ... also registered 19 steals and won four of four sprints ... enjoyed six multi-goal outings ... netted season-best four goals against Saint Francis (3/25) ... recorded season-high two assists three times ... posted season-best four points against Saint Francis (3/25) and against No. 23 Harvard on three goals and one assist (4/28, CWPA Championship) ... also recorded season-high four steals against the Crimson, tied for the team's season-best total.
2017 (Freshman): Valuable reserve as a freshman … played in all 32 games … totaled seven goals, nine assists, 18 steals, four ejections drawn while winning six sprints … scored in five contests, including two-goal outings in wins over Mercyhurst … had a four-game stretch of tallying at least one steal … posted a career-best four steals against No. 16 Indiana in the CWPA Championships.
Before Bucknell: Three-year swimming letterwinner at Green Valley High School … attended same high school as Eleanor Marrs, a standout Bison women's water polo player from 2013-16 … swimming team captain at Green Valley … graduated as school's 200 free relay record holder … helped team to three regional titles and two runner-up finishes at state meet … played club water polo with Team Vegas/Henderson … helped team to Mountain Zone championship … strong sprinter who lost just four sprints in two years of Junior Olympics … played in water polo tournaments with boys team.
Personal: Nina Lyn Benson … born June 8, 1998 in Waconia, Minnesota … daughter of William and Debra Benson … majoring in computer science.
