2014 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Stephanie Ovalle
- Position:
- Utility
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Fenwick
- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
Ranks 5th on Bucknell’s career sprints won list (71).
2013: One of four Bison to start all 27 games ... led team by winning career-high 31 of 63 sprints ... second on team with seven field blocks ... tied for team lead with 12 steals ... fifth on squad with nine ejections drawn ... provided six goals and five assists ... registered season-high three points in early March game vs. Harvard.
2012: Saw action in 36 games ... drew starts in each of the first four games ... settled into reserve role after that ... captured 14 of 24 sprints to rank second on team ... 12 sprints won on opening weekend at Princeton Invitational ... totaled five goals and seven assists ... season-high three assists came in 15-8 win at Grove City ... drew eight ejections and had seven steals.
2011: Split sprinting duties with Amanda Skonezney ... captured 26 of 40 sprints for team-best .650 winning percentage ... won 20 of 27 sprints during one eight-game stretch towards end of regular season ... also scored 14 goals and dished out 18 assists ... second among freshmen in assists ... tied for seventh on squad with 32 points ... scored season-high two goals on four occasions ... 10 multi-point games ... shared team’s Most Improved Award with classmate Heather Smith ... earned ACWPC All-Academic Award.
Before Bucknell: Four-year member of water polo and swimming teams at Fenwick High School ... four-year water polo starter ... two-time Third Team All-America selection ... two-time all-state and all-sectional first-team choice ... helped team to a pair of state titles and one second-place showing ... Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference Player of the Year as a senior ... second-team all-state and Freshman State MVP in 2006 ... four-time swimming All-American in the 200 and 400 free relays ... four-time all-state selection, including first-team as a senior ... finished as high as 13th in the state in the 100 free ... helped team to third-place showing at state meet as a senior.
Personal: Stephanie Ovalle ... born Feb. 2, 1992 in Chicago, Ill. ... daughter of Faustino and Sylvia Ovalle ... majoring in international relations.
