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#15 Sophia Monaghan
Position: 2-Meter Defender
Height: 5'9"
Year: Sophomore
Hometown: Princeton, N.J.
High School: The Lawrenceville School
Major: Undeclared

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USA Water Polo

  • Part of the U.S. Junior National Team that captured gold at the 2012 UANA Pan-American Championship
  • Also trained with the U.S. Youth National Team

As a freshman in 2014

  • Scored six goals
  • Scored in season-opening win over UC Davis (2/1)
  • Netted three goals in doubleheader sweep of Pacific and UC Davis (2/15)
  • Added a goal in win at UC San Diego (3/23)

High School/Club

  • 2013 graduate of The Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, N.J.
  • Played water polo and swam for four years, and rowed for two
  • Helped lead water polo team to the 2012 Beast of the East title, the biggest prep water polo tournament outside of California
  • Team captured Eastern Championships in 2011 and 2012
  • Team went undefeated in 2012-13
  • Named Eastern Championship MVP in 2011 and 2012
  • Selected to the Eastern Championship All-Tournament First Team in 2009 and 2010
  • Named to Beast of the East All-Tournament First Team (2012)
  • Two-time Academic All-American (2011-12)
  • Played club for Greenwich Aquatics (2011) and Tiger Aquatics (2010, 2012-13)
  • Helped Tiger Aquatics to third-place finish at 2010 National State Challenge
  • Named to the All-Tournament First Team at that tournament

Personal

  • Born in Philadelphia, Pa.
  • Parents are Alec and Ansie
  • Has two siblings, Paul and Isabelle
  • Father played squash at Trinity College, mother was a swimmer at Virginia who also competed at U.S. Olympic Trials in 1980 and was part of the U.S. Swimming National Junior Team that defeated the USSR in 1981
  • Grandmother, Dolly Hill, competed the U.S. Olympic Trials in 1956
  • Plans to major in human biology and pursue a career as a pediatrician
  • Enjoys singing and playing the piano, and traveling
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