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10 Kat Klass

  • Position
    2MD/Driver
  • Height
    6-0
  • Class
    Freshman
  • Highschool
    San Ramon Valley
  • Hometown
    Danville, Calif.

Biography

Career Accolades

  • 2016 ACWPC Second Team All-American
  • 2016 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • 2016 MPSF Newcomer of the Year
  • 2016 MPSF All-Newcomer Team
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 26, 2016)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 29, 2016)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 8, 2016)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 19, 2016)

As a Freshman (2016)

  • ACWPC Second Team All-American
  • ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
  • MPSF Newcomer of the Year
  • MPSF All-Newcomer Team
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (April 26)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 29)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (March 8)
  • MPSF/Kap7 Newcomer of the Week (Jan. 19)
  • Second on the team with 46 goals, the highest total for a Stanford freshman since 2013
  • Eighth in the MPSF in goals per game (1.59)
  • Scored in a team-high 24 games, had 12 multi-goal efforts and seven hat tricks
  • Poured in a career-high five goals in the MPSF opener at San Jose State (3/5)
  • Had one four-goal performance in the second game of the season against UC Davis (1/16)
  • Other hat tricks came against Pacific (1/16), Michigan (2/6), San Jose State (2/6), Hawaii (2/28) and UC Santa Barbara (3/22)
  • Tied for the team lead with five goals at the NCAA championships in Los Angeles
  • Scored twice in the quarterfinals against UC Santa Barbara (5/13) and once in the semifinals against UCLA (5/14)
  • Two goals in the championship against USC (5/15) came in the game's final 47 seconds
  • Two-goal games came against Loyola Marymount (2/7), San Diego State (4/10), UCLA (4/23), UC Santa Barbara (5/13) and USC (5/15)

USA Water Polo

  • Stanford represented the United States and finished fifth at the 2015 World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea
    • Played 147 minutes in seven games, scored 11 goals on 27 shots, had nine assists, five steals and three field blocks
    • Tied for 12th at the tournament in goals scored
  • In 2014, won gold with the U.S. Women's Youth National Team at both the UANA Junior Pan American Championships and the FINA World Youth Championships
    • Scored 12 total goals over six games at the UANA Junior Pan American Championships in Riverside, Calif., highlighted by hat tricks against Mexico and Puerto Rico
      • The U.S. was a perfect 6-0 and defeated Mexico, Canada, Puerto Rico (twice) and Brazil (twice) by a combined score of 107-18.
    • Scored three times at the FINA World Youth Championships in Madrid, Spain from Aug. 25-31, including two against Germany, a 24-4 U.S. win
      • Klass and Team USA, which also included current Stanford teammates Madison Berggren and Jordan Raney, swept their way to the title
      • The United States beat Hungary, South Africa, Germany, Netherlands, Greece and Canada
  • Won gold with Team USA at the 2013 Pan Am Youth Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina
    • Scored 15 goals, including five in a 23-4 win over Puerto Rico in the semifinals
    • The U.S. went 7-0 and outscored its opponents 123-33
    • Wins came against Puerto Rico (twice), Venezuela, Canada (twice), Brazil and Argentina
  • Member of the 2012 U.S. Women's Cadet National Team that underwent common training with Team Canada in July in Southern California

Prior to Stanford

  • A 2015 graduate of San Ramon Valley High School in Danville, Calif.
  • Lettered four years in water polo and served as team captain as a senior
    • San Ramon Valley's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Female Athlete of the Year in 2015
    • Named Outstanding Female Athlete of the Year (2015) by the Rotary Club of Danville
    • East Bay Girls Water Polo Player of the Year (2013 and 2014)
    • Three-time NCS Division I MVP (2012-14)
    • NCS Division I first team (2011)
    • Three-time EBAL Most Valuable Player (2012-14)
    • EBAL first team (2011)
    • Holds school records for career goals (492) and single-season goals (151)
    • Second in school history in career assists
    • San Ramon Valley won four North Coast Section (NCS) CIF Division I titles (2011-14)
    • Won three East Bay Athletic League (EBAL) championships (2012-14)
    • Team came in first at the 2013 NorCal Tournament and went undefeated that season (27-0)
  • Also competed for three years in varsity swimming
  • Played for 680 Drivers from 2011-15
    • Two time Junior Olympics first team All-American (2014 and 2015)
    • 680 Drivers won 2015 Junior Olympics and finished third in 2014
    • Team also came in second at the Cal Cup in 2015 and won the event in 2014

Personal

  • Born in San Ramon, Calif.
  • Parents are Laura and Craig Klass
  • Has a younger sister, Sarah
  • Father is one of the most accomplished Stanford men's water polo players in school history
    • Three-time All-American (1984-86)
    • Helped Stanford to back-to-back NCAA championships in 1985 and 1986 and a runner-up finish in 1984
    • Eighth in Stanford history with 184 goals, including a then single-season best 87 goals in 1986
    • NCAA Player of the Year in 1986
    • Competed for the United States in the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games
    • Won silver in 1988 and Team USA finished fourth in 1992
    • 1989 USOC Athlete of the Year
    • Inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008