Kelly Ringel

Kelly Ringel in the Big West Tournament third place match against San Diego State at the Anteater Aquatics Complex, Irvine, Calif., Sunday, April 28, 2013

Photo by: John Fajardo

Kelly Ringel in the Big West Tournament match against Northridge at the Anteater Aquatics Complex, Irvine, Calif., Friday, April 26, 2013

Photo by: John Fajardo

Kelly Ringel in the Big West Women's Water Polo Championship Tournament match against Cal State Northridge on Friday at the Anteater Aquatics Complex in Irvine, Calif.

Photo by: John Fajardo

Kelley Ringel in the Big West Conference Women's Water Polo match against UC Irvine at the 49er Campus Pool, Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, April 18, 2013.

Photo by: John Fajardo

Kelly Ringel in the Big West Conference match against No. 13 UC Santa Barbara at the Campus Pool on Sunday, April 14, in Long Beach, Calif.

Kelly Ringel in the Big West Conference match against Cal State Northridge Saturday, April 6, 2013, at the Campus Pool in Long Beach, Calif.

Kelly Ringel in the Lancer Invitational match against USC at the Lancer Aquatics Center on the campus of Cal Baptist University, Riverside, Calif., Fri., Feb. 15, 2013.

Photo by: Steven Georges

Position:
Goalie
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.
High School:
Wilson HS
Prev School:
Wilson HS

Long Beach State (2013): Finished season with 274 saves, good for second on the single-season saves list ... Notched her first All-Big West Honorable Mention award ... Also selected as an Academic All-Big West honoree ... Currently third on the career-saves list with 565 ... Owns the Big West single-season goals against average record with a career-low 5.44 GAA as well as the Big West career GAA leader with 6.38 ... Set a new career-low allowing just two goals twice, first against Chapman (3/3) and then against Brown (3/23) ... Grabbed a season high 16 saves in an 8-2 win over No. 14 CSUN (3/26) ... Recorded 11 saves in a 6-5 loss to No. 6 San Diego State (3/22) ... Reached double digit saves in 15 games ... Notched 36 saves at the Triton Invitational as well as the Fluid Four ... Held No. 11 Indiana to just four goals behind 14 saves (2/23) ... Grabbed 11 saves against UC Irvine in a dramatic 4-3 loss (4/18) ... Recorded 16 saves against No. 14 Cal State Northridge in the first round of the Big West Tournament (4/26) ... The 15 saves against CSUN tied her for second on the BWT single-game saves list.

(2012): Played all 29 games for the 49ers as the team[apos]s starting goaltender ... Made 265 saves, fourth in the Big West ... Now has 291 career saves, fifth in school history ... Finished the season with 7.53 Goals Against Average ... Started the season with 10 saves against No. 8 San Diego State (2/4) ... Set a season high with 12 saves against No. 2 USC (2/25) ... Made nine saves in a win over No. 19 UC San Diego (2/26) ... Held No. 12 Indiana to seven goals behind 11 saves in a 7-6 win (3/10) ... Set a career high with 20 saves in a 6-5 win over Bucknell, holding the Bison scoreless in overtime (3/15) ... Made 14 saves while holding No. 3 USC to seven goals in a 7-3 loss to the Women of Troy (3/22) ... Held No. 15 UC Santa Barbara to four goals in an overtime loss (3/31) ... Made 15 saves in a 9-6 win over Pacific (4/7) ... Made nine saves in a 7-5 overtime loss to No. 18 Cal State Northridge (4/27) ... Made 10 saves in the season finale, a 9-3 win over Pacific (4/29) ... That match also tied a season-low in goals allowed for Ringel and the 49ers ... An Academic All-Big West selection.

(2011): Spent the season as the backup goaltender to senior Kristen Stragier as a true freshman ... Made 26 saves, and posted a goals against average of 4.00.

High School: Three-year letter winner in water polo and swimming at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif. ... First-team All-Moore League as a senior and junior ... All-State second-team as senior and third-team as a junior .... Moore League MVP as a senior ... Helped team to Moore League Championship ... Set school record with 322 saves ... Named to Press Telegram[apos]s Dream Team as a senior and junior ... Moore League Swimmer of the Year as a junior ... All-America swimmer.

Personal: Born in Long Beach ... Parents are John and Cheryl Ringel ... Major is Communications.