2016 Women's Water Polo Roster
Emily Matheson
- Position:
- Center
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Biology
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Millikan HS
- Prev School:
- Millikan HS
Long Beach State (2016): Appeared in all 29 games as a senior at the Beach … scored 15 goals with two multi-scoring games … was the 8th leading scorer on the team … scored a season-high 3 goals against No. 21 Marist in the Triton Invitational (2/14) … netted a pair of goals in a 16-3 win over Chapman (3/24) … scored a goal in the Beach’s 8-5 win over No. 7 Hawai’i to improve to 3-0 in the Big West (4/16) … also scored a goal against No. 8 UC Irvine (4/21) in a close 11-10 loss for the Beach’s first loss in the conference this season … finished her career at the Beach with 47 goals.
(2015): Scored 10 goals in her third season … had goals in eight games over the year … netted her first goal in the second match of the year against San Jose State … added a goal in the games over VMI, San Diego State, Chapman, Bucknell and UC Santa Barbara over the course of the season … scored a season-high two goals twice in the year both in wins over Redlands, first in the Claremont Convergence and the next in the Arizona State Tournament.
(2014): Scored 17 goals during the 2014 season … scored her first season goal against No. 20 Pacific in the UCSB Winter Invite … scored multiple goals in 3 games … had a season-high and tied her career-high with 4 goals against La Verne in the Cal Lutheran Invitational.
(2013): Scored 5 goals in a backup role … scored a career-high 4 goals against Washington & Jefferson in set (2/24) … also recorded a goal against Azusa Pacific (3/2).
High School: A four-year letter winner in water polo and three-year letterw inner in swimming ... A four-time all-league selection with the Rams ... Earned second-team all-league honors as a freshman before being named first-team all-league three straight years ... Team captain and MVP as a senior ... Member of the Moore League champions in swimming during 2011.
Personal: Born in Long Beach ... Parents are John and Lisa ... Older sister is Melissa, currently a senior on the team ... Valedictorian at Millikan High School, and member of NHS ... Also recruited by Cal State Northridge ... Majoring in Biology.
