2023 Women's Water Polo Roster
Kowalchick, Rachael
Jersey Number 9
Rachael Kowalchick
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Kinesiology
- Hometown:
- El Dorado Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Oak Ridge HS
- Prev School:
- Oak Ridge HS
Bio
Long Beach State (2023): A key player again as a junior… Scored 52 goals, second on the team… Scored 11 goals in the first two games of the season, including a seven-goal performance against Whittier… Scored in 11 straight games to open the season… Scored multiple goals in a game on 14 different occasions… Five-goal performance against CSUN… Four-goal performances against Claremont, UC Irvine, and Loyola Marymount… Scored a hattrick against Hawai’i in the Big West Tournament… Named ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention.
(2022): A key player for the Beach as a sophomore … Played in all 29 games and scored 30 goals, fifth on the team … Opened the year with a goal against Pomona-Pitzer … Scored three goals against Whittier … Found the net in six straight games starting against UC San Diego, including two goals each against Fresno Pacific, Indiana and Arizona State … Set a career high with four goals against Princeton … Scored against UC San Diego and then tallied three goals against Bucknell … Scored two goals in back-to-back games against UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara … Scored in each of the final three games of the season, including goals in both games of the Big West Tournament.
(2021): Debuted for the Beach in the shortened 2021 season … Played in all 11 games, scoring a pair of goals … Scored her first goal against Hawai’i … Followed that up with a goal against Loyola Marymount.
Oak Ridge High School: A four-year letterwinner in water polo … Sierra Foothill League MVP as a senior after scoring 75 goals … A three-time first team all-league selection … Added 57 goals as a junior and 64 as a sophomore … Also played basketball as a freshman before focusing on water polo … Played club water polo with the American River Water Polo Club … Winner of the Oak Ridge Model Student Award … Also selected as the 2020 Female Athlete of the Year at Oak Ridge HS.
Major: Kinesiology
(2022): A key player for the Beach as a sophomore … Played in all 29 games and scored 30 goals, fifth on the team … Opened the year with a goal against Pomona-Pitzer … Scored three goals against Whittier … Found the net in six straight games starting against UC San Diego, including two goals each against Fresno Pacific, Indiana and Arizona State … Set a career high with four goals against Princeton … Scored against UC San Diego and then tallied three goals against Bucknell … Scored two goals in back-to-back games against UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara … Scored in each of the final three games of the season, including goals in both games of the Big West Tournament.
(2021): Debuted for the Beach in the shortened 2021 season … Played in all 11 games, scoring a pair of goals … Scored her first goal against Hawai’i … Followed that up with a goal against Loyola Marymount.
Oak Ridge High School: A four-year letterwinner in water polo … Sierra Foothill League MVP as a senior after scoring 75 goals … A three-time first team all-league selection … Added 57 goals as a junior and 64 as a sophomore … Also played basketball as a freshman before focusing on water polo … Played club water polo with the American River Water Polo Club … Winner of the Oak Ridge Model Student Award … Also selected as the 2020 Female Athlete of the Year at Oak Ridge HS.
Major: Kinesiology
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