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- Year:
- So.
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- Hometown:
- Orinda, CA
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- High School:
- Miramonte
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- Position:
- UT
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
At CMS
2024 season (Sophomore)
Earned All-SCIAC first team honors ... Appeared in 31 games ... Tied a team-leading 98 points with 64 goals and 34 assists ... Took 121 shots for a .529 shooting percentage ... Led CMS with five goals and an assist in a win over Whittier ... Scored a game-high four goals in the USA Water Polo Division III National Championship against Pomona-Pitzer ... Tallied a team-high six points on three goals and three assists in a win over Chapman in the SCIAC semifinals ... Added 19 steals on the season.
At CMS
2023 season (First-Year)
Earned first-team All-America honors ... Earned the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year Award ... Earned All-SCIAC first team honors ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Appeared in 30 games ... Recorded 74 points (second most on the team) with 51 goals and 23 assists ... Took 132 shots for a .386 shooting percentage ... Added 15 steals on the season ... Had a seven-point performance (five goals, two assists) in a win over La Verne, and also had five goals in a narrow home win over Cal Lutheran, accounting for almost half of the CMS goals in an 11-8 victory ... Scored three goals against Fresno Pacific, Augustana, Chapman and Pomona-Pitzer.
Prior to CMS
Attended Miramonte High School, where she was a member of the water polo program ... Helped the Matadors to an undefeated record (28-0) and a No. 1 national ranking ... Also played for the Lamorinda Water Polo Club ... USA Water Polo Academic All-American.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna.
News Mentions

McKenna, Wraith Earn First-Team All-America Honors for Athenas Water Polo
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior Cooper McKenna and first-year Valerie Wraith earned first-team All-America honors from the Association of Collegiate...
May 29, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Advances Through to National Championship Game
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team scored on 11 of its 12 second quarter possessions to break the game open on...
May 5, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Finishes as National Runner-Up After Falling in Finals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Grace Clark had a game-high four goals for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team, but Pomona-Pitzer closed the...
May 5, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Edged 11-10 By Pomona-Pitzer in SCIAC Finals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team got tying goals late from Fiona Murphy and Caitlin Muñoz, but Brienz...
April 29, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Extends Postseason Journey with SCIAC Semifinal Win over Chapman
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The second-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team clinched both a spot in the SCIAC Postseason Tournament...
April 26, 2024

Valerie Wraith Named SCIAC Newcomer of the Year, Five Athenas Earn All-League
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Valerie Wraith of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team earned the SCIAC Newcomer of the Year Award, and was...
April 25, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Wins Tenth Straight SCIAC Contest, Defeats Whittier 19-4
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Grace Clark had four goals and Mia Adsen and Olivia Cairns each added three as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo...
April 17, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Pulls Away Early to Defeat Caltech
PASADENA, Calif. - Valerie Wraith had four goals and two assists as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team led by as many as 12 goals...
April 11, 2024

Defense Locks Down as CMS Women's Water Polo Defeats La Verne
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team did not allow a goal until the closing seconds of the third quarter as it...
April 4, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Captures 14-6 Win over Redlands
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Sophomore goalie Natalie Stearns scored as many goals as she allowed in the first half (one), as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps...
March 30, 2024

Athenas Water Polo Rolls Past Occidental for Road SCIAC Win
EAGLE ROCK, Calif. – Isabel Del Villar had five goals, Mia Adsen and Cooper McKenna each had three and Grace Clark had two goals and four...
March 27, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Defeats Caltech 20-5, Edged by Brown 12-11
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team rolled to a 20-5 win over Caltech in a SCIAC game on Saturday morning, and...
March 24, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Takes 17-5 Road Win over Whittier
WHITTIER, Calif. - Grace Clark had five goals and an assist to lead the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team to a 17-5 win at Whittier...
March 20, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Uses Big Run for 14-8 Road Win over Cal Lutheran
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team scored eight straight goals to open up an 11-2 lead and went on to...
March 13, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Takes 18-12 Road Win over Chapman
ORANGE, Calif. - Grace Clark had three goals and three assists, and Mia Adsen and Valerie Wraith each added three goals and two assists as the...
March 9, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Falls in Overtime to Pomona-Pitzer in SCIAC Opener
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna had four second-half goals to stake the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team to a 9-7 lead, but...
March 7, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Rolls to Two Wins at Claremont Convergence
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team closed out the Claremont Convergence with a dominant performance at its...
March 3, 2024

Athenas Water Polo Splits on First Day of Convergence
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Cooper McKenna had four goals, including the tiebreaking penalty shot with 1:39 to play, and Grace Clark added three, all in...
March 2, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Wins Twice at Redlands Mini-Tournament
REDLANDS, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team traveled to Redlands for two games on Saturday and came away with a 17-6 win...
February 17, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Splits Pair of One-Goal Games at Axelrood
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team held off Concordia for an 8-7 win its first match of the day, and then...
February 10, 2024

CMS Goes 1-3 Against DI Foes at Bruno Classic
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team, ranked No. 2 in Division III, was in action on the first day of the Bruno...
February 2, 2024

CMS Women's Water Polo Beats Concordia to Split Opening Day
LONG BEACH, Calif. - Grace Clark had four goals, and Cooper McKenna, Isabel Del Villar and Valerie Wraith each added three as the Claremont-Mudd-S...
January 20, 2024