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2022-23 Women's Water Polo Roster
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Sophie Shorter-Robinson Season 2023

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PositionCenter
ClassFreshman
HometownAuckland, New Zealand
Sophomore (2024)
  • Finished the season with 55 goals and seven assists for 62 points. Added 15 steals and six blocks throughout the year. Ranked second on the team with 29 drawn exclusions.
  • Appeared in all 31 games and made the offensive jump in her sophomore season which featured scoring in 23 of the last 24 games of the season.
  • Scored a goal in both MPSF Tournament games against No. 5 USC and No. 12 Indiana.
  • Scored two goals apiece against No. 14 Indiana and No. 4 USC.
  • Earned a hat trick against Ottawa on Mar. 30
  • Tallied two goals in the Mar. 24 Stanford match. It was her fourth two-goal and 12th multi-goal game of the season. 
  • Scored one goal in the win over San Jose State on Mar. 23. 
  • Against Harvard on Mar. 9, she scored one goal and tallied one steal. 
  • Scored in all four games in the Convergence tournament, including a 4-goal game against Biola, continuing her streak of 15-games with a goal. 
  • Managed to score in all four games of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, including two against UC San Diego.
  • Scored a goal and drew an exclusion against No. 1 UCLA. Scored a hat trick against Cal State Fullerton in the 15-10 victory, with an assist and three drawn exclusions. (Feb. 17).
  • Started in all four games during the ASU invitational 2/9-2/11, tallying a hat-trick against No. 12 UCSB and Ottawa-AZ. In total, she netted nine goals, two assists and a steal over the weekend.
  • She started the season with three games with 3+ goals, netting a career high six goals against Cal Lutheran. (1/20)
    • Found the net five times against Salem, and tallied five steals in the opening weekend
  • Appeared in four games this weekend at the Cross Conference challenge. She scored 15 points consisting of 14 goals and one assist in the span of those four games.
  • Netted one goal throughout the Triton Invite.
Year Goals Assists Points Steals
2023 25 4 29 11
2024 55 7 62 15
2025 17 0 17 4
Total 97 11 108 30

2023 (Freshman):
  • Ended her first season in Tempe with 25 goals, appearing in 22 games this year.
  • Made a season high four goals against top-ranked Stanford on Feb. 4.
    • Her first career multi-goal game.
  • Had three hat tricks throughout the season, two coming in MPSF play against USC (4) and San Jose State (3).
  • Made a season high two steals against Michgian on Feb. 5. Sophie ended her season with 11 steals.
  • Tallied four assists throughout the year.
  • Competed in the 2023 World Aquatics Water Polo World Championship with teammate Millie Quin in July, scoring three goals.
  • Competed in the 2023 Women's World Cup in June for New Zealand over the summer and tallied a goal.
Single Game Career-Highs for Sophie Shorter-Robinson
Goals: 6 vs. Cal Lutheran (1/20/24)
Assists: 1 vs. Indiana (4/30/23)
Points: 6 vs. Cal Lutheran (1/20/24)
Steals: 3 vs. Salem (1/21/24)

Previous: 
  • Shorter-Robinson studied at Diocesan School For Girls in Auckland, and has been a member of Marist Water Polo Club since 2022 after she spent four years playing club with Atlantis City.
  • As a member of New Zealand Senior National Team Shorter-Robinson is a two-time national league gold medalist.
  • In the FINA circuit, Shorter-Robinson competed in the U20 World Championships in 2019 and the Senior World Championships this year.
  • While competing for her school In 2021 she was the College Sport Female Young Sport's Person of the Year for water polo, the College Sport Nominee for Overall Female Young Sport's Person of the Year, and earned The Del Hooper Cup Award.
  • Also in her school years, she was the 2020 Year 12 Diocesan Sports Girl Of The Year, Senior National Secondary Schools Gold Medalist and Tournament MVP in 2021.
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Junior
2025

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Sophomore
2024

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