2022 Women's Water Polo Roster

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14 Kaysie Stuba

  • Class Senior
  • Position Utility
  • Highschool Lyons Township
  • Hometown La Grange, Ill.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACWPC All-American (Honorable Mention) 2022
MAAC All-Conference (First Team) 2022
MAAC All-Conference (Second Team) 2019, 2021
MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week 2022: April 20
MAAC Rookie of the Week 2019: January 30, February 27
ACWPC All-Academic All-American 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
MAAC Academic Honor Roll 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
MAAC All-Academic Team 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022
 
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Goals Assists Points Shots ED Steals Blocks Sprints Won
2019 76 31 107 157 20 43 2 4
2020 42 18 60 123 25 20 5 1
2021 41 18 59 82 15 10 2 0
2022 100 51 151 217 65 27 13 0
Total 259 118 377 579 125 100 22 5
 

2022: Tabbed an ACWPA All-American Honorable Mention and All-MAAC First Team selection to close out her career … Finished her time as a Wildcat with the third-most career goals (259), fourth-most assists (118) and second-most points (377) … Reset single-season program records with 100 goals, 151 points and 217 shots … Drew 65 exclusions while adding 27 steals and 13 field blocks … Scored at a .461 clip … Scored at least three goals in 18 games on the year … Had a season-high seven goals in the 20-8 win over Mercyhurst on February 27, tying her career-best and the seventh-most in a single game in program history … Tallied nine points in the 11-8 win over St. Francis (PA) on February 13 with six goals and three assists, tying for the second-most points in a single game in team history … Named MAAC Co-Offensive Player of the Week on April 20 after scoring a combined 10 points through the final weekend of the season … Scored two goals and an assist against La Salle … Showed out in the 16-9 Senior Day victory over VMI with seven points on five goals and two assists, two of those goals on five-meter attempts.

2021: Earned second team All-MAAC honors for the second time in her career … Led the team in goals and points for the third straight season … Moved into the top-10 in school history in career goals (eighth), assists (ninth) and points (10th) during the season … Her scoring totals for the year included 41 goals, 18 assists and 59 points … Took 82 shots and scored on exactly half of them … Was one of three players on the team to score 19 or more goals and convert at a 50% or better rate … Ranked second on the team with 15 exclusions drawn and added 10 steals and two blocks to her season stat line … Tied her career high with seven goals against Siena on April 18 and helped lead the Wildcats to a 21-12 victory in that contest … Had a dominant effort in a 12-10 win over Gannon on March 14 when she produced five goals and three assists … Netted six goals against Salem during the opening weekend of the season … Added three goals versus Mount St. Mary’s to close out the first weekend of the year and added four goals in a second meeting against Mount St. Mary’s a week later.

2020: Continued to establish herself as one of the top offensive performers in the MAAC … Despite an abbreviated season of just 18 matches, tallied 42 goals and 18 assists for 60 points on the year … Led the team in goals scored, points and shots taken with 123 (.341 shot percentage) … Ranked second on the team with 25 kickouts drawn and also played strong defense with a team high 20 steals to go along with five field blocks … Scored two or more goals in a match 12 times in 18 outings, including in each of the last seven matches of the year … Had a season high five goals in consecutive matches versus Iona and Mercyhurst, the latter a 16-11 win in which she contributed the five scores to go along with two assists, two kickouts drawn and a steal … Scored four goals in a home win over George Washington and also had four tallies to go along with an assist, two steals and two kickouts drawn versus Pomona Pitzer … Had a season high three assists each in consecutive wins over Redlands and Chapman.
 
2019: Quickly emerged as the team’s top offensive performer during her freshman season … Earned second team All-MAAC honors and was named the league’s Rookie of the Week twice during the year (January 30, February 27) … Led the team and set Villanova freshman records with 76 goals and 107 points, while ranking second on the team with 157 shots and third with 31 assists … Shot at a .484 percentage … Finished second on the team with both 43 steals and 20 kickouts drawn … Was credited with two blocks and went 4-of-10 on sprints … Her 107 points rank sixth in a season in school history, while her 76 goals are seventh on the program’s single-season list and her 157 shots rank 10th … Scored a season-high seven goals on April 13 in a 12-7 win over VMI … That effort is one of nine performances in school history with at least seven goals scored in a game … Named the MAAC Rookie of the Week on January 30 after the first two games of her collegiate career … Tallied nine points on six goals and three assists in outings against No. 18 Harvard and Iona in a tournament at Iona … Scored her six goals on 12 shots, and also had two steals in the Harvard game … Earned her second Rookie of the Week nod on February 27 following four games at the Washington and Jefferson Tournament … Helped the Wildcats go 2-2 at the tournament while amassing 12 goals on 22 shots, six assists, seven exclusions drawn and six steals.
 
Club Water Polo: Competed for Lyons Aquatics Club Water Polo from 2013-18 … Two-time ODP National Championships participant in 2014 and 2017.
 
Lyons Township High School: Earned a total of seven varsity letters during her scholastic career, including four in water polo and three in swimming … Named a NISCA Water Polo honorable mention All-American as a senior … Three-time all-state honoree, earning first team accolades her junior and senior seasons after being a second team performer as a sophomore … Four-time Illinois Water Polo All-Sectional pick, garnering first team honors three straight years from her sophomore through senior seasons and honorable mention merit as a freshman … Named her team’s MVP as a junior and a senior … Was her team’s Coaches Medal Award winner as a senior … Led the team in goals and kickouts drawn three straight years from her sophomore through senior seasons … Scored 292 goals over the latter half of her scholastic career, including 122 as a junior and 170 as a senior … Led the team in assists as a sophomore and a senior … Ranked third on the team in goals as a freshman … Earned USA Water Polo Academic All-America honors as a junior and won an American Water Polo Scholar-Athlete Award as a sophomore … Was a sectional finalist in swimming as a freshman and a sophomore for a team which won sectional titles both years … Posted times of 55.05 in the 100 yard freestyle and 1:58.44 in the 200 yard freestyle … Named an Illinois High School Association All-State Academic honorable mention selection as a junior and a senior … Was an Illinois State Scholar as a senior … Achieved High Honor Roll status academically all four years … Two-year inductee to the National Honor Society.
 
Personal: Born 9/15/99 in La Grange, Ill. … Youngest of three daughters of Rich and Kristin Stuba … Has two older sisters, Emma (26) and Sam (24) … Enjoys reading, coaching and spending time with family and friends, as well as her family’s dog – Nellie … Chose to attend Villanova because she loved the way alumni and current students talked about the school, and because she felt the campus community was very welcoming … Double major in Education and Mathematics.

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Historical Player Information

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    2019Freshman

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    14
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    2020Sophomore

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    5'9"
    14
  • 2021Junior

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    2022Senior

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