Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACWPC All-Academic Team	2021, 2022
MAAC Academic Honor Roll	2020-21, 2021-22
MAAC All-Academic	2021-22
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022

 

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CAREER STATISTICS
Year	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	ED	Steals	Blocks	Sprints Won
2021	27	4	31	48	10	6	3	1
2022	8	5	13	28	3	13	4	1
Total	35	9	44	76	13	19	7	2

 

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2022: Scored eight goals throughout her sophomore campaign … Added on five assists for 13 points … Attempted 28 shots on the year … Had three exclusions drawn while taking on four blocks and 13 steals … Was successful in her lone sprint of the season in the 11-8 win over Saint Francis on February 13 … Netted a pair of goals in the season-opener against No. 21 Harvard on January 29 and against Mercyhurst on February 27 …  Had a season-high three points in that showdown with Harvard, adding an assist to her two goals … Tallied two steals in four games.

2021: Strong contributor to the Villanova offense in her first collegiate season … Tied for second on the team in goals scored and finished fifth on the squad in points … One of five players on the team to score at least 20 goals on the year … Her season scoring totals included 27 goals, four assists and 31 points … Converted more than half of her shots with 48 total attempts and a .563 shot percentage … Tallied 10 exclusions drawn, six steals and tied for the team lead with three blocks … Her top scoring effort of the season came on April 3 against LIU when she netted a season-high six goals to go along with a steal and a block … Contributed four goals in a 20-8 win over No. 23 Iona on April 18 … Recorded her first collegiate hat trick with three scores in a win over Mount St. Mary’s on March 7.

Club Water Polo: Played for the Stanford Water Polo Club 18u Elite Team in 2019 and 2020.
 
Menlo School: Earned a total of seven varsity letters during her scholastic career, including four in water polo, two in swimming and one in soccer … Also was on the junior varsity rosters for swimming, soccer and lacrosse one year each … As a senior earned first team all-league honors in the West Catholic Athletic League and second team all-section accolades in the Central Coast Athletic League … Previously was an honorable mention Peninsula Athletic League all-league honoree as a junior … Winner of her team’s Most Improved award as both a freshman and a junior … During her senior water polo season was a team captain and totaled 43 goals, 48 assists, 91 points and 72 steals in 25 matches … Led her team in assists and steals while ranking second in goals scored … Her team was a Division 2 Central Coast Section quarterfinalist and finished seventh in the Open Division her senior year … The team previously was the Central Coast Section champions her junior season and the runner-up her sophomore year … Earned Academic All-America laurels as a senior … Achieved Highest Honors status academically her senior year after being named to the Faculty Honors list as a sophomore and a junior … Was an Advanced Placement Scholar as a senior and was a winner of the annual Menlo School Hand Grant for Invisible Children as a junior.
 
Personal: Born 5/13/02 in Stanford, Calif. … Older of two children of Tito and Tracy Bianchi … Has a younger brother, Jake (15) … Father played college water polo at Princeton and was a utility … Mother played college volleyball at California where she was a middle hitter and blocker … Takes pride in her work to improve social justice in the Bay Area and nationally … Works with The Truth Telling Project, a non-profit based in Ferguson, Mo., and pens the organization’s monthly newsletter … Was the President of the Beekeeping Club at her high school and enjoys managing hives and harvesting honey from them … Enjoys running, waterskiing and cooking with her family in her spare time … Chose to attend Villanova primarily for the university community – noted it was the ideal size school for her and that people she met on campus were kind, welcoming and in love with the school … Also cited Villanova’s athletic pride, service learning programs and emphasis on community service, as well as the opportunity to play water polo and have the chance to play and live on the East coast … Plans to major in Peace and Justice.