Nationality American Weight 70 kg Height 1.75 m | Role Player Name Maggie Steffens Education Stanford University | |
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Parents Peggy Steffens, Carlos Steffens Siblings Jessica Steffens, Teresa Steffens, Charlie Steffens Similar People Jessica Steffens, Heather Petri, Lauren Wenger, Kami Craig, Brenda Villa Profiles | ||
Fina female water polo player of the year 2014 maggie steffens usa
Margaret Ann Steffens (born June 4, 1993) is an American water polo player. She won the gold medal with the United States in the 2012 Summer Olympics, and in the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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- Fina female water polo player of the year 2014 maggie steffens usa
- Maggie steffens 2014 fina female water polo player of the year
- Early career
- International career
- College career
- Personal life
- References
Maggie steffens 2014 fina female water polo player of the year
Early career
Steffens played water polo at Monte Vista High School and helped the team win their league championship in 2007, 2008, and 2009. She also played for Diablo Water Polo in Alamo, California.
International career
Steffens played on the United States national water polo team which won the 2010 FINA World League Super Final and the 2010 FINA World Cup. She scored the winning goal against Australia in the final match of the FINA World League Super Final.
In 2011, Steffens helped the U.S. win the 2011 FINA World League Super Final again. In the Pan American Games, she scored the winning goal in the shootout of the final match, as the U.S. defeated Canada.
The U.S. won the FINA World League Super Final for the third straight year in 2012, and Steffens led the team with 11 goals. In the first match of the Summer Olympics, Steffens scored seven goals to tie the Olympic single-game record. She scored 21 total goals in the Olympics, which set a new Olympic record for most goals scored in women's water polo, as the U.S. won the gold medal. She was named the Best Female Water Polo Player of 2012 by FINA and the 2012 female Water Polo Player of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.
In the 2016 Summer Olympics, Steffens led the team in scoring with 17 goals, as the U.S. again won the gold medal.
College career
As of May 2017, Steffens was a senior at Stanford University. She helped the Stanford women's water polo team win NCAA championships in 2014, 2015, and 2017. In 2015, she scored four goals in the semifinal game against USC, which Stanford won, 9-8. In 2017, she scored three goals in Stanford's 8-7 championship victory against UCLA, including the winning goal with 9 seconds left. In 2015 and again in 2017 she was named the MVP of the NCAA tournament.
Personal life
Steffens was born in San Ramon, California to Peggy Schnugg and Carlos Steffens. Her father, a native of Puerto Rico, became interested in the sport of water polo after witnessing a match as a child in Puerto Rico. He played for Puerto Rico in three Pan American Games. Her father left the island and joined the water polo team of Berkeley, University of California where he became a three-time All-American, leading the California Golden Bears to the 1977 NCAA championship. In 1979, he was the PAC-10 player of the year in water polo.
Maggie Steffens lives in Danville, California. She became interested and was influenced in the sport of water polo mainly by her father and sister, Jessica Steffens, who is also on the United States national team.