Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed her first season on the Pomona-Pitzer Women's Water Polo team, where she is a utility player...2013: SCIAC Newcomer of the Year...ACWPC Division III honorable mention All-American...Scored 66 goals...Had seven goals in the NCAA Championships, including five in a 13-12 win over Iona in the seventh-place match...Scored the first time she touched the ball against No. 1 USC to give the Sagehens their only goal...Scored in all six postseason matches, including nine in the SCIAC Tournament, two in the opening round against Chapman, four in the semifinals against Occidental, and three in the championship against Redlands...Had six goals against Caltech, the high for any Sagehen all year...Had four goals in a 9-6 win over Concordia...Scored twice against No. 3 Arizona State...Scored four times in a 9-7 win over Occidental...High School: Attended Los Altos High School, where she was a member of the swimming and water polo teams...Began her career as the only freshman to start on the varisty water polo team, when she was the second-leading scorer while leading the Eagles to a league championship...Earned first-team all-league and second-team All-CCS honors as a sophomore, when she was the team's leading scorer...Led Eagles to league championship as a junior and a fourth-place finish in the CCS...As a senior, was first-team all-league (for the third time) and first-team All-CCS while leading the Eagles to a runner-up CCS finish...Named to the CCS All-Star team and helped her Northern California team to a high school all-star championship...A USA Water Polo Academic All-American...Also competed for the Stanford Water Polo Club, where she was a BP Tournament All-Star MVP...Member of the Olympic Development Program regional team...Personal: Attends Pitzer College...Full name is Katya Schaefer...Has one sister, Maddy, who is an All-American freestyle swimmer at Stanford...Father, Bret, is the CFO for the consortium building the world's largest telescope...Has been to Haiti three times to help build the SOPUDEP school.