Ashley Grossman

Ashley Grossman (born May 27, 1993) is a water polo player.[1] She has competed as a member of the United States women's national water polo team, for both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Teams, including as Team USA won a gold medal in water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games.

Ashley Grossman
Personal information
National team United States
Born (1993-05-27) May 27, 1993
Santa Monica, California
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight195 lb (88 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
Strokeswater polo
College teamStanford Cardinal

Early life

Grossman was born in Santa Monica, California, to Linda and Gerald (Gerry) Grossman.[1][2] Her father played football for the Tufts Jumbos at Tufts University, and her mother ran track for the Milwaukee Panthers at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[2]

Water polo career

Grossman attended Harvard-Westlake High School (Class of 2011), earning four letters in water polo and captain of the water polo team her final two years.[1][2][3] Her senior year she was named All-American, CIF Southern Section Division I Player of the Year, and Mission League MVP.[2] She competed in the 2009 and 2011 Junior World Water Polo Championships, and was named MVP of the 2010 Junior Olympics.[2][4] In 2011, she and high school baseball player Max Fried won the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame High School Award.[5][6][4]

She then attended Stanford University (Class of 2014, majoring in Science, Technology and Society), and with the water polo team winning three NCAA championships.[1][7] As a freshman in 2012, playing for the Stanford Cardinal water polo team at the 2-meter position, Grossman was Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America Honorable Mention, ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent, All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Honorable Mention, and named to the MPSF All-Newcomer Team.[2][8] As a sophomore in 2013, she was ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, and MPSF All-Academic.[2] As a junior in 2014, she was ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention, ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, All-MPSF Honorable Mention, and MPSF All-Academic.[2] As a senior in 2015, she was ACWPC First Team All-American, ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, All-NCAA Tournament First Team, All-MPSF Second Team, and MPSF All-Academic.[2] She finished her college career 10th in Stanford history, with 169 goals.[2][8] She was the co-recipient of the Pam Strathairn Award at the Stanford Athletic Board Awards, for her competitive attitude.[7] In 2016, she was awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements.[7]

In both 2012 and 2014 Grossman won the NCAA Championship with Stanford University.[1] In 2013 she won a gold medal at the FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.[1][2] In 2014, with Team USA she won a silver medal at the FINA Women's Water Polo Intercontinental Tournament.[1][2]

Grossman competed as a member of the United States women's national water polo team, for both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Teams.[9][1][2][8] She played for Team USA in the 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League as it won a gold medal in June 2015, and the 2015 Pan American Games against Argentina, Cuba, and Mexico as Team USA won a gold medal in water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games in July 2015.[10][11][12][13][14]

Halls of Fame

In 2016 Grossman was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Northern California.[15][16] In 2017, she was inducted into the Harvard-Westlake Hall of Fame.[17]

See also

References
  1. "Ashley Grossman," Team USA.
  2. "Ashley Grossman - Women's Water Polo". Stanford University Athletics.
  3. Erik Boal (August 9, 2010). "Grossman's water polo talents on display". Daily Breeze.
  4. "Ashley Grossman; 2011 Female High School Athlete of The Year; Harvard-Westlake School". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  5. Mike Szymanski (June 16, 2011). "Ashley Grossman Wins Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". Studio City, CA Patch.
  6. "High School Award | SoCal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 30th Anniversary". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  7. "Six Earn Spring Scholarships". Stanford University Athletics. July 28, 2015.
  8. "Ashley Grossman; Inductee; Water Polo - 2016". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  9. "Chatter: Harvard-Westlake's Grossman, LMU's Manke help Americans take water polo title". The Sun. July 27, 2010.
  10. "USA Women Top Mexico 25-3 To Open Play At 2015 Pan American Games". USA Water Polo. July 7, 2015.
  11. Diana Pimer (July 11, 2015). "U.S. Pan American Women's Water Polo Team Remains Undefeated". Swimming World Magazine.
  12. "Ten local water polo players will play in Pan Ams". Palo Alto Online Sports/USA Water Polo. June 23, 2015.
  13. "USA Women Down Cuba 18-3 For Second Straight Win At Pan American Games". SwimSwam. July 8, 2015.
  14. Lauren Neidigh (June 13, 2015). "USA Women To Play For Gold At FINA World League Super Final". SwimSwam.
  15. Ryan Torok (February 9, 2017). "Moving & Shaking: Jewish athletes celebrated, NFL players visit home shul, AIPAC holds gala". Jewish Journal.
  16. Rubin, Hannah (October 28, 2016). "Year of Women at local Jewish Sports Hall of Fame". J.
  17. "Hall of Fame; Induction Class of 2017". Harvard-Westlake High School.
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