NZ Club: Marist International: Spandau 04 Water Polo, Germany
NZ Senior Debut?: 2016- Olympic Qualification tournament, Gouda, Netherlands
Career Highlight:
- Debuting for NZ Senior Women
- Playing at home in 2018 at the FINA Intercontinental World League. It was the first time a lot of my friends and family saw me play internationally so it was pretty special
- Playing alongside my sister Gabbie, in Perth this year
Advice for the next generation of players?: Make every training count! It's easy to slack off from time-to-time, but make it a priority to give 110% everytime you get in the water. Train hard, be determined, dedicated and resilient and it will all pay off in the future. Also... DON'T EVER GIVE UP. It's not a singular team selection or specific moment that defines you as a player, it's everything behind the scenes that contributes to who you are so keep pushing no matter what.
NZ Club: North Harbour International: University of Hawaii, USA
New Zealand Senior Debut?: 2017 Hungary- Budapest World Championships, Vodafone Cup and 5 Nations Tournament
Career Highlight: MVP Born 2000s World Championships against Canada 2018, Winners of Big West Conference Tournament 2019, Attending NCAAS 2019, North Harbour Participant who won National League 2018 & 2019.
Advice for the next generation of players?: There are always new skills, tricks and plays to learn in Water Polo. Never give up and keep training hard because every player can find a skill that others can't do.
NZ Club: Atlantis City International: University of Hawaii, USA
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NZ Club: Marist
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NZ Club: Waitakere International: Spandau 04 Water Polo, Germany
New Zealand Senior Debut?: July 2017, Vodafone Cup, Miskolc, Hungary
Career Highlight: Representing New Zealand and travelling to different countries
Advice for the next generation of players?If you are willing to make sacrifices, persevere and challenge yourself nothing will stop you from achieving your goals. The commitment and effort you put in will determine how successful you will be. If you train the way you play you will gain the benefits of your hard work. Make the most of the opportunities to learn new things and push yourself to your limit.
NZ Club: North Harbour International: Fresno State University, USA
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NZ Club: Atlantis City International: University of Michigan, USA
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NZ Club: North Harbour International: University of Hawaii, USA
New Zealand Senior Debut?: Fourth quarter against Canada at the 2018 World League in Auckland, New Zealand
Career Highlight: Winning the Big West Championship Final. The score was tied 5-5 at half time when I went in. We went on to win 7-6. Winning the game qualified our Hawaii team for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2015.
Playing against Russia at Youth World Champs in Serbia 2018. It was our first game of the competition and we were up the whole game (until losing at the end by a small margin) and it made me believe we could compete with anyone.
Advice for the next generation of players?Don't just love to play, love to train. The older you get, the more trainings there are compared to games. If you enjoy training hard then it makes it so much easier and better.
NZ Club: Atlantis City
New Zealand Senior Debut?: Senior debut: Intercontinental cup Perth 2019
Career Highlight: My career highlight is attending my first senior world championships in Budapest earlier this year. After attending a number of junior world championships and being part of the squad for a few years, it has always been a goal to make the team for a pinnacle event and getting the opportunity to do that in Budapest, a capital of the water polo world was an experience I’ll never forget
Education: Studying a Master's of Dietetics at the University of Auckland
Athletic Inspiration: My uncle, Paul MacDonald is a five-time Olympic Medalist. He has achieved at the very highest level of world sport and has been a big inspiration in my own athletic journey.
Advice for the next generation of players?Never forget the value of coachability, go to every session you can, ask questions, work hard in and out of the pool and be the best teammate you can be.
NZ Club: Atlantis City
New Zealand Debut?: 2016 making the NZ (U18) Youth Team, when I was 14 years old
Career Highlights:
- Making NZ Youth Team and playing at the Youth World Champs at home in Auckland.
- Making NZ Senior Women's Team when I was 15
- Named 2018 NZWP Most Valuable Player
Advice for the next generation of players?Play for yourself. Play because you love the game and if it makes you happy. You're not perfect, nobody is. You're allowed to make mistakes but learn from them and grow from there.
NZ Club: North Harbour
New Zealand Debut?: Started in the NZ U15 team in 2010. Senior Women's debut was in 2018.
Career Highlight: Captaining New Zealand at my first World Champs, the 2014 Youth World Champs held in Madrid, Spain
Advice for the next generation of players?Train like you want to play. If you're going to do something, do it at 100%
NZ Club: Marist International: Spandau 04 Water Polo, Germany
New Zealand Senior Debut?: 27th March 2019 - Senior Women
Career Highlights:
- Have won GOLD at u14, u16, u18, u21’s nationals and Senior National League with Marist.
- Debut for NZ Cadet in 2013 where we finished runner-up at the World Youth Waterpolo Bowl Final in Canberra, Australia.
- Got to play for NZ Youth at a Hawaii Invitational Tournament in 2014.
- In 2015, I made the NZ Youth squad to travel to Europe.
- Played World League in Auckland in 2018 as part of the Development Senior women’s team.
- Played World League in Perth in 2019 for the NZ Senior Women’s team.
- Played FINA Junior World Champs in Portugal in 2019 for NZ Juniors.
- Got selected to get to Olympic Qualifiers in 2020 but COVID killed that opportunity.
- Played at the Four Nations tournament in France this year with the NZ Senior Women’s.
- Played at the FINA Women’s World Champs in Budapest this year (2022).
Education: Baradene College and University Of Auckland
Advice for the next generation of players?: As much as swimming sucks, you gotta do it!
NZ Club: North Harbour International: Tenerife Echeyde, Spain
New Zealand Senior Debut?: First team was NZU15 team in 2013, first Senior team was FINA World Cup 2018
Career Highlight: My last game ever for Westlake at Nationals, playing alongside some of my best friends and winning gold for a team that was labelled as the underdogs going into the final.
Advice for the next generation of players?: Always work as hard as you can in every practise and game, you'll never regret trying your best. Always remember that hard work will pay off even if not immediately.
NZ Club: Atlantis City
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NZ Club: Marist International: Arizona State University, USA
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NZ Club: North Harbour International: San Jose State University, USA
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