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2024 Women's Water Polo Roster

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1 Daniela Passoni

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Waverley, South Africa
  • High School St. Mary's School
  • Major MS Counseling MFT

Biography

OLYMPIC TEAM FEATURE (2/21/21)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: A member of the 2021 South Africa Olympic Team.

AS A SENIOR (2024): Cal State East Bay's Female Student-Athlete of the Year ... Academic All-District® ... All-WWPA First Team ... All-WWPA Defensive Team ... Three-time WWPA Defensive Player of the Week ... WWPA All-Academic Team ... ACWPC All-Academic Award - Outstanding ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award. 

AS A JUNIOR (2023): Academic All-America® Second Team ... ACWPC First Team All-American ... Academic All-District® ... WWPA Player of the Year ... WWPA First Team ... WWPA All-Tournament First Team ... 374 total saves, which is second most in a season in program history ... Had first career shutout on February 19, an 18-0 win over Austin College .. Played all available minutes in net for the Pioneers ... Scored four goals and had 12 assists ... 38 steals ... WWPA All-Academic Team ... D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award ... ACWPC All Academic Award - Outstanding. 

AS A SOPHOMORE (2022): ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention … All-WWPA First Team … All-WWPA Tournament First Team … Recipient of Cal State East Bay’s Distinguished Student-Athlete Award for Aquatics … ACWPC Spring All-Academic Award - Outstanding ... 254 saves … 17 assists … 30 steals … 3 goals. 

2021: No season played … ACWPC All-Academic Award - Outstanding.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2020): ACWPC DII First-Team All-America ... CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 ... All-WWPA First Team ... ACWPC All-Academic (Outstanding) ... CSUEB Athlete of the Week (2/4) ... Started 14 out of 15 contests in the net ... Recorded 162 saves ... Had a .471 save percentage ... Tallied 18 steals ... Scored her second-career goal and finished with 11 saves and two steals in a 14-7 road conference win over No. RV Sonoma State (2/22) ... Recorded a career-high 18 saves against No. 25 Azusa Pacific (1/31). 

AS A FRESHMAN (2019): ACWPC Second-Team All-America ... WWPA All-Freshman Team ... WWPA All-Academic ... Appeared in 24 games with 18 starts ... Tallied a team-high 182 saves ... Recorded a 7-10 record in the net ... Finished with a .516 save percentage, which ranked fourth in the conference.

HIGH SCHOOL (2013-2017): Graduated from St. Mary's HS in Waverely, South Africa in 2017...Played water polo, swimming, and netball...Awarded a Sports Honors blazer...Awarded Best Goal Keeper at the 2016 U17 EU Nations Cup held in Demark.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Pamela and Mick Passoni ... Has two sisters, Michela and Valentina ... Favorite athlete is Stefano Tempesti ... Enjoys hanging out with teammates, watching movies and trying new foods ... "I chose East Bay because I wanted to experience life in the USA. I also wanted to get a higher education and play water polo at the collegiate level."

Statistics

Season:
2024

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Historical Player Information

  • 1A

    2019Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'7"
    1A
  • 1A

    2020Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'7"
    1A
  • 1

    2022Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'7"
    1
  • 1

    2023Graduate Student

    Goalkeeper
    5'8"
    1
  • 1

    2024Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'8"
    1