LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC San Diego women's water polo program has announced five high school standout scholar-athletes have signed National Letters of Intent to join the team as freshmen for the 2022-23 academic year. Allison Bartholomew, Natalie DiMeo, Maja Leyden, Sofia Munatones, and Sydney Munatones have committed to join the Tritons to make up the Class of 2026.
"This is always an exciting time of the year when we get our freshman recruit commits," said 13th-year UC San Diego head coach
Brad Kreutzkamp. "After over a year of evaluations, communications and official visits, we are very excited about this class. It's a great mixture of size, speed and experience. We feel this class will be able to step in right away and challenge for playing time as well as being productive students here on campus. With our continued desire to bring home a Big West championship we need depth and talent, and we feel this class helps in both those categories. Welcome to UCSD!"
ALLISON BARTHOLOMEW
Santa Barbara, Calif.
Santa Barbara Senior HS
Club: Santa Barbara 805
NATALIE DiMEO
La Jolla, Calif.
La Jolla HS
Club: San Diego Shores
MAJA LAYDEN
Mill Valley, Calif.
Tamalpais HS
SOFIA MUNATONES
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Los Alamitos HS
Club: Los Alamitos Aquatics Foundation
SYDNEY MUNATONES
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Los Alamitos HS
Club: Los Alamitos Aquatics Foundation
The Tritons are set to begin their third season competing in the Big West Conference. UC San Diego recently announced its
2022 women's water polo season schedule.
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program begins a new era in 2020 as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide more than 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. In addition, 83 Tritons have been named Academic All-Americans, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
