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2025 Triton Women's Water Polo Roster

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15 Kendall Thomas

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Merced, Calif.
  • High School El Capitan
  • Major Art History
  • College Muir

Biography

MEDIA
KUSI TV season preview (1/17/24)
Postgame Interview (4/23/23)
Postgame Interview (3/17/23)

ACADEMIC AWARDS
• Three-time Big West Spring Academic All-Conference (2025, 2024, 2023)
• Three-time ACWPC All-Academic (2025, 2024, 2023)
• Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (2023)

ATHLETIC AWARDS
• Four-time ACWPC All-American (2025 Third Team, 2024 Third Team, 2023 HM, 2022 HM)
• Four-time All-Big West (2025 First Team, 2024 First Team, 2023 Second Team, 2022 Freshman Team)
• Two-time Big West Preseason Coaches' Team (2025, 2024)
• Three-time Harper Cup MVP (2025, 2024, 2023)
• Big West Player of the Week (4/23/25)
• Five-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/7/25, 3/10/25, 4/22/24, 1/29/24, 3/20/23)

UC SAN DIEGO DEBUT
• 1/22/22 vs. Wagner: 9-8 loss, 2 exclusions

AS A SENIOR IN 2025
ACWPC All-America Third Team ... All-Big West First Team ... ACWPC All-Academic ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference Team ... Big West Player of the Week (4/23) ... Two-time UCU Athlete of the Week (4/7, 3/10) ... Big West Preseason Coaches' Team ... Harper Cup MVP.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2024
ACWPC All-Academic (Excellent) ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference ... ACWPC All-America Third Team ..All-Big West First Team ... Big West Preseason Coaches' Team ...Two-time UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (4/22, 1/29) ... Led the Tritons in drawn exclusions (45) and field blocks (7) ... Second on the team in goals (50), third in points (61) ... Scored in 23 of 29 games played ... Multiple goals in 15 games ... Eight hat tricks ... Scored 15 times in the last five games of the season ... Accounted for four goals over two games at the Big West Championship ... Multiple drawn exclusions in 13 games ... Drew five exclusions vs. Hawai‘i in a Big West Championship semifinal (4/27) ... Named the Harper Cup MVP for the second-straight year after scoring five times against San Diego State to help the Tritons keep possession of the Cup for the eighth-straight year.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2023
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention ... All-Big West Second Team ... Big West Spring Academic All-Conference ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (With Honors) ... ACWPC All-Academic (Excellent) ... Harper Cup MVP ... UCSDTritons.com Athlete of the Week (3/20) ... Played in 30 games ... Led the Tritons in shots with 149 ... Finished second on the team in goals (56), points (67), and drawn exclusions (42) ... In the Big West, ranked seventh in goals and 10th in points ... Totaled 11 assists and 18 steals ... Tallied a goal in 26 of 30 games ... Multiple goals in 16 games ... Set a new career high with seven goals against Cal State Fullerton (3/17) ... Scored game-winning goal with three seconds left in the fourth quarter to lift Tritons over San Diego State, 10-9, in the 21st annual Harper Cup (4/23).

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2022
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention ... Big West All-Freshman Team ... Finished third on team with 42 goals ... Also contributed 14 steals and four assists ... Netted hat-tricks in seven matches, including two five-goal performances against San Diego State (2/12) and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (2/19)... Scored four goals against Hawai'i in Big West Conference Championship semifinal ... Netted her first career goal as part of a three-goal night against Biola (1/29)... Recorded 13 goals in five games from 2/12 to 2/19 ... Grabbed a career-high four steals and scored two goals against Pomona-Pitzer (3/5) ... Contributed two field blocks vs. UC Davis (3/26) ... Scored nine goals across the final five Big West games of the season, including the conference tournament.

CLUB
Competed for Royal Academy Club during freshman year, Timberwolves Water Polo Club from freshman to junior year, and played for Bulldog Water Polo Club from junior to senior year.

HIGH SCHOOL 
A 2021 graduate of El Capitan High School ... Team won the Central California Conference four times (2017-2021) ... Selected Team MVP and Central California Conference MVP all four years of high school ... Named the CIF San-Joaquin Division II Section Most Valuable Player ... Selected to the All-SAC-Joaquin Section Division II First Team three times ... Named the Merced Sunstar Girls Water Polo player of the year all four years of high school ... Scored 187 goals as a junior (2019) ...  Also a member of the swim team.

PERSONAL 
Born: Nov. 23 in Merced, Calif.
Major: Art History
College: Muir
Most memorable water polo moment: Traveling to Budapest, Hungary, to compete and train with the US futures team through ODP
Hobbies: Creating art and going to the beach
Listens to: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sublime, Bob Marley and the Wailers
Favorite food: Smoothies
Favorite movie: Surf's Up
Fun fact: Has an art Instagram account with over 20,000 followers

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Goals 7 vs. Cal State Fullerton 3/17/23
Assists 3 at UC Irvine 2/22/25
Points 7 vs. Cal State Fullerton 3/17/23
Shots 10 2 times 3/1/24 vs. Biola
Steals 4 vs. Pomona-Pitzer 3/4/22
Field Blocks 2 2 times 2/3/24 vs. California Baptist
Drawn Exclusions 6 vs. Princeton 3/12/23
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year GP G A P Sh. Sh. % EX DEX STL FB
2025 31 58 11 69 131 .443 28 64 20 4
2024 29 50 11 61 125 .400 16 45 16 7
2023 30 56 11 67 149 .376 20 42 18 4
2022 31 42 4 46 93 .452 25 7 14 2
Totals 121 206 37 243 498 .414 89 158 68 17

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2022Freshman

    Center
    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2023Sophomore

    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2024Junior

    6'0"
    15
  • 15

    2025Senior

    Center
    6'0"
    15

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