2020 Michigan Water Polo Awards and Honors
3/3/2020 4:23:00 PM | Water Polo
• Michigan Places 14 Student-Athletes on ACWPC, CWPA Academic Teams (7/20/20)
• Three Wolverines Receive All-America Recognition (4/27/20)
Maddie O'Reilly, Anne Rankin (March 3)
CWPA Player of the Week -- Junior Maddie O'Reilly earned her second CWPA Player of the Week honor of the season after leading Michigan to a 4-0 record at the Wolverine Invitational. O'Reilly racked up 10 goals and 14 assists in the four games, including three straight hat tricks to close out the weekend. She set new career highs with five assists and eight points against both No. 15 Long Beach State and No. 22 Bucknell. She also had a field block in all four games. » CWPA Release
CWPA Rookie of the Week -- Freshman Anne Rankin claimed her third CWPA Rookie of the Week honor. She tallied seven goals, two assists and three steals in a 4-0 weekend at the Wolverine Invitational. She had two goals against Santa Clara, No. 15 Long Beach State and No. 22 Bucknell. » CWPA Release
Erin Neustrom, Heidi Ritner, Anna Rankin (Feb. 25)
CWPA Player of the Week -- Sophomore Erin Neustrom earned her first career CWPA Player of the Week honor afetr helping lead the Wolverines to a seventh-place finish at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational (Feb. 21-23) with seven goals and nine drawn exclusions. She scored the game-winning goal in overtime against No. 7 Cal and had a hat trick in a win over No. 9 UC Santa Barbara. » CWPA Release
CWPA Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Heidi Ritner is the CWPA Defensive Player of the Week for the third time this season and 13th in her career. She won twice at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational to give her 86 for her career, breaking Betsey Armstrong's record (85). Ritner had 43 saves on the weekend, including 16 in the overtime win over Cal. » CWPA Release
CWPA Rookie of the Week -- Freshman Anne Rankin received her second career CWPA Rookie of the Week selection. She had two goals against No. 7 Cal, including a goal with three seconds left in regulation to send the game to OT. » CWPA Release
Maddie O'Reilly, Heidi Ritner (Jan. 28)
CWPA Player of the Week -- Junior Maddie O'Reilly earned her first career CWPA weekly honor with selection as the week two CWPA Player of the Week. The Wolverines hosted the Michigan Invitational, and for the second straight week O'Reilly led them in points with 11 as she was tops on the team with seven goals and four assists. She also had two steals and two field blocks. » CWPA Release
CWPA Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Heidi Ritner is the CWPA Defensive Player of the Week for the second straight week and the 12th time in her career. She started all four games in the Michigan Invitational, posting a 3-1 record with wins over No. 21 Wagner, No. 11 Pacific and No. 9 UCSB. She tallied 34 saves and allowed just 21 goals for a .618 save percentage in 107:56 minutes. » CWPA Release
Ava Morrant, Heidi Ritner, Anne Rankin (Jan. 21)
CWPA Player of the Week -- Sophomore Ava Morrant earned her first career CWPA weekly honor as she was crowned Player of the Week following Michigan's opening weekend of the 2020 season. Morrant led Michigan with seven goals, scoring her first two career hat tricks on Saturday (Jan. 18) against No. 22 CSUN and 5 UC Irvine at the UCSB Winter Invitational. She also had three steals and won four sprints on the weekend. » CWPA Release
CWPA Defensive Player of the Week -- Senior goalkeeper Heidi Ritner picked up her 11th career Defensive Player of the Week award after starting all four games at the UCSB Winter Invite and posting 30 saves and seven steals. Her 10-goal, five-steal performance against No. 11 UCSB on Sunday (Jan 19) led to a Michigan victory to close out the weekend. » CWPA Release
CWPA Rookie of the Week -- Anne Rankin rounded out the weekly sweep for the Wolverines. In her first collegiate action, the Newport Beach, California, native tallied four goals, three assists and three drawn exclusions in four starts. She scored her first collegiate goal against No. 22 CSUN on Saturday (Jan. 18), which also was Michigan's first goal of the season. » CWPA Release
