2020 Water Polo Roster

Jersey Number 5
Anne Rankin
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- UT
- Height:
- 5-8
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Newport Harbor
Bio
Features on Anne
• Rankin Received Good Advice Prior to Coming to Michigan (MGoBlue.com)
Career Stats
Year | GP | G | A | Pts | ShPct | EX | DEX | STL | FB | SPW | SPL |
2020 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 19 | .341 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 36 | .429 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 45 | 38 | 17 | 55 | .392 | 25 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Career Highs
Points: 5 vs. #16 San Diego State (3/6/21)
Goals: 4 vs. #16 San Diego State (3/6/21)
Assists: 2, 4x last vs. Bucknell (4/24/21)
Drawn Exclusions: 2, 3x last vs. #16 San Diego State (3/7/21)
Steals: 2 vs. Long Beach State (2/29/20)
Field Blocks: 1, 3x last vs. Mount St. Mary's (4/24/21)
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Major is undeclared
• All-CWPA Second Team (2021)
• CWPA Player of the Week
• Three-time CWPA Rookie of the Week
Junior (2022)
• Did not appear in any games
Sophomore (2021)
• All-CWPA Second Team
• CWPA Player of the Week (March 8)
• Set new career-highs for goals (24), assists (12), points (36), shooting percentage (.429), drawn exclusions (9), steals (9), and field blocks (2).
• Registered points in all four games of the Michigan Invitational, scoring four goals and dishing out two assists
• Set a career-high in goals with four against No. 16 San Diego State and also added an assist for a career-best five points
• Had four multi-goal games on the season
• Scored goals in 17 of 26 games on the campaign and had points in 21 games
• Drew two exclusions against No. 1 Southern California as well as No. 16 San Diego State
• Tallied a hat trick and a steal against Mount St. Mary's
Freshman (2020)
• Three-time CWPA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 21, Feb. 25, March 3)
• Five games with two or more goals
• Tallied seven goals and two assists in the Wolverine Invitational with two goals against Santa Clara, No. 15 Long Beach State and No. 22 Bucknell
• Made her collegiate debut with one goal and two assists against No. 22 CSUN at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Scored two goals against No. 5 UC Irvine at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Tied the game with three seconds left to force overtime in a win over No. 7 Cal at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, finishing the game with two goals
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness
Prep
• Graduated from Newport Harbor High School in 2019
• Competed with SoCal Water Polo
• Member of the 2015 ODP girl's developmental national team
• Won a gold medal at the 2017-18 Junior Olympics and Cal Cup State Championships
• Finished second at the 2019 Junior Olympics
• Placed fourth at the US Club Championships in 2017-18
• Won the CIF Division 2 Championship as a junior
• Two-time second team All-Sunset League honoree
• Third team All-CIF Division 2 her junior season
• Also a four-year member of the swim team
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Personal
• Full name is Anne Rankin
• Born in Newport Beach, Calif.
• Birthday: June 10, 2001
• Parents are Mike and Shelly RankinÂ
• Has two siblings, John and Billy
• Father, Mike, and brother, John, played water polo at UCSB
• Mother, Shelly, ran cross country at UCSB
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Why Michigan
"When I came to Ann Arbor and stepped on campus for the first time, I could really see myself living there for the next four years of my life!"
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Why Water Polo
"I started playing when I was 11 years old, and I was hooked because I don't like being hot, so playing a sport in the water was the only sport that I wouldn't get too hot playing!"
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