Caroline Anderson

Laura Jimenez, Caroline Anderson, Christina O'Beck

Photo by: UM Photography, J. Brosher

Class:
Freshman
Position:
AT
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Palo Alto, Calif.
High School:
Henry M. Gunn

Features on Caroline
• Anderson Finds Groove as Offensive Facilitator (MGoBlue.com)
• Gunn's Anderson Back in Town With Wolverines (Palo Alto Daily News)

• Kornacki: Record-Setting Anderson Followed Her Own Path to Michigan (MGoBlue.com)

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	EX	DEX	Stl
2015	32	52	56	108	21	23	47
2016	38	43	71	114	28	30	54
2017	31	45	68	113	22	17	46
2018	41	46	85	131	20	22	57
Total	142	186	280	466	91	92	204

Career Highs
Points: 11, vs. George Washington (4/7/18)
Goals: 5 (2x), last vs. CSUN (1/22/17)
Assists: 7, vs. George Washington (4/7/18)
Drawn Exclusions: 2 (13x), last vs. Wagner (1/27/18)
Steals: 5 (3x), last vs. Cal Baptist (3/20/15)
Field Blocks: 2, vs. Pacific (2/4/18)

At Michigan
• Graduated from the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts with a degree in biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience
• ACWPC All-American (Honorable Mention - 2016)
• CWPA All-Conference (2nd team - 2016, Honorable Mention - 2015)
• Four-time CWPA Player of the Week
• CWPA Rookie of the Week
• Won three CWPA Championships
• Team 18 Co-Most Valuable Offensive Player
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten
• Three-time ACWPC All-Academic Team
• Three-time CWPA Scholar Athlete
• Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award
• Michigan's career and single season assists record holder (career - 280, season - 85 in 2018)
• Michigan's career and single season points record holder (career - 466, season - 131 in 2018)
• First Michigan player with four 100-point seasons, no other player has had more than two
• First in U-M history to 200 career assists and first to 400 career points
• Also ranks sixth in career goals (186) and fourth in career steals (204)
• School record for the fastest to 100 career assists (56 games) breaking the previous record by 49 games
• Also the school record for the fastest to reach 200 career points (61 games), breaking the previous mark by 34 games

Senior (2018)
• Team 18 Co-Most Valuable Offensive Player
• Two-time CWPA Player of the Week (Mar. 15, Apr. 5)
• Big Ten All-Academic team
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Michigan single-season record for points with 131 and assists with 85
• Dished out a team-best 24 asssists in eight conference games and led the team with 37 points during conference play
• 10 games with five or more points, 14 games with three or more assists and seven games with three or more steals
• Led U-M to its third straight CWPA Championship with six goals, eight assists and five steals in three games, including two goals, two assists, three steals and one field block in the championship game against Princeton.
• Broke the school's career points record against Princeton with one goal and three assists and became the first to 400 career points the next game against Hartwick with two goals and two assists
• Set a single-game points record (11) and tied the single game assists record (7) against George Washington
• Recorded one goal and one assist in the NCAA Quarterfinal against No. 3 Cal
• Three assists vs. No. 15 Princeton to break her own single-season assists record
• Tallied three goals and four assists in a win over No. 19 Long Beach State at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Big game against Iona with two goals, five assists and four steals
• Posted two goals, three assists and two steals against Brown
• Two goals and four assists against No. 16 UC San Diego to make her the first U-M player with 200 career assists
• Recorded two goals, three assists and two steals against No. 19 CSUN at the Wolverine Invitational
• Two goals, two assists in a win at No. 13 Indiana
• Two goals and four assists against Brown
• 11 assists in four games at the LMU Invite with four against No. 24 Cal Baptist and three against both No. 11 LMU and No. 21 San Jose State

Junior (2017)
• CWPA Player of the Week (May 23)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Honors Academic Achievement Award
• Led the team with 113 points and 68 assists, ranking fifth on the single season list for points and second for assists
• 11 games with five or more points
• Four games with three or more goals, 10 games with three or more assists and seven games with three or more steals
• Played in two conference games with two goals and eight assists
• Recorded two goals, one assist and two steals in the NCAA quarterfinal game against No. 3 USC
• Led the team with 12 points during the CWPA Championship and had two goals and three assists vs. Harvard in the semifinals and two goals and one assist in the championship game against Princeton
• Matched a career high with six assists in a win over Brown
• Scored five or more points in all four wins at the LMU Invite, finishing with five goals vs. LMU, one goal, four assists and three steals vs. Long Beach State, two goals, three assists and three steals vs. Whittier and two goals and four assists against Pomona Pitzer
• Led Michigan with 16 points (8 goals, 8 assists) at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Posted 11 assists at the Wolverine Invitational, including breaking the career assists record with her two assists vs. No. 5 Arizona State in just the third program win over a top five team
• Finished with five assists in a loss to No. 6 UC Irvine at the Wolverine Invitational
• Notched five goals, six assists and five steals to help the team to a 7th place finish at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Tallied five goals to go with two assists and three assists in a win over No. 23 CSUN
• Two goals and four assists with two sprints won against No. 25 CSU Bakersfield
•Three goals and three assists in a win over No. 16 San Jose State at the Stanford Invitational
• Posted four goals and two assists vs. No. 23 Marist in the Triton Invitational

Sophomore (2016)
• ACWPC All-America honorable mention
• All-CWPA second team
• CWPA Player of the Week (Mar. 3)
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• Big Ten All-Academic team
• U-M Sophomore Honors
• Michigan school record and sophomore record for assists in a season with 71
• Second on the team with 114 points, recording 43 goals and a team-high 71 assists
• Also was second on the team with 54 steals
• Six games with three or more goals on the year and 12 games with three or more assists
• Just the third time a player has recorded 50 or more assists in a single season; she has two of those three seasons
• Tallied three goals, two assists and three steals in the NCAA Tournament, including a goal, assist and three steals in the semifinals against No. 1 USC and a team-high two goals and one assist vs. No. 3 UCLA in the third-place game
• Recorded eight assists in the CWPA Tournament, including three in the 9-2 win over No. 14 Indiana for the CWPA title
• Career-high six assists to go with one goal and three steals in a win over No. 12 Pacific, tying for the second most assists in a single game in U-M history
• Led Michigan to a 12-11 win over No. 15 LMU with four goals, two assists and two steals
• Five points against No. 8 San Jose State with four assists and one goal
• Dished out four assists to go with one goal in an upset win over No. 3 Cal, just the second top five win in school history
• Reached 200 career points with a three-goal, two-assist game against Bucknell

Freshman (2015)
• U-M Freshman Academic Achievement Award
• Led the Wolverines with 56 assists, a freshman record at U-M
• Ranked second on team with 52 goals and 47 steals
• Registered a team-best nine hat tricks
• Scored seven goals at CWPA Championship (April 24-26), including four in season finale vs. Hartwick
• Posted four assists in CWPA opener vs. Bucknell ... Scored four goals and two assists in regular-season finale vs. Bucknell (April 19)
• Tallied four assists vs. #20 Harvard (April 12)
• Posted a career-best five goals and three assists vs. George Washington (April 11)
• Registered three goals, three assists and two steals at #12 Loyola Marymount (March 21)
• Posted a career-best five steals vs. Cal Baptist (March 20), #16 Indiana (March 8) and #18 UC San Diego (Feb. 22)
• Recorded five assists vs. #16 UC Davis (Feb. 8)
• Scored two goals, an assist and a steal vs. #7 San Jose State (Jan. 24)
• Made collegiate debut in season opener vs. #14 UC Santa Barbara (Jan. 23)

Prep
• High School: Henry M. Gunn High School (2014)
• USA Water Polo Academic All-American (2013)
• Named 2014 NISCA High School First Team All-American
• Two-time SCVAL League MVP (2013, '14)
• Contributed to Gunn's three straight SCVAL Championship titles (2012, '13, '14)

Club/Junior Team
• Stanford Water Polo Club (2010-14)
• Member of the USA Water Polo Youth (2012) and Cadet (2011) National Teams
• Three-time Junior Olympic All-American (2010, '12, '13)
• Two-time ODP All-Region team selection (2011, '12)

Personal
• Full name is Caroline Rose Anderson
• Birthday: February 28, 1996