2020 Water Polo Roster

Heidi Ritner
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Newport Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Corona del Mar
Career Stats
Year | GP | GS | Min | W-L | Saves | GA | GAA | SvPCT | Â AÂ | STL |
2017 | 36 | 36 | 1043:10 | 27-9 | 307 | 215 | 6.59 | .588 | 11 | 41 |
2018Â Â | 37 | 37 | 1015:21 | 30-7 | 213 | 199 | 6.25 | .517 | 21 | 76 |
2019Â Â | 32 | 32 | 894:11 | 23-9 | 202 | 216 | 7.72 | .483 | 18 | 28 |
2020Â Â | 17 | 17Â | 492:14 | 8-8 | 139 | 126 | 8.15 | .525 | 1 | 29 |
2021 | 18 | 17 | 444:00 | 13-4 | 129 | 94 | 6.77 | .578 | 5 | 37 |
Total | 140 | 138 | 3897:39 | 101-37 | 990 | 850 | 6.98 | .538 | 56 | 211 |
Career Highs
Minutes: 39:39, vs. Princeton (4/8/18)
Saves: 18, vs. Harvard (4/29/17)Â
Goals Allowed: 2, 3x last vs. Harvard (4/13/19)
Steals: 7, vs. #16 San Diego State (3/6/21)
Assists: 3 (2x), last vs. Brown (4/6/19)Â
At Michigan
• Enrolled in the Ross School of Business Master's of Management program
• Graduated in 2020 with a degree in sport management and a minor in business administration and history of art
• Team Captain (2020-21)
• ACWPC All-American (2020 & 2021 - honorable mention)
• Three-time CWPA All-Conference (1st team - 2019, 2021, 2nd team - 2017)
• Three-time CWPA Championship All-Tournament Team (1st team - 2019, 2021, 2nd team -  2017)
• 17-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week
• Five-time CWPA Rookie of the Week
• Four team CWPA Championships and Four NCAA appearances
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2020)
• U-M Rookie of the Year (2017)
• Team 17 Rookie of the Year
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2018-21)
• Four-time ACWPC All-Academic Team (2017-20)
• Four-time CWPA Scholar Athlete (2017-20)Â
• Five-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2017-21)
• Finished her career with an 101-37 overall record with 990 saves in 3,897:39 minutes, a .538 save percentage and a 6.98 goals against average
• Ranked among Michigan's top goalkeepers in career wins (1st, 101), career saves (2nd, 990), career saves per game (2nd, 7.07) and career save percentage (5th, .538) Â
• Set the single-season record with 30 wins in 2018 and also broke the U-M freshman wins records with 27 in 2017
Graduate (2021)
• Team 21 captain
• ACWPC honorable mention All-American
• Four-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 22, March 1, April 12, April 26)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Tallied 10 or more saves in five games
• Stopped a season-best 17 shots in a win over No. 13 Pacific while allowing just four goals
• Set a new career high in steals with seven while also making 12 saves against No. 16 San Diego State
• Blocked 12 shots and allowed only three goals in a second win over No. 13 Pacific
• Went 2-0 in the Michigan Invitational, defeating No. 13 Indiana twice with 14 saves, two assists and five steals in total
Senior (2020)
• Team captain
• ACWPC honorable mention All-American
• Three-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 25)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Tallied 10 or more saves in six gamesÂ
• Became Michigan's career wins leaders (88) at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, tying Betsey Armstrong vs. Cal and passing her vs. UCSB
• Earned a win over No. 15 Long Beach State on her senior night, recording seven saves
• Posted a 3-1 record at the Michigan Invitational with 34 saves and a .618 save percentage
• Played all 134 minutes of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, leading the team to a 7th-place finish with 43 saves and seven steals in four gamesÂ
• Started all four games at the UCSB Winter Invite with 30 saves and a 1-2 record
• Stopped a season-high 16 shots in an overtime win over No. 7 Cal to start off the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Matched a career high with five steals to go with 10 saves, including three saved penalty shots, in a win at No. 11 UCSB
• Recorded 12 saves and only allowed four goals in a win over No. 11 Pacific at the Michigan Invitational
• Made 11 saves against No. 6 UC Irvine in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Blocked 11 shots and allowed just five goals in three quarters against No. 22 Bucknell in the Wolverine Invitational
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness
Junior (2019)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• All-CWPA first team
• CWPA All-Tournament first teamÂ
• Three-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (Feb. 27, Mar. 19, Apr. 17)
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Tied the junior U-M record with 23 wins in the cage
• Starting goalkeeper in all 32 games, playing 894:11 minutes with 202 saves
• Finished conference play with a 6-0 record, a 3.47 goals against average and .698 save percentageÂ
• Five complete games with five or less goals allowed
• Led Michigan to the CWPA Championship, holding Princeton to six goals in the championship game and Harvard to seven goals in the semifinals
• Tallied a season-high 14 saves to go with three steals and two assists in her 100th career start against Harvard, allowing only two goals in the game
• Made 13 saves in the 7th place game of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, holding No. 8 Arizona State to five goals
• Recorded 12 saves against No. 1 USC, holding the Trojans to its two lowest goal totals (9 and 10) in the first 12 games of 2019
• Held No. 9 Arizona State to five goals in a victory at the Triton Invitational
• Tallied 27 saves in three wins over Pacific, including 11 on the road against the Tigers
• Did not give up more than five goals in any of the four games of the Wolverine Invitational, going 4-0 with 27 saves and 19 goals allowed against four top-15 teams
• Allowed just seven goals in 72 minutes against three conference teams at Harvard
• Started all four games at the UCSB Winter Invite, making 16 saves in 88 minutes
Sophomore (2018)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Three-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 24, Mar. 14, May 18)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Set the single-season record with 30 wins in 2018, going 30-7 in the cage
• Became the 2nd fastest in school history to 400 career saves, doing so in 49 games
• Tallied 213 saves, 21 assists and a team-high 76 steals
• During conference play she went 7-1 in the cage with 37 saves, three assists and 18 steals
• Three games with 10 or more saves, 11 games with three or more steals and seven games with two assists
• Helped hold 17 teams to five goals or less, including No. 3 UCLA and No. 5 Arizona State and only two teams scored in double digits on the team all year
• Led the team to a CWPA Championship with 16 saves and six steals in three games
• Tallied seven saves in the NCAA Quarterfinal against No. 3 Cal
• Had 10 saves in a 5-3 loss to No. 5 Arizona State
• Career-high five steals to go with five saves in a 5-4 loss to No. 3 UCLA
• Posted 11 saves and two steals in a one-goal loss to No. 8 Pacific
• Tied a career high with five steals to go with eight saves against No. 16 Hartwick
• 3-1 record at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational with 33 saves and 28 goals allowed
• Earned the win in all five games of the Wolverine Invitational with 16 saves and 14 goals allowed
• Started four games at the LMU Invite with 25 saves, 17 goals allowed and nine steals
• Sat out the Michigan Invitational due to an injury
Freshman (2017)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• All-CWPA second team
• CWPA Championship All-Tournament second team
• U-M Rookie of the Year for performance in athletics and academics
• Team 17 Rookie of the Year
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Freshman Academic Achievement Award
• Four-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (Jan. 26, Mar. 3, April 12, May 23)
• Five-time CWPA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 26, Feb. 15, Mar. 3, April 12, May 23)
• 27 victories set a new Michigan freshmen record and ranked second most for a single season in program history
• She became the fastest U-M goalkeeper to 25 wins, doing so in 34 games
• Ranked fourth for saves in a single season with 307, the second most by a freshman
• 13 games with 10 or more saves and 14 games with five or fewer goals allowed in two or more quarters of action
• Went 8-0 in CWPA play with 54 saves and just 33 goals allowed for a .621 save percentage and 5.36 goals against average
• Finished the CWPA Championship with 37 saves and just 10 goals allowed in 10 quarters of action
• Stopped 14 shots, including several on 6-on-5 chances in the CWPA Championship game against No. 9 Princeton
• Season-high 18 saves with just five goals allowed in a CWPA semifinal win over No. 20 Harvard
• Combined with classmate Cameron Cordial for the eighth shutout in school history with four saves in the first half during a 21-0 win over George Washington
• Recorded eight saves against No. 3 USC in the NCAA quarterfinals.
• Had 17 saves, including four in overtime in a loss to No. 8 UC Irvine at the Triton Invitational, tying for the sixth most saves in a single game at U-M
• Went 3-2 with 47 saves and 33 goals allowed at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Led Michigan to a third place finish at the Stanford Invitational with 31 saves, including six in the third place game against No. 8 Hawai'i and 11 vs. UC Davis
• 4-0 record at the LMU Invite, holding No. 15 Long Beach State to three goals while stopping eight shots
• Recorded 13 saves and three steals in a 7th place game win over No. 7 Hawai'i at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Had 11 saves in her collegiate debut against No. 2 USC
• Made 14 saves against No. 3 UCLA
• Posted 10 saves in her first career conference game, an 11-6 win over No. 15 Indiana
• Allowed only two goals with nine saves against No. 25 CSU Bakersfield
• In three games against top-10 UCSB she has 27 saves and 10 goals allowed
• Made seven saves and held No. 5 Arizona State to six goals in just the third win over a top-10 team in program history
• Held Brown to one goal in three quarters, making eight saves in the shallow deep pool at Hartwick
National Team
• USA Youth National Team (2015-16)
• Starting goalkeeper at the 2016 FINA Youth World Championships, leading Team USA to a fifth place finish
• Member of the USA Southern Pacific Olympic Development Program in 2012 and 2014-16
• Played in the Pan Pac Tournament in New Zealand in 2014
• Union Americana de Natacion All-Tournament goalie and MVP
Prep
• Graduated from Corona del Mar High School (2016)
• Two-time Academic All-American
• Two-year scholar-athlete with distinction
• Won the CIF Championship in 2012-13
• Three-time Pacific Coast League Champions
• Pacific Coast League MVP in 2013-14
• 2014-15 Pacific Coast League Goalie of the Year
• Two-time All-CIF first team selection
• Also a varsity swimmer for three years
Club/ Junior Team
• Played for CDM Polo
Personal
• Full name is Heidi Ritner
• Birthday: May 18, 1998
• Parents are Ron and Barbara Ritner
• Has one sibling, Emily, who is a junior on the Michigan water polo team