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Sofie Pontré

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
D
Height:
5-11
Hometown:
Perth, Western Australia
High School:
Santa Maria College

Features on Sofie

• Newcomer Pontré Fitting in with Michigan Water Polo (MGoBlue.com)

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	Sh%	EX	DEX	STL	FB
2018	39	23	15	38	.359	43	12	33	6
2019	32	15	16	31	.259	41	17	23	8
2020	19	15	6	21	.319	28	23	21	7
2021	26	14	10	24	.318	18	5	21	6
2022	34	20	3	23	.465	38	10	20	9
Total	150	87	50	137	.339	168	67	118	36

Career Highs
Points: 4, 2x last vs. Pacific (1/26/20)
Goals: 3, vs. #22 Brown (4/9/22)
Assists: 3 vs. Pacific (1/26/20)
Drawn Exclusions: 3 vs. Stanford (2/1/20)
Steals: 4, 3x last vs. Pacific (1/26/20)
Field Blocks: 2, 4x last vs. #13 Indiana (3/13/21)

At Michigan
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Majoring in philosophy with a minor in political science
• Team Captain (2020-21)
• ACWPC All-American (2020 - 2nd team; 2021 - Honorable Mention)
• CWPA Player of the Week
• Three-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week
• Two-time CWPA Rookie of the Week
• Four NCAA Tournament appearances
• Won four CWPA Championships
• CWPA All-Tournament First Team (2021)
• NSCA All-American (2020)
• Team 19 Most Valuable Defensive Player
• Team 18 Rookie of the Year
• Two-time ACWPC All-Academic Team
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-21)
• Two-time CWPA Scholar Athlete
• Three-time U-M Academic Achievement Award (2019-20)

Graduate (2022)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Had a career-high 9 field blocks on the season
• Had a career-high 3 goals against #22 Brown (4/9/22)
• Finished the season with 20 goals, assists, 23 points, 20 steals, and 9 field blocks
• Appeared in 34 games

Senior (2021)
• Team captain
• ACWPC All-American honorable mention
• Academic All-Big Ten
• All-CWPA first team
• CWPA All-Tournament first team
• CWPA Player of the Week (April 12)
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (March 29)
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Played in all four games of the Michigan Invitational, finishing with two goals, three assists, a drawn exclusion and a steal
• Scored two goals and added an assist against No. 21 Bucknell
• Tallied one goal and assist against Mount St. Mary's in the CWPA semi-final
• Registered three points twice on the season, against No. 13 Indiana and No. 21 Bucknell
• Had six games of two or more steals, including a three steal game against No. 13 Pacific

Junior (2020)
• Team captain
• ACWPC second team All-American
• NSCA All-American
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Tallied four goals, three assists, six drawn exclusions and 11 steals in the Michigan Invitational
• Started all four games at the UCSB Winter Invite, recording three goals and two assists
• Finished with three goals, five drawn exclusions, four steals and three field blocks at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Tallied four goals, five steals and three field blocks in the Wolverine Invitational
• Two goals and one assist at No. 11 UCSB in the UCSB Winter Invite
• Had two goals, two drawn exclusions and four steals against No. 5 UCLA in the Michigan Invitational
• Posted one goal, a career-high three assists and four steals vs. No. 11 Pacific in the Michigan Invitational
• Recorded one goal, one assist and three drawn exclusions against No. 2 Stanford at the Stanford Invitational
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness

Sophomore (2019)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Team Most Valuable Defensive Player
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (May 13)
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Played in all 32 games with 15 goals, 16 assists and 23 steals
• Helped Michigan hold 10 opponents to five goals or less
• One goal and one field block in the NCAA quarterfinals against No. 3 UCLA
• Drew two exclusions in the CWPA Championship game against No. 15 Princeton
• Career-high four points on two goals and two assists against No. 18 Harvard
• Three points against Long Beach State, finishing with two goals and an assist
• Also had two goals and one assist against Brown
• Recorded one goal, two assists and two steals against Bucknell
• One goal, one assist and six steals at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Had one goal, one steal and one field block at the UCSB Winter Invite
• Posted two assists and five steals at the Stanford Invitational
• Drew two exclusions against No. 22 Indiana

Freshman (2018)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Team 18 Rookie of the Year
• Joined the team as a freshman in January, 2018
• CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (Mar. 7)
• Two-time CWPA Rookie of the Week (Jan. 24, May 18)
• Played in 39 games with 23 goals, 15 assists and 33 steals
• Two goals, four assists and two steals during CWPA play
• Recorded two goals in the CWPA Tournament
• Notched one goal in the NCAA Quarterfinal against No. 3 Cal
• Scored her first collegiate goal against No. 21 CSUN, finishing with one goal, one assist and four steals
• Started all five games at the UCSB Winter Invite with three goals, two assists and eight steals
• Posted three steals in back-to-back games against Azusa Pacific and Bucknell, adding a goal and two assists against the Bison
• Tallied two goals and two field blocks against No. 17 UCSB at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• Posted two goals in a win over No. 11 UC Davis
• Two assists, three steals and one field block at No. 13 Hartwick
• Missed the final two games of the regular season due to injury

National Team
• Member of the Australian Uniroos at the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy
• Competed on the Water Polo Australia Junior National Team at the 2017 FINA Junior World Championships in Volos, Greece, placing 10th overall
• Finished in 9th place at the 2016 FINA Youth World Championships
• Played in the 2014 Pan Pacific games

Prep
• Attended the University of Western Australia in 2016
• Graduated from Santa Maria College in 2016
• Played for the Fremantle Marlins from 2015-16 and the Melville Marlins from 2011-16
• Won three league championships at Santa Maria College
• Also a member of the swimming and cross country teams

Personal
• Full name is Sofie Margareta Desiree Pontré
• Birthday: Oct. 7, 1998
• Parents are John and Helene Pontré
• Has one sister, Emma