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2017 Women's Water Polo Roster

Darren Yamashita

17 Paula Chillida Esforzado

17 Paula Chillida Esforzado

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • High School:
    Ies Car Sant Cugat

Summary

Biography

2017 (Redshirt Junior):
  • ACWPC All-Academic honors for the second time
  • Was not able to compete in any contests due to an offseason injury before her final season with the Rainbow Wahine
  • Finished her career ranked seventh among the UH all-time career scoring leaders with 150 career goals
2016:
  • Leave of absense from campus while training with the Spanish National Team
2015 (Junior):
  • Earned ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention recognition
  • Named to the Big West first team
  • Second on the team in scoring with 43 goals
  • Tallied 12 multiple-goal matches hitting a season-high of five goals twice, most recently against San Diego State (March 29)
  • Recorded five goals at the NCAA Championships including three against USC (May 8)
  • Started in all 29 matches
2014 (Sophomore):
  • Selected to the AWPCA All-America Third Team
  • Also made the all-Big West first team
  • Started all 29 matches
  • Led the team in both goals (52) and assists (39)
  • Second in the Big West averaging 1.79 goals per match
  • Scored in all but six matches
  • Had 18 matches with multiple goals
  • Recorded seven hat tricks, including a career-high six goals in the first match of the season against Santa Clara (Jan. 30)
  • Tallied four goals against UC Davis (Feb. 2) and also at Claremont (Feb. 20)
  • Six games with three or more assists
  • Tied the single-game school record with five assists in wins vs. San Jose State (Feb. 2) and UC San Diego (Feb. 22)
  • Also had four assists in season-opener at Santa Clara
  • Drew 36 kick-outs, second highest on the team
  • Also posted 26 steals
  • Already ranks third all-time in assists (92) after just her first two seasons at UH
  • Earned academic all-Big West honors
2013 (Freshman):
  • Made an immediate impact for the Rainbow Wahine as a true freshman
  • Named to the All-Big West second team
  • Tied a UH single-season record with 53 assists
  • Also set a new single-season UH record with 234 shot attempts
  • Scored 55 goals, the third highest total ever by a UH freshman
  • Second on the team in steals (61)
  • Also second the team with nine hat tricks on the year
  • Scored multiple goals in 15 matches
  • Scored at least one goal in 13 of the first 14 matches of the season
  • Led the team in scoring in nine matches
  • Scored a season-high five goals in a win over UC Davis (Feb. 3) during the Stanford Invitational
  • Tallied five assists—tying a school record—on two occasions, first vs. Claremont (Feb. 21) and again at UC Davis (April 5)
  • Scored a team-best four goals in NCAA semifinals against eventual national champion USC (May 11)
  • Part of the Spanish national team that finished runner-up at the 2013 FINA Junior World Championship in Greece
Prep:
  • A 2012 graduate of Ies Car Sant Cugat in Sant Cugat, Barcelona, Spain
  • Competed in water polo, swimming and karate
  • A member of the Spanish junior and senior national teams
  • Helped lead Spain to first place at the 2011 FINA World Junior Championship in Italy
  • Also a member of the teams that captured second and third place, respectively, at the 2010 and '11  European Junior Championship
  • Also competed with the senior national team at the 2011 FINA World Championship and at the 2012 European Championship
  • Played four years for Club Esportiu Mediterrani
Personal:
  • Born in Barcelona, Spain
  • Graduated in Spring 2017 with dual-degree Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Marketing
  • Has one younger sister
  • Father Miguel competed for Spain at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, Korea
  • Parents are Miguel Chillida Santisteban and Ana Esforzado of Barcelona, Spain

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2013Freshman

    Attacker
    5'7"
    19
  • 11

    2014Sophomore

    Attacker
    5'9"
    11
  • 11

    2015Junior

    Attacker
    5'9"
    11
  • 17

    2017Redshirt Senior

    Utility
    5'9"
    17