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2018 Women's Water Polo Roster

6 Claire Nixon

6 Claire Nixon

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Staffordshire, England
  • High School:
    Great Wyrley HS

Summary

Biography

2018 (Redshirt Senior):
  • Earned All-Big West second-team honors
  • Appeared in all 26 games, registered 27 goals
  • Averaged 1.04 goals per outing for sixth-best on the team
  • Scored in 18 matches with five multiple-scoring games
  • Ranked tied-first on the team with 36 assist (4th in Big West)
  • Also ranked tied-third on the team with 29 steals
  • Tied a career-high of four goals vs. UC Davis (3/31)
  • Broke into the UH career top 10 assist list at No. 8 (81 assist)
  • Cracked UH’s career top 10 steals list at No. 10 (108 steals)
2017 (Redshirt Junior):
  • Earned second team All-Big West Honors
  • Played in 26 games, scoring a team fifth-most 27 goals
  • Averaged 1.04 goals per contest, the fifth-highest on the squad
  • Ranked third on the team with 28 steals, also making 16 assists and three field saves
  • Scored in 19 games with nine multi-goal performances
  • Tied for third on the team in attempts, taking 94 shots
  • Was among the UH scoring leaders in four games
  • Paced the Rainbow Wahine against UC Irvine (Feb. 25), netting a season-high three goals
2016: 
  • Took a leave of absense to train with the her National Team
2015 (Sophomore):
  • Earned ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention recognition
  • Named to the Big West All-Conference First-Team
  • Tallied 5 goals at the 2015 Big West Tournament
  • Ranked third on the team in scoring (35)
  • Consistent offensive threat from outside the 5 meter mark
  • Named Big West Player of the Week (Mar. 18-24)
  • Led UH to its first conference victory against UC Davis of the season after back-to-back goals from 5 meters out in OT (Mar. 16)
  • Started in all 29 matches
2014 (Freshman):
  • Appeared in all 29 matches
  • Productive Freshman campaign with 24 goals and 20 assists
  • Ranked second on the team in steals with 39
  • Drew 11 kick-outs
  • Averaged 0.83 goals per match
  • Multiple goals in 7 matches
  • Tallied hat tricks in 3 games — vs Long Beach State (Mar. 21), Indiana (Mar. 22) and Cal State Monterey Bay (Apr. 13)
  • Season high 4 assists in a win over Claremont (Feb. 20)
Prep:
  • 2013 graduate of Great Wyrley High School in Staffordshire, England
  • Member of Great Britain’s national program since 2009
  • Member of the senior national team since 2010
  • Part of team that finished 8th at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona
  • Competed for Great Britain in the last four Junior European Championships
  • Trained with Great Britian’s 19-strong squad before just missing the cut for the 2012 Olympics
  • Competed for the Walsall Swimming & Water Polo Club for eight years
  • Britain’s first female player to play collegiate water polo in the United States
Personal:
  • Born in Stafford, England
  • Major is Civil Engineering
  • Has one older brother
  • Parents are Rik and Stephanie Nixon of Staffordshire, England

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Historical Player Information

  • 15

    2014Freshman

    Utility
    6'0"
    15
  • 6

    2015Sophomore

    Utility
    6'0"
    6
  • 6

    2016Junior

    Utility
    6'0"
    6
  • 6

    2017Redshirt Junior

    Utility
    6'0"
    6
  • 6

    2018Redshirt Senior

    Utility
    6'0"
    6