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2019 Women's Water Polo Roster

14 Irene Gonzalez

14 Irene Gonzalez

  • Position:
    Attacker
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  • High School:
    IES Car Sant Cugat

Summary

Biography

2019 (Senior):
  • Named ACWPC All-American First Team
  • Earned Big West Player of the Year for the second-consecutive season
  • First Player in UH history to earn Big West Player of the Year multiple times
  • First Team All-Big West accolades for the fourth-straight season
  • Big West Tournament MVP
  • Two-time Big West Player of the Week (1/30/19 & 2/27/19)
  • Played in all 24 games in her senior season for the Rainbow Wahine
  • First on the team with 60 goals and third on the team with 26 assists for a team-leading 86 points
  • Connected on 60-128 shots (.469 shooting percentage) on the season
  • Second on the team with 38 steals and fourth on the team with 10 field blocks
  • Drew 13 exclusions on the year
  • Produced 15 multi-goal games, including two games tying a career-high six goals
  • Scored or assisted in all but one game on the season
  • Started the 2019 season with four straight hat tricks
  • Registered three goals, three assists, and four steals to secure the victory against Sonoma State (1/19/19)
  • Tied a career-high six goals, added two assists and two steals in a win over Pacific (2/24/19)
  • Converted on 6-7 shots, drew two exclusions, added two steals and two field blocks to lead UH to victory over UC Davis (4/27/19) at the Big West Tournament
  • Finished No. 1 all-time at UH for career goals per match (2.31)
  • Set the program’s fourth-best single season goals per match mark with 2.5 gpm
  • Ranked No. 3 all-time at UH with 226 career goals
  • Moved up to the No. 5 all-time in the UH record book with 160 career steals
  • Broke into the UH career top 10 assists list at No. 6 with 91 career assists
  • Finished with a 6-5 sprint record
  • Named academic all-Big West.
2018 (Junior):
  • Named ACWPC All-America First Team
  • Earned Big West Player of the Year
  • First Team All-Big West accolades for the third-straight season
  • Big West All-Academic honors
  • Appeared in 25 games, recorded a team best 53 goals (2nd Big West)
  • Tied-first on the team with 36 assist (3rd Big West)
  • Recorded 89 total points on the season (2nd Big West)
  • Averaged 2.12 goals per game to lead the team
  • Led the team with ten hat tricks
  • Drew 23 exclusions, marked fourth-best on the team
  • Scored in 21 games, while notching 16 multiple-goal games
  • Led the Rainbow Wahine with 45 steals (4th Big West), while adding 12 field blocks
  • Also led the team with a 14-3 sprint record
  • Moved up the UH record book ranked No. 7 all-time with 166 goals
  • Broke into the UH career top 10 steals list at No. 7 (122 steals)
2017 (Sophomore):
  • Received ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
  • Earned First Team All-Big West honors for the second consecutive-year
  • Big West All-Academic honors
  • Played in 21 games, recording a team second-most 40 goals (13th Big West)
  • Averaged 1.90 goals per game to lead the team and rank fifth in the Big West
  • Scored in 17 contests, with 14 multi-score performances
  • Second in team attempts with 100 shots, connecting on 38 percent for goals
  • Led the team with with 37 steals, also recording a team third-most 21 assists and four field saves
  • Drew a team fifth-most 13 exclusions
  • Led or co-led the team in scoring during 13 contests
  • Scored a season-best four goals twice, against San Diego State (April 1) and CSUN (April 15)
  • Scored thrice in two games against UC Irvine (Feb. 4, March 10), also against Whittier (Feb. 22), Long Beach State (March 12) and Indiana (March 18).
  • In the month of April, went on a multi-scoring spree, accounting for 14 goals in five contests, ending at the Big West Championships
  • Finished the season one steal shy of the UH program career top 10 list
2016 (Freshman):
  • ACWPC All-America Third Team
  • Big West Freshman of the Year
  • All-Big West First Team honors
  • H Awards female rookie of the year
  • Led the team with 73 goals and a 2.61 scoring average
  • Scored in 24 matches with 18 multiple-goal games
  • Recorded a career-high six goals at CSUN (4/9)
  • Tied the eighth-best single-game scoring performance in tournament history with four goals in the Big West Tournament quarterfinals against UC Davis (4/29)
  • Recorded a team-high total of eight goals during the Big West Water Polo Championship tournament
  • Had a team-high 14 hat tricks for the season
  • Was the team’s leading scorer in 10 matches
Prep:
  • A 2014 graduate of IES Car Sant Cugat
  • Competed for Club Naticio Rubi for two years
  • Helped her team win silver at FINA World Junior Water Polo Championships in 2015
  • Competed for the Spain team that won silver bronze at the European Championship in 2012 and 2014, respectively
Personal:
  • Born in Barcelona, Spain
  • Major is Kinesiology
  • Has one brother
  • Parents are Nunia Lopez and Enric Gonzalez of Barcelona, Spain

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2016Freshman

    Attacker
    5'6"
    6
  • 23

    2017Sophomore

    Attacker
    5'8"
    23
  • 14

    2018Junior

    Attacker
    5'8"
    14
  • 14

    2019Senior

    Attacker
    5'8"
    14