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2023 Women's Water Polo Roster

Derrick Tuskan/Big West
Derrick Tuskan/Big West

3 Emma van Rossum

3 Emma van Rossum

  • Position:
    Defender
  • Height:
    6-2
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands
  • High School:
    Cals College Nieuwegein

Summary

Biography

2023 (Senior):
  • An AWPCA honorable mention All-American.
  • Selected to the all-Big West second team.
  • Named to the watch list for the Cutino Award presented to the nation’s top player.
  • Selected as the female recipient of the Jack Bonham Awards, UH’s highest student-athlete honor.
  • Served as the defensive backbone for a UH squad that won its most matches (21) since 2018.
  • Second among field players with 24 steals.
  • Also added 29 goals and 12 assists while shooting an efficient 47.5 percent from the field.
  • Tallied multiple goals in eight matches, including a season-high three goals in a win over San Diego State.
  • Helped lead UH to its fifth straight appearance into the Big West Championship title match.
  • Named to the CSC Academic At-Large All-District Team.
  • Earned academic all-Big West honors.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022 (Junior):
  • Played in 22 matches
  • Third most drawn exclusions (9)
  • 18 total points on 12 goals and six assists
  • Season-high three goals against CSUN (2/12)
  • Four multi-point matches
2021 (Sophomore):
  • Named an All-Big West second team selection.
  • Named ACWPC All-Academic.
  • Sixth-most goals on the team (11).
  • Finished the season with the second-most steals on the team (18), a career high.
  • Took the fourth-most shots on the team (40).
  • Fifth most defensive exclusions drawn on the team (10).
  • Recorded six field blocks, second-most on the team.
  • Scored multiple goals in five of the seven games she scored in. 
  • Named academic all-Big West.
2020 (COVID Season):
  • Tallied nine goals and four assists out of the center.
  • Recorded the second-most steals on the team (12).
  • Tallied four multi-steal games, one multi-goal game and one multi-assist game. 
  • Earned UH Scholar-Athlete Award.
2019 (Freshman):
  • Named All-Big West honorable mention.
  • Earned a place on the Big West All-Freshman Team.
  • Played in 24 games in her first season for the Rainbow Wahine.
  • Scored 16 goals and added 21 assists for 37 points on the season.
  • Drew 11 exclusions and added 12 steals with eight field blocks.
  • Had two multi-goal games.
  • Registered career-highs in assists (4) and steals (3) in the season opener against Marist (1/19/19).
  • Tallied a career-high three goals in a win over Fresno State (2/2/19).
  • Put through two goals and handed out one assist against San Jose State (2/22/19).
Prep:
  • A 2017 graduate of Cals College Nieuwegein in the Netherlands.
  • Played for the UZSC (Utrechtse Zwemclub-Star-Combinatie) club team for six years (2012-2018).
  • Member of the Dutch Junior National Team that won bronze at the European Championships in 2018.
Personal:
  • Born in Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Major is Information and Computer Science.
  • Parents are Jolanda Hoogendam and Frank van Rossum of Nieuwegein, Netherlands.

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Historical Player Information

  • 3

    2019Freshman

    Center
    6'2"
    3
  • 3

    2020Sophomore

    Center
    6'2"
    3
  • 3

    2021Sophomore

    Center
    6'2"
    3
  • 3

    2022Junior

    Defender
    6'2"
    3
  • 3

    2023Senior

    Defender
    6'2"
    3