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2024 Women's Water Polo Roster

Jay Metzger
Derrick Tuskan/Big West
Derrick Tuskan/Big West

9 Lot Stertefeld

9 Lot Stertefeld

  • Position:
    Utility
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Nijverdal, Netherlands
  • High School:
    Zwolle Center for Sport & Education

Summary

Biography

2024 (Senior):
All Big-West Second Team
  • Finished second on the team with 39 steals.
  • Also finished third on the team with 10 field blocks.
  • Tallied 33 goals and a season-high 38 assists.
  • Posted a career-high five assists against UC Irvine (4/5/24).
  • Earned a hat-trick in four matches.

2023 (Junior):
  • Named all-Big West honorable mention.
  • Finished second on the team in assists (28) and third in goals (36) and points (64).
  • Scored multiple goals in nine matches with three hat tricks.
  • Shot at 43.9 percent clip.
  • Tallied a career-high six goals, while adding three assists in a win over Loyola Marymount.
  • The nine total points against the Lions were the most by a Rainbow Wahine all year.
  • Also set a new career-high with four assists and chipped in two goals in UH’s dramatic overtime win over No. 4 Cal.
  • Registered four goals and added two assists to help propel UH past Long Beach State in the Big West Championship semifinals.
  • Won 22 of 32 sprints.
  • Earned academic all-Big West honors.
  • Named to the Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022 (Sophomore):
  • Set a new career-best shooting percentage (.462)
  • Six multi-point games
  • .917 sprint percentage (11-1)
2021 (Freshman):
  • Named Big West All-Freshman.
  • Named ACWPC All-Academic.
  • Led the team in sprints won (10).
  • Finished the season second on the team in points (32) and assists (16).
  • Scored the fourth-most goals on the team (16).
  • Had the third-most steals on the team (17).
  • Scored at least one goal in 11 of the 13 games she played.
  • Scored multiple goals in four games, including in three of the last four games of the season.
  • Recorded a hattrick against UCLA in the NCAA Tournament (5/14).
  • Had multiple steals in five separate games, with career-high three steals against Long Beach State (4/1).
  • Assisted teammates in nine different games.
  • Tallied three assists three different times, with four multi-assist games.
  • Recorded a season-high five points against Long Beach State in the Big West Tournament (2 goals, 3 assists).
International:
  • Runner-up finish with the Netherlands at the World Youth Championships (U20).
  • Runner-up finish at the European Youth Championships (U17) in Serbia.
  • Bronze medalist at the European Youth Championships (U20).
  • Played club water polo for ZPC Het Ravijn for 12 years.
Personal:
  • Mother is Yvonne Meijer and father is Jaap Stertefeld.
  • Has two older brothers, Jop and Sam.
  • Majoring in psychology.
  • Chose Hawai'i because "I really like the style of water polo that they play."

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2021Freshman

    Attacker
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2022Sophomore

    Utility
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2023Junior

    Utility
    5'7"
    9
  • 9

    2024Senior

    Utility
    5'7"
    9