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Santa Clara University

2025 Women's Water Polo Roster

10 Francesca Moynihan

  • Height 5-2
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown San Anselmo, Calif.
  • High School Sir Francis Drake
  • Position Driver

Biography

CSC Academic All-District At-Large Team (2025)
3x ACWPC All-Academic "Outstanding" Honors (2022, '24, '25)
ACWPC All-Academic "Superior" Honors (2023)

4x GCC All-Academic Team (2022, '23, '24, '25)

AT SANTA CLARA: Completed a four-year career in 2025 during which she played in 105 games, tallied 48 assists and scored 22 goals (70 career points) ... Also collected 25 career steals, drew 22 exclusions and recorded six field blocks ... Earned Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic honors four times ("Outstanding" three times [2022, '24, '25] and "Superior" once [2023]) ... Named to the Golden Coast Conference All-Academic Team all four years (2022-25) ... Named to the Academic All-District At-Large Team by College Sports Communicators in 2025 ... Scored a career-high four goals in the 2025 season opener at Cal State Monterey Bay.

AS A SENIOR (2025): Named to the CSC All-Academic At-Large Team ... Placed on the GCC All-Academic Team ... Earned "Outstanding" All-Academic honors from the ACWPC ... Played in and started all 25 of the Broncos' games ... Led the team with 24 assists and also scored 13 goals for 37 points -- fifth on the team ... Swiped eight steals, drew five exclusions and recorded five field blocks ... Scored a career-high four goals -- the first multi-goal game of her career -- in the season opener at Cal State Monterey Bay (Jan. 25) ... Had two other multi-goal performances in back-to-back games on the same day, scoring two versus Cal Lutheran and Pomona-Pitzer on Feb. 28 at the Claremont Convergence ... Dished a career-high four assists versus No. 20 San Diego State (April 5) ... Had multiple assists in seven games ... Tallied a career-high two field blocks versus Marist (March 1).

AS A JUNIOR (2024): Landed on the GCC All-Academic Team ... Grabbed ACWPC All-Academic "Outstanding" honors ... Played in 27 games in the third season with the Broncos … Put away four goals accompanied by seven assists … Met career-high two steals vs. Brown (Feb. 18) to finish the season with seven total steals … Drew six exclusions on the season.

AS A SOPHOMORE (2023): Named to the GCC All-Academic Team ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic "Superior" honors ... Played in 29 games ... Recorded six goals, 14 assists, eight steals, and 10 kickouts drawn in her second season for the Broncos ... Career-high three assists verses Cal St. Fullerton (March 3) ... Career-high two steals verses Austin (Feb. 18) ... Career-high two kickouts drawn verses UC Davis (April 1).

AS A FRESHMAN (2022): Placed on the GCC All-Academic Team ... Garnered ACWPC All-Academic "Outstanding" honors ... Made 24 appearances in a reserve role ... Tallied five steals, three assists and a pair of kickouts drawn ... Was credited with her first-career assist vs. Fresno Pacific (Feb. 5) ... Made her first steal and drew a kickout vs. UCLA (Feb. 12).

HIGH SCHOOL: Was a first team all-Marin County Athletic League selection ... Helped lead the team to the North Coast Section Division I Championship title in 2019 and back-to-back MCAL championship titles in 2018 and 2019 ... Was a three-time NCS Scholar-Athlete and a 2019 and 2020 Academic All-America honoree ... Won the coaches award in 2017 and 2019, and was the team valedictorian in 2019 ... Also a member of Sleepy Hollow Aquatics from 2012 until graduation.

GET TO KNOW FRANCESCA: Was a member of the Drake High School Honor Crew from 2017-20 and the California Scholarship Federation from 2017-19 ... During high school, she volunteered as a tutor at Bridge the Gap College Prep. 

CAREER HIGHS:
Goals -- 4, at Cal State Monterey Bay (Jan. 25, 2025)
Assists -- 4 vs. San Diego State (April 5, 2025)
Steals -- 2, twice, vs. Brown (Feb. 18, 2024) / vs. Austin College (Feb. 18, 2023)
Kickouts Drawn -- 2, twice, vs. California Baptist (April 29, 2023) / vs. UC Davis (April 1, 2023)
Field Blocks -- 2, vs. Marist (March 1, 2025)

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2022Freshman

    Attacker
    5'2"
    19
  • 10

    2023Sophomore

    Driver
    5'2"
    10
  • 10

    2024Junior

    Driver
    5'2"
    10
  • 10

    2025Senior

    Driver
    5'2"
    10