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Robby Stiefel

Height:
6-null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
San Clemente, Calif.
High School:
San Clemente
Position:
Utility

2014: Honorable mention ACWPC All-America and first-team all-conference ... named to the WWPA all-tournament team ... started all 30 games ... set a new school record with 56 assists ... also led the team with 68 steals and 100 points ... second on the team with 44 goals ... led the WWPA in assists and steals and was 12th in goals ... career best seven points (3-4-7) in the win over UC Davis ... five points or more in eight games ... four assists in a game five times ... four goals in a game twice.

2013: Played in all 20 games ... ranked second on the team in assists with 21 ... also had six goals ... tied for second on the team with 22 steals.

High School: Earned three varsity letters for water polo ... two-time team captain ... recorded 79 goals, 86 assists and 151 steals as a senior ... two-time Division I All-CIF and all-league honoree ... All-American ... All-Orange County in 2012 ... top offensive player in 2011 and Coaches Award winner in 2012 ... two-time Scholar-Athlete award recipient ... played for the SOCAL Water Polo club team ... gold medalist at the 2012 18U Club Championships and Champions League ... National Junior Olympic 16U bronze medalist in 2010 ... two-time US Water Polo Academic All-American ... also lettered four years in swimming.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 4 ... son of Jurgen and Diane Stiefel ... mother played volleyball at Oklahoma Christian ... father was a three-time Olympian (German National Team) in water polo as well as the team captain for the silver medalist FINA World Cup team in 1983 ... sister, Jennifer, played water polo at USC and for the German National Team ... would like to become a pilot after graduation ... major is foreign area studies ... minor is German ... is the honor NCO in his squadron ... speaks fluent German and Spanish ...hobby is playing hockey in the offseason.