LOS ANGELES - With the 2025 collegiate water polo season and another academic year in the books, the Golden Coast Conference has announced its GCC All-Academic Team for the 2024-25 season. This year's 111-member team is comprised of GCC student-athletes who excelled both on the water and in the classroom.
 
The All-Academic Team will consist of student-athletes that: 

• Are an active participant of their team having competed in at least Fifty (50) percent of games in the current season (may not be a redshirt).
• Carry over a 3.0 Cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale).
• Be classified as a "full-time" student for all terms of attendance.
• Have completed a minimum of one (1) academic year at his/her institution.
• There is no limit to the number of student-athletes that can be selected to the All-Academic Team if they meet the requirements

LMU
Ruth Arino Ruiz, LMU (SR, ATT)
Alyssa Barnuevo, LMU (GS, GK)
Cianne Benjamin, LMU (FR, UTL)
Sophia DeMattia, LMU (JR, ATT)
Yanah Gerber, LMU (SR, 2M)
Sophie Kadifa, LMU (SR, UTL)
Kawehi Kauahi, LMU (SO, ATT)
Lily Larson, LMU (JR, ATT)
Mikayla Lopez, LMU (SR, CD)
Carolina Magano, LMU (SO, ATT)
Tessa Matson, LMU (JR, CD)
Anna Tarantino, LMU (SR, UTL)


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