Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Athena Ayers is in her second season of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2026...

AT LMU...
2025
Freshman… Played in 11 games as a true freshman… Scored three goals with five assists for eight points… Added four steals and three drawn exclusions… Scored two goals with an assist for three points, along with a sprit win against Biola (Jan. 25)… Recorded an assist in three consecutive games against Biola (Jan. 25), Azusa Pacific (Feb. 8), and Toronto (Feb. 16)… Scored a goal and recorded an assist for two points in the GCC Tournament Quarterfinal win over Santa Clara (Apr. 25)…
 
Before LMU… Played four seasons of water polo and swam at Liberty High School… Broke the school record of the most goals scored in Varsity with 356 goals… Led the team to 3 BVAL Championships & 4X North coast Section Div 1 appearances… All America Junior/Senior years… North Coast Section Scholar Athlete 2020-24… Bay Valley Athletic League MVP Junior/Senior years… All league Freshman-Senior years… Junior/Senior Year coaches Award for Team MVP… Sophomore year coaches Award for Offensive MVP… Freshman year Coaches Award for Heart of a Lion for Dedication and Hard work… 2023 Liberty Swim Team MVP

Club Team: Competed for Lamorinda Waterpolo (USA Waterpolo) for 7 years and Brentwood Seawolves (USA Swimming) and 12 years… 2024 2nd place at Junior Olympics (1st NorCal team to place in top 2)… Cal Cup Championships & Kap 7 Futures… 2023 3rd place at Junior Olympics… 1st place at Cal Cup Championships & Kap 7 Futures… 2022 top 10 Junior Olympics; top 6 at Cal Cup Championships, top 4 at Kap 7 Futures.

Personal… Athena Ayers was born in Walnut Creek, Calif…. Has one sister, Erin… National Honor Society… California Scholarship Federation… Principals Honor Roll… Splashball Volunteer Coach; City of Brentwood 2017-2023… 12U Volunteer Coach; Lamorinda 2021-2022… Intro Swimming Volunteer instructor, Brentwood Seawolves 2020-21… Village Community Center Food Distributor; 2020…