Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Isabella Obando is in her third season of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2024...
 
AT LMU...
2023
Sophomore…  Recorded an assist against California Baptist (Mar. 24)... Added a steal against Westcliff (Mar. 25)... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
2022
Freshman… Recorded an assist against #17 Indiana (Feb. 26).
 
BEFORE LMU... Graduated from Santa Barbara Senior HS in June of 2021… Competed in two sports in high school, water polo and swimming… Varsity water polo for four years… Team captain as a senior… 2nd Place CIF Southern Section Division 2 (2018)… 4th Place CIF Southern Section Division 2 (2019)… CIF Southern Section Competitor… 4-Year Varsity Athlete… Team Captain… 2019-2020 All-Channel League Honorable Mention.
 
Competed for Santa Barbara Premier Water Polo Club (2016-2017) and Santa Barbara 805 Water Polo Club (2017-2021)… 2018 Junior Olympic Gold Division Gold Medalists… Junior Olympic Platinum Division Competitor… US Club Championships Competitor… Competitive High-Ranking Water Polo Club… Top National Tournament Finisher.
 
PERSONAL... Isabella Obando was born in Spokane Washington… Is the daughter of Jovan and Shae Obando… Both parents were collegiate athletes at Golden West College, with her father being a swimmer and her mother playing volleyball… has one sister, Olivia, and one brother, Mateo... Volunteered at Amor Ministries, building homes for those less fortunate in Tijuana, Mexico… Tournament coordination and facilitation volunteer for Santa Barbara 805 Water Polo Club… National Honor Society… California Scholarship Federation… USA Water Polo Academic All-American… Community Service Excellence Award… Santa Barbara High School Class of 1953 Perpetual Scholarship… 2021 Claud Henry Hardesty Memorial Scholarship… Santa Barbara Scholarship Foundation Award Recipient… Loyola Marymount University Presidential Scholarship Recipient… Majoring in business/marketing.