Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Sophia DeMattia is in her fourth season of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2026...

AT LMU...
2025
Junior… Played in all 32 games… Scored 40 goals with 63 assists for 103 points… Ranked third on the team in points, second in assists, and fifth in goals… Added 23 steals and four field blocks… Scored in 20 games, with 12 multi goal games… Scored four goals on four shots for a perfect shooting percentage with three assists for seven points in the conference opener against Azusa Pacific… Scored four goals with an assist for five points against Pomona-Pitzer (Feb. 22)… Recorded five assists against Michigan (Feb. 22)… In three GCC Tournament games, scored six goals with nine assists for 15 points to help lead the Lions to a tournament title… Recorded an assist against #2 UCLA in her first NCAA Tournament game… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team… Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team with Outstanding Recognition (4.0-3.71 GPA).

2024
Sophomore… Played in 28 games… Scored 16 goals with 20 assists for 36 points… Added four steals and two field blocks… Scored four goals and three assists for seven points against Ottawa Arizona (Feb. 24)… Scored five points in back-to-back games with two goals and three assists against Whittier (Feb. 18) and three goals and two assists against Redlands (Feb. 25).
 
2023
Freshman… Scored four goals on the season with three assists for seven points… Added three assists… Scored goals in the wins over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Jan. 21), Azusa Pacific (Mar. 3), Santa Clara (Mar. 10), and Westcliff (Mar. 25)... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
Before LMU… Played four years of water polo at Agoura High School… Led the team in assists from 2020-2022… CIF Division 1 Runner Up… 2-time Coastal Canyon League Champs 2019-2020… Marmonte League Champs 2022.
 
CLUB PARTICIPATION… Competed for Rosebowl Aquatics Center from 2017-2022… 14 and under All-American… 4th place Championship finish at JOs 2022
 
PERSONAL… Born in Thousand Oaks, Calif…. Daughter of Rose and Michael DeMattia… Has one sister, Maddie, who played water polo at Cal Berkeley… Bronze and Silver award recipient for Girl Scouts… Volunteered at a food pantry and did Joy Unleash, which is a dance for children and adults with special needs… 2020-2022 California Scholastic Federation… 2020-2022 USA Academic All American… 2019-2022 Principal Scholar Athlete for Water polo and Swim.