Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Sophie Kadifa played four seasons of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2021-2025...
 
AT LMU...
2024
Junior… Played in 31 games… Scored 11 goals with 23 assists for 34 points… Totaled 28 steals and co-led the team with 14 field blocks… Led the Lions with 31 sprints won in 53 attempts… Scored in 11 different games, including seven goals over the first five games of the season… Recorded a goal with four assists for five points in the conference win over Azusa Pacific (Feb. 8)… Over three games played in the GCC Championships, recorded two assists, four steals and two field blocks… Added an assist and a field block in the NCAA Championship against #2 UCLA (May. 9)… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team… Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team with Outstanding Recognition (4.0-3.71 GPA).

2024
Junior… Played in 27 games… Scored nine goals and added 12 assists for 21 points… Totaled 10 steals and five field blocks… Scored a goal against five ranked opponents: #12 Arizona State (Jan. 21), #12 UC Santa Barbara (Feb. 3), #23 CSUN (Feb. 9), #6 Fresno State (Mar. 28), and #23 San Diego State (Apr. 27)… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
2023
Sophomore… Played in 26 games… Scored nine goals and added three assists for 12 points… Totaled three steals and three field blocks… Scored two goals against both Concordia (Feb. 5) and #1 USC (Apr. 13)… Recorded two steals against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (Jan. 21)... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
2022
Freshman… Scored one goal and added two assists for three points… Scored in the conference game against Santa Clara (Apr. 2)... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
BEFORE LMU... Graduated from Palo Alto HS in June of 2021… Competed in two sports in high school, water polo and swimming… Varsity water polo for three years and varsity swim for four years… Qualified for Central Coast Section Championships in the 500 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle in 2019… Qualified for the Central Coast Section Championships in the 100 yard freestyle and the 50 yard freestyle in 2021… 2018 Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Champions in swim.
 
Competed for Northern California Aquatics Club (2018-2021)… Qualified for Championship Division in 2019 Junior Olympics.
 
PERSONAL... Sophie Kadifa was born in Palo Alto, California… Is the daughter of Abdo and Sally Kadifa… has two brothers, George and Joseph, and two sisters, Margaret and Charlotte... Earned the Gold President's Award by completing 100 hours of community service within a year by volunteering as a camp counselor… Earned the Girl Scout Silver Award by completing a 50-hour community service project at a local organization serving students with developmental disabilities… Volunteered as a swim coach at a local swim club from 2015-2019… California State Seal of Biliteracy... Golden State Seal Merit Diploma… Palo Alto High School Silver Seal Award for Leadership and Service… Majoring in mathematics.