Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Yanah Gerber played five seasons of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2020, 2022-2025... Named ACWCP Honorable Mention All-American in 2025… Finished her career tied for 10^th all-time in goals scored with 191… Ranked 9^th all-time in exclusions earned with 191 in her career.
 
AT LMU...
2025
Redshirt Senior… Played in all 32 games… Second on the team and tied for eighth in the GCC with 65 goals… Recorded 12 assists…  Fifth on the team with 77 points… Recorded 21 steals… Led the team with 84 exclusions drawn… Went 3-1 in sprints… Scored the third-most goals in conference play with 32… Scored a goal in 25 different games and finished the season with 19 multi-goal games… Scored 41 goals over 13 games in March and April… Named to the GCC All-Tournament team after scoring four goals in the opening round against Santa Clara (Apr. 25), Seven goals in the semifinals against San Diego State (Apr. 26), and two goals and an assist to clinch the title in the championship game against #8 Fresno State (Apr. 27)... Named to the All-GCC First Team… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team… Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team with Outstanding Recognition (4.0-3.71 GPA)… Named to the ACWPC All-American Honorable Mention Team.

2024
Redshirt Senior… Played in 25 games… Third on the team with 44 goals... Added 17 assists… Ranked fourth on the team with 61 points… Shot 49.4 percent from the field… Third on the team with 30 steals… Scored multiple goals in 15 games… Scored 17 goals in six games over the month of April to close the season… In the Golden Coast Conference Tournament scored two goals in the opening round against Concordia (Apr. 26), two goals and an assist in the semifinals against #23 San Diego State (Apr. 27), and five goals in the championship game against #9 Fresno State (Apr. 28)… Named Honorable Mention All-GCC… Named to GCC All-Tournament Team.
 
2023
Redshirt Junior… Played in 29 games… Scored 29 goals and added five assists for 34 points… Recorded 15 steals and 11 field blocks… Drew 12 exclusions… Scored two goals in dine different games… Scored three points twice, once with two goals and an assists against #21 San Diego State (Feb. 25) and again with a goal and two assists in the opening game of the GCC Tournament against Santa Clara (Apr. 29)... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
2022
Redshirt Sophomore… Played in all 28 games… Fourth on the team with 36 goals scored and fifth on the team with 39 points… Added three assists… Took 68 shots for a .529 shooting percentage… Led the team with 23 exclusions drawn… Recorded five steals and seven field blocks… Scored a season-high five goals on five shots in the win over Ottawa Arizona (Jan. 30)… Scored four goals in the conference win over #20 San Diego State (Mar. 19)… Finished the season with eight multi-goal games... Named to the All-GCC Honorable Mention Team.. Named to the GCC All-Freshman Team... Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.

2021
Redshirt Freshman… Did not play in the shortened 2021 season.
 
2020
Freshman… Played in all 18 games… Scored 17 goals on 31 shots for a .548 shooting percentage… Added two assists to finish the shortened season with 19 points… Totaled nine steals and 14 drawn exclusions… Recorded three multi-goal games… Scored three goals to help defeat #21 San Diego State (Feb. 9) in the UCSD Triton Invitational… Scored twice, including in the final two minutes of regulation, to help LMU upset #13 San Jose State (Feb. 23) in overtime of the UC Irvine Invitational… Scored five goals on six shots in the Claremont Convergence win over La Salle (Mar. 6) in the final weekend of the year.
 
BEFORE LMU... Graduated Pearson High in Dec 2019… Competed for four seasons in water polo for Coach Sarah Harris… Member of South African ladies team that took part at world champs… Senior sports women of the year in 2019… 2nd in the senior division in sea swimming at nationals… Senior surf athlete of the year in 2019.
 
PERSONAL... Yanah Gerber was born in South Africa… Is the daughter of Johan and Ezelle Gerber... has one sibling, Mieke... major is undeclared.