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Emily Ritner

Class:
Senior
Position:
D
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Newport Beach, Calif.
High School:
Corona del Mar

Features on Emily

• Emily Ritner Joins Older Sister on Michigan Water Polo Team (MGoBlue.com)

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	Sh%	EX	DEX	STL	FB	SPW	SPL
2018	26	10	13	23	.400	5	3	8	1	2	2
2019	25	3	5	8	.200	6	2	2	3	0	0
2020	19	12	15	27	.286	13	6	17	11	1	0
2021	26	15	25	40	.349	13	10	27	7	2	0
Total	96	40	58	98	.320	37	21	54	22	5	2

Career Highs
Points: 5, vs. Fresno Pacific (3/16/18)
Goals: 4, vs. California (2/1/20)
Assists: 3, 5x last vs. #25 St. Francis (Pa.) (3/21/21)
Drawn Exclusions: 2, vs. UCLA (2/22/20)
Steals: 6 vs. #16 San Diego State (3/6/21)
Field Blocks: 3, vs. UCSB (2/23/20)

At Michigan
• Enrolled in the School of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Major is psychology with a minor in digital studies
• Team Captain (2021)
• Three NCAA Tournament appearances
• Won three CWPA Championships
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2019-21)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2021)
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Team 19 Wolverine Award

Senior (2021)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Set new career-highs in goals (15), assists (25), points (40), drawn exclusions (10) and steals (27)
• 27 steals was good for second on the team
• 25 assists was also second on the team, while 40 points wass enough for a tied for third-most
• Had one goal and two assists in the CWPA Championship victory over Bucknell
• Registered a goal, three assists and two steals against Mount St. Mary's
• Went 2-0 on the season in sprints
• Tallied two or more points in 12 games on the season

Junior (2020)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• ACWPC All-Academic Team
• CWPA Scholar Athlete
• U-M Academic Achievement Award
• Led the team with eight field blocks
• Second on the team in assists (15)
• Career-high four goals against No. 6 Cal in the Stanford Invitational
• Finished the Stanford Invitational with five goals, two assists, three steals and two field blocks
• Scored two goals against No. 9 UCSB in the Michigan Invitational
• Started all four games at the UCSB Winter Invite, posting three goals and four assists
• Career-high three field blocks against No. 9 UCSB in the seventh-place game of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• End of the season was canceled prior to conference play due to the COVID-19 illness

Sophomore (2019)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Team Wolverine Award
• Saw time in 25 games on the season with three goals, five assists and two steals
• Played in five conference games with two assists and two field blocks
• Scored a career-high three goals to go with an assist in a win over No. 21 CSUN at the Triton Invitational
• One assist and one steal in four games during the Wolverine Invitational
• Played in two games at the UCSB Winter Invite and four games at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational
• One assist and one field block against both Saint Francis (Pa.) and Brown
• Saw time against No. 2 Stanford at the Stanford Invitational

Freshman (2018)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Played in 26 games with 10 goals, 13 assists and eight steals
• Scored her first career goal against No. 21 CSUN, finishing with two goals and one steal
• Tallied two goals and three assists against Fresno Pacific
• Three assists and three steals against Iona
• Posted one goal and two assists versus No. 19 CSUN at the Wolverine Invitational
• Converted a penalty shot for a goal against No. 17 Princeton
• Two steals and an assist against Brown in the CWPA quarterfinals
• Joined the team as a freshman in 2018

Prep
• Graduated from Corona del Mar (2017)
• Gold medal at the 18U Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Festival in Auckland, New Zealand
• Won four straight Pacific Coast League Championships
• Reached the CIF Semifinals as a sophomore and the quarterfinals her other three seasons
• Sea Queen Award (Best All-Around) as a sophomore and Most Inspirational Player as a freshman
• Three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American • Honor Society lifetime member
• Two-time Principal's Honor Roll and High Honor Roll selection
• Scholar-athlete with honors and distinction
• Also competed for the swimming team

Club Team
• Competed for SOCAL
• First place in the gold division at the 2017 Junior Olympics
• Silver medal at the 2017 US Club Championship

Personal
• Full name is Emily Rose Ritner
• Birthday: September 2, 1999
• Born in Newport Beach, Calif.
• Parents are Barbara and Ronald Ritner
• Has one sister, Heidi, who is a senior on the Michigan water polo team