Kata Utassy

Class:
Senior
Position:
AT
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Budapest, Hungary
High School:
Könyves Kálmán Secondary School

Career Stats

Year	GP	G	A	Pts	ShPct	EX	DEX	STL	FB	SPW	SPL
2021	26	32	19	51	.571	12	2	23	5	1	0
2022	35	19	31	50	.352	13	1	16	8	0	0
2023	32	83	60	143	.483	28	22	43	7	26	10
2024	32	66	38	104	.512	32	18	27	7	6	11
Total	125	200	148	348	.487	85	43	109	27	33	21

Career Highs
Points: 10 vs. Azusa Pacific (1/14/23)
Goals: 6, 3x last vs. #5 Hawaii (1/20/24)
Assists: 5, 3x, last vs. Long Island (2/12/23)
Drawn Exclusions: 3, last vs.Hawaii (1/20/24)
Steals: 4, 2x, last vs. Bucknell (2/11/23)
Field Blocks: 3, vs. #3 California (5/6/22)

At Michigan
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts
• Double Majoring in Communication and Media and Psychology
• CWPA All-Conference First-Team
• School Record Holder: Single Season Points (143), Most Points by a Junior (143), Most Goals by a Junior (83)
• Fastest to 50 points (11 Games), and 100 Points (25 Games)
• NCAA Tournament (2021, 22)
• CWPA Champions (2021, 22)
• Player of the week, 6x, last April 18, 2023
• Rookie of the Week (2021)
• Academic All-Big Ten

Senior (2024)
• ACWPC Academic All-America Honorable Mention
• CWPA All-Tournament First Team
• CWPA All-Conference First Team
• Named to Peter J. Cutino Award Watchlist
• Tallied a hat-trick and tied a career high with five assists against No. 11 Princeton (4/28/24)
• Scored a hat-trick against No. 20 Harvard (4/27/24)
• Tallied three points in four consecutive games (3/24-4/6/24)
• Registered five points (four goals, one assist) in a win over No. 19 Brown (3/2/24)
• CWPA Player of the Week (2/29/24)
• Scored four goals against No. 13 UC Santa Barbara (2/24/24)
• Tallied four goals in a win against California Baptist (2/18/24)
• Scored five goals against No. 12 UC Santa Barbara (2/2/24)
• CWPA Player of the Week (1/22/24)
• Tied a career-high six goals against Hawaii (1/20/24)
• Set a career-high three drawn exclusions against Hawaii (1/20/24)
• Scored four goals against No. 4 ranked California (1/21/2024)
• Scored five goals and points against No. 12 ranked UC Santa Barbara (2/2/24)

Junior (2023)
• CWPA All-Conference First-Team
• School Record Holder: Single Season Points (143), Most Points by a Junior (143), Most Goals by a Junior (83)
• Fastest to 50 points (11 Games), and 100 Points (25 Games)
• Set new career-high six goal against No. 14 Harvard (4/16/23)
• One of 20 student-athletes that have been named to the Cutino Award Watch List for an outstanding start to the 2023 season.
• Player of the week (Jan. 16, Jan. 23, Apr. 5. Apr. 12, Apr. 18)
• Recorded a career high 10 points with five goals and five assists against Azusa Pacific (1/14/23)
• Fastest to 100 points in school history (25 Games)
• Fastest to 50 points in school history (11 Games)
• Appeared in 32 out of 33 games

Sophomore (2022)
• NCAA Quarterfinals
• CWPA Champions
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Third on the team in assists with (31)
• Set a new career high in assists with 5 against #22 Marist (1/30/22)
• Ended the season with 19 goals, 31 assists, 50 points, 16 steals, and 8 field blocks
• Appeared in all 5 games

Freshman (2021)
• Joined the team in the fall of 2020
• Registered 32 goals, 19 assists, 51 points, a .571 shooting percentage, 23 steals, five field blocks and one sprint win during her freshman campaign
• Earned Rookie of the Week three times (March 3, April 14, April 26)
• Scored two goals in her collegiate debut against No. 13 Indiana in the Michigan Invitational
• Had her first hat trick against No. 1 USC
• Registered two steals and a field block against No. 4 Arizona State
• Tallied a career-high eight points against No. 25 St. Francis (Pa.), scoring five goals and dishing out three assists
• Had three assists, four steals and a drawn exclusion against Mount St. Mary's
• Scored multi-goal games eight times on the season and added four multi-assist outings

National
• Trained with the Hungary national team in the summer of 2018
• Competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships in Funchal, Madeira
• Member of the 2018 Youth World Championships teams in Belgrade, Serbia
• Placed fourth at the 2018 Junior European Championships
• Third place at the 2017 Youth European Championships
• Game MVP of the Junior World Championships in 2019 against Brazil and against Russia in the 2018 Youth World Championships

Prep
• Graduated from Könyves Kálmán Secondary School
• Competed for BVSC-Zugló
• Finished in the top three at the national championships each of the last three years
• Team captain of the junior and youth teams
• Szalay Iván Award in 2017
• Four-time Player of the Year

Personal
• Full name is Janka Kata Utassy
• Birthday: September 5, 2001
• Parents are Dr. Utassy Gábor and Dr. Utassyné Kormos Zsuzsanna
• Has one sibling, Utassy Dávid

Why Michigan
"I chose Michigan because I wanted to get an excellent education while doing a high level of sport at the same time. They have that here but the turning point for me was when I came to my visit and I found the most supportive community of my life and that was the moment I knew this is the place for me.”

Why Water Polo
"I started playing in 2009 and that was the first time in my life where I did not feel like the odd one out.”