Skip To Main Content

UC Davis Athletics

Skip To Header
UC Davis Wordmark
Noelle Wijnbelt All-Big West 2022

Women's Water Polo Matt Murphy - Assistant Director, Athletics Communications

Wijnbelt leads list of four Aggies to earn All-Big West honors

Davis, Calif. - Noelle Wijnbelt led a list of four Aggies honored on All-Big West Conference teams for the 2022 season the conference announced on Wednesday. 

Wijnbelt was named to the All-Big West First Team with Emily Aikema, Allyson Clague, and Alyssa Lengtat each earning Honorable Mentions.

2022 marks Wijnbelt's third straight First Team selection. Aikema and Clague earned Honorable Mention for the second straight season while 2022 is Lengtat's first season making an All-Big West team. 

Despite missing time with an injury, Wijnbelt had a career-best year with 58 goals, the ninth-best individual scoring season in program history. She's now the third-leading scorer all-time in program history with 203 goals to date. Wijnbelt's 217 career points are also the seventh best mark in the varsity era of the program that dates back to 1997. 

A senior, Aikema set career-best marks with 28 goals and 27 assists in 2022. She had the game winner against CSUN on April 2 and gave the Aggies a chance to come back against UC San Diego in the Big West Tournament with her goal to tie that game with 11 seconds remaining. She also led the Aggies with 11 field blocks. 

Like all four Aggies honored this season, Clague had a career-best season in 2022 with 29 goals and added 17 assists and 17 steals. She had eight multi-goal efforts and a goal and an assist in the Aggies' Big West Tournament game against UC San Diego. 

Lengtat had career-highs in goals and assists while leading UC Davis with 38 steals. Lengtat was also the Aggies' primary option on the sprint and went 63-29 over the course of the season. 
Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Emily Aikema

#22 Emily Aikema

Atk
5' 4"
Junior
W.J. Mouat Secondary School '16
Ally Clague

#21 Ally Clague

Utl
5' 10"
Sophomore
Clovis West HS '17
Alyssa Lengtat

#16 Alyssa Lengtat

Utl
5' 11"
Sophomore
Davis HS '17
Noëlle Wijnbelt

#2 Noëlle Wijnbelt

Ctr
6' 2"
Sophomore
Foothill HS '18

Players Mentioned

Emily Aikema

#22 Emily Aikema

5' 4"
Junior
W.J. Mouat Secondary School '16
Atk
Ally Clague

#21 Ally Clague

5' 10"
Sophomore
Clovis West HS '17
Utl
Alyssa Lengtat

#16 Alyssa Lengtat

5' 11"
Sophomore
Davis HS '17
Utl
Noëlle Wijnbelt

#2 Noëlle Wijnbelt

6' 2"
Sophomore
Foothill HS '18
Ctr