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2026 Women's Water Polo Roster

19 Chelsea Johnson

  • Class Junior
  • Position Center Defender
  • Height 5-11
  • Hometown Brisbane, Australia
  • High School / Previous School St. Margaret's Anglican Girls School '23
  • Major Human Development

Biography

Honors and Awards

  • 2024 Big West All-Freshman Team
  • 2024-25 ACWPC All-Academic Team (Superior)
  • 2024-25 Big West Commissioner's List (Highest Honors)
  • 2025 Big West All-Academic Team
  • 2026 All-Big West Second Team


2026: Competed in all 28 matches in the season…Was a powerhouse for the Aggies, leading the team with her career-high 50 goals…Led the team with the most time played, clocking in 542 minutes…Secured 25 steals, 22 assists, and four field blocks…Had 14 multi-goal games, including nine hat tricks…Surpassed 100 career points…Deposited a career high five goals against UC Irvine and Fresno Pacific, with her best outing being against UC Irvine with one assist and one steal on March 1…First career Big West Player of the Week honor on March 4.

2025: All-Big West Honorable Mention...Led the Aggies with the most time played, clocking in 582 minutes...Despite being a center defender, she totaled up 26 goals and 32 assists...Had five field blocks...On the defensive end, she swiped away 42 steals and drew 35 ejections...Had nine multi-goal games, including a hat trick against LMU (1/31) and Stanford (3/02)...2025 Big West Conference All-Academic Team...2025 ACWPC All-Academic - Superior...2024-25 Big West Commissioner's List - Highest Honors

2024: Appeared in all 28 matches in her debut season...Ended with 19 goals and 17 assists, third on the team with 45 total points...Three multi-goal games, and a career-high four assists versus Hawaii on Feb. 4....Drew 19 exclusions and made 19 steals, and added 9 field blocks to shut down the opponents...Named part of the 2024 Big West All-Freshman Team...2024 ACWPC Superior All-Academic Team. 

St. Margaret's/Australia: Participant in the Australian Youth Water Polo Championships in consecutive years from 2017-2023... A member of the Australian u18 and u20 squads... Won Brisbane Championship, Queensland State Championship and Australian National Club Championship as a member of Mermaids Water Polo Club.

Personal: Has two cats, Pebbles and Bambam... Keeps a snow globe collection... Mother was the first Female Australian Referee to ref Water Polo at the Olympics, working at Tokyo 2021... Father is a two-time FINA World Masters champion with Santa Barbara Water Polo Club...Selected to compete at the 2025 World Aquatics U20 Water Polo Championships.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2024Freshman

    Center Defender
    5'11"
    19
  • 19

    2025Sophomore

    Center Defender
    5'11"
    19
  • 19

    2026Junior

    Center Defender
    5'11"
    19