Lillie Vehling - Women's Water Polo

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21 Lillie Vehling

Class Redshirt Sophomore
Position Attacker
Height 5-8
Hometown Woodland Hills, Calif.
High School / Previous School Notre Dame HS '23
Major Mechanical Engineering and Statistics

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HONORS & AWARDS

2025 ACWPC All-Academic - Outstanding
2024-25 Big West Commissioner's List - Highest Honors

2026: Competed in all 28 matches in the season…Finished the season with career-highs in goals (30), assists (28), steals (15), and field blocks (6)…Had 10 multi-goal games, including three hat tricks…Best outing was against McKendree on February 14 where she logged her first career hat trick, as well as five assists and two kickouts.

2025: Appeared in 27 matches for the Aggies...Logged 11 goals for the team...Had a .500 shooting percentage on 6v5 opportunities...Also added 10 crafty assists to the stat line...Made six steals and a field block...Scored a career-high of two against Cal Sate Fullerton on April 18.

2024: Took a redshirt season, looking forward to the future in her collegiate career.

Notre Dame HS: Named 2023 CIF Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Four-Year Varsity Water Polo Starter and two years as a captain... Set a school record for goals in a season, with 147 as a senior… Named 2023 NDHS CIF Female Athlete of the Year, 2022 Junior Class Athlete of the Year… Twice named First Team All-Conference and made Second Team All-Conference as a freshman… Twice named team Most Valuable Player… 2023 First Team CIF-SS D3 selection, 2022 Second Team CIF-SS D2 selection, 2020 CIF-SS D3 Honorable Mention… Spent four years on the Varsity Swim team, named 2022 Best Sprinter.

Personal: Oldest of four siblings... Played four years for Rose Bowl Water Polo Club... Played club soccer for 9 years... Founded the non-profit Fire Family Ladder Program to support children of fallen or disabled firefighters... Loves competition, staying active, reading, learning, solving Rubik's cubes, going fishing, and spending time with family... Chose UC Davis because she felt it is the perfect place to pursue both engineering and water polo with an invested and supportive team culture that makes her a better student, athlete, and person.