2023 Women's Water Polo Roster
Larkin, Laura
Jersey Number 2
Laura Larkin
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cathedral Catholic
- Hometown:
- Solana Beach, Calif.
Bio
Awards:
ACWPC Honorable Mention All America (2020, 2022, 2023)
CWPA Second-Team All-Conference (2022, 2023)
CWPA All-Tournament Second Team (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2022)
CWPA Scholar-Team (2020, 2022)
CWPA Rookie of the Week (Mar. 11, 2019, Mar. 18, 2019, Apr. 1, 2019)
2023: Played and started in 33 games … Recorded 20 goals and 24 assists … Led the team with 33 steals … Scored in six straight games including a hat trick vs. No. 19 Brown (Feb. 11-26) … Posted three helpers at No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 15) … Scored twice at No. 16 LMU (Mar. 18) … Had five steals vs. Bucknell (Apr. 1) … Scored twice at No. 20 Brown … Drew ejections vs. St. Francis in the CWPA Semifinals (Apr. 29).
2022: Started 26 games for the Tigers...recorded 28 goals, 26 steals, 20 assists and 13 drawn ejections...posted a hat trick at Concordia (Mar. 9) and at Brown (Apr. 9), both wins...dished out three assists vs. Liu (Feb. 11)...swiped four steals vs. Harvard (Apr. 23).
2020: Played in nine games … Second on the unit with 15 goals … Led the squad with 13 assists … Drew nine ejections and stole four passes … Opened up the year with multi-goal outings vs. Cal State East Bay and Sonoma State (Feb. 1) … Contributed four helpers vs. Sonoma State (Feb. 1) … Scored a goal vs. No. 3 Hawaii and at No. 10 Arizona State (Feb. 2) … Season-best five tallies vs. Iona (Feb. 19).
2019: Missed just one game, starting 12 times … Posted 45 goals on 88 shots (.511 shooting percentage), adding 21 assists, 21 steals and 23 drawn ejections … First collegiate goal came vs. No. 25 Azusa Pacific (Feb. 1) … Multi-goal outing vs. No. 10 UC-Santa Barbara (Feb. 2) … Did not miss a shot, posting five goals vs. Iona (Feb. 9) … Took four shots, not missing at Villanova (Feb. 16) … Multi-assist performance at LaSalle (Feb. 22) … Snagged four points at No. 15 Harvard (Mar. 2) … Hat trick with two helpers vs. George Washington (Mar. 9) … Hat trick vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 16) … Drew three ejections at No. 12 Loyola Marymount (Mar. 16) … Dropped in four goals, two assists and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) … Scored twice vs. No. 6 Michigan in the CWPA Championships Game (Apr. 28).
Before Princeton:
High School: 2018 San Diego Section and Western League Player of the Year ... San Diego Section All-CIF First-Team honors in 2017 and 2018 ... All-Western League First-Team accolades in 2016-2018 ... All-CIF Second Team honors in 2016 ... Team Most Valuable Player twice (2017-18) ... Most Valuable Offensive Player in 2016 and Rookie of the Year in 2015 ... Western League Champion and Open Division CIF Runner up in 2018 ... Registered 353 goals 94 assists, 239 steals, 152 drawn ejections and won 124 of 179 (69%) sprints from 2016-2018 ... Varsity swim team four years ... 2017 San Diego City Conference 200m relay record holder ... Swam to a 25.49 in the 50m freestyle and 54.40 in the 100m freestyle ... Team was 2017 and 2018 CIF Division 2 Champions and 2015 and 2016 Runner Up.
Academic: Union Tribune Hall of Champions ... San Diego Section All-Academic Team Captain ... USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American (2016-18) ... California Scholastic Federation ... Honor Roll (2016-18).
Club/ODP: Named a Junior Olympic All-American three times (2014, 2017, 2018) ... Shores Water Polo Club finished fifth in the Junior Olympics in 2017, seventh in 2016 and eighth in 2018 … USA Water Polo Olympic Development Squad (2014).
Personal: Daughter of Mary and Michael Larkin … Has three sisters … Uncle, Peter, played soccer at St. Bonaventure … Uncle, Joseph, played baseball at UMass.
Why I chose at Princeton: I chose Princeton because it is a top academic institution with the finest professors in their fields and has a beautiful campus," stated Larkin. "I loved the combination of vigorous coursework while being able to play competitive D-I water polo with such a welcoming team. I also love the East Coast, the weather and the people. I grew up going back for Christmas holidays in Boston and New York with a large extended family there so it feels like my second home."
Career Stats:
Career Highs:
ACWPC Honorable Mention All America (2020, 2022, 2023)
CWPA Second-Team All-Conference (2022, 2023)
CWPA All-Tournament Second Team (2023)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2019, 2020, 2022)
CWPA Scholar-Team (2020, 2022)
CWPA Rookie of the Week (Mar. 11, 2019, Mar. 18, 2019, Apr. 1, 2019)
2023: Played and started in 33 games … Recorded 20 goals and 24 assists … Led the team with 33 steals … Scored in six straight games including a hat trick vs. No. 19 Brown (Feb. 11-26) … Posted three helpers at No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 15) … Scored twice at No. 16 LMU (Mar. 18) … Had five steals vs. Bucknell (Apr. 1) … Scored twice at No. 20 Brown … Drew ejections vs. St. Francis in the CWPA Semifinals (Apr. 29).
2022: Started 26 games for the Tigers...recorded 28 goals, 26 steals, 20 assists and 13 drawn ejections...posted a hat trick at Concordia (Mar. 9) and at Brown (Apr. 9), both wins...dished out three assists vs. Liu (Feb. 11)...swiped four steals vs. Harvard (Apr. 23).
2020: Played in nine games … Second on the unit with 15 goals … Led the squad with 13 assists … Drew nine ejections and stole four passes … Opened up the year with multi-goal outings vs. Cal State East Bay and Sonoma State (Feb. 1) … Contributed four helpers vs. Sonoma State (Feb. 1) … Scored a goal vs. No. 3 Hawaii and at No. 10 Arizona State (Feb. 2) … Season-best five tallies vs. Iona (Feb. 19).
2019: Missed just one game, starting 12 times … Posted 45 goals on 88 shots (.511 shooting percentage), adding 21 assists, 21 steals and 23 drawn ejections … First collegiate goal came vs. No. 25 Azusa Pacific (Feb. 1) … Multi-goal outing vs. No. 10 UC-Santa Barbara (Feb. 2) … Did not miss a shot, posting five goals vs. Iona (Feb. 9) … Took four shots, not missing at Villanova (Feb. 16) … Multi-assist performance at LaSalle (Feb. 22) … Snagged four points at No. 15 Harvard (Mar. 2) … Hat trick with two helpers vs. George Washington (Mar. 9) … Hat trick vs. Pomona-Pitzer (Mar. 16) … Drew three ejections at No. 12 Loyola Marymount (Mar. 16) … Dropped in four goals, two assists and three steals vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) … Scored twice vs. No. 6 Michigan in the CWPA Championships Game (Apr. 28).
Before Princeton:
High School: 2018 San Diego Section and Western League Player of the Year ... San Diego Section All-CIF First-Team honors in 2017 and 2018 ... All-Western League First-Team accolades in 2016-2018 ... All-CIF Second Team honors in 2016 ... Team Most Valuable Player twice (2017-18) ... Most Valuable Offensive Player in 2016 and Rookie of the Year in 2015 ... Western League Champion and Open Division CIF Runner up in 2018 ... Registered 353 goals 94 assists, 239 steals, 152 drawn ejections and won 124 of 179 (69%) sprints from 2016-2018 ... Varsity swim team four years ... 2017 San Diego City Conference 200m relay record holder ... Swam to a 25.49 in the 50m freestyle and 54.40 in the 100m freestyle ... Team was 2017 and 2018 CIF Division 2 Champions and 2015 and 2016 Runner Up.
Academic: Union Tribune Hall of Champions ... San Diego Section All-Academic Team Captain ... USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American (2016-18) ... California Scholastic Federation ... Honor Roll (2016-18).
Club/ODP: Named a Junior Olympic All-American three times (2014, 2017, 2018) ... Shores Water Polo Club finished fifth in the Junior Olympics in 2017, seventh in 2016 and eighth in 2018 … USA Water Polo Olympic Development Squad (2014).
Personal: Daughter of Mary and Michael Larkin … Has three sisters … Uncle, Peter, played soccer at St. Bonaventure … Uncle, Joseph, played baseball at UMass.
Why I chose at Princeton: I chose Princeton because it is a top academic institution with the finest professors in their fields and has a beautiful campus," stated Larkin. "I loved the combination of vigorous coursework while being able to play competitive D-I water polo with such a welcoming team. I also love the East Coast, the weather and the people. I grew up going back for Christmas holidays in Boston and New York with a large extended family there so it feels like my second home."
Career Stats:
| Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
| 2019 | 29 | 45 | 88 | 21 | 21 | 1-9 | 23 | 3 |
| 2020 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2022 | 26 | 28 | 71 | 20 | 26 | 5-10 | 13 | 4 |
| 2023 | 33 | 20 | 51 | 24 | 33 | 2-7 | 15 | 7 |
| Career | 97 | 108 | 244 | 78 | 84 | 8-26 | 60 | 16 |
Career Highs:
| Goals | 5, 2x - MR - vs. Iona (2/19/20) |
| Assists | 4, vs. Sonoma State (2/1/20) |
| Steals | 5, vs. No. 17 Wagner (3/30/23) |
| Ejections Drawn | 3, 3x - MR - vs. St. Francis (4/16/23) |
| Blocks | 3, at Concordia (3/9/22) |
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
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PVC Youth Sports Clinic (Fall 2022)
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Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
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