Helena van Brande

Position:
Goalie
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Newbury Park
Hometown:
Newbury Park, Calif.

At Princeton
2016: Started 21 games in goal … Went 15-6 on the season … Posted a .516 save percentage with 161 saves … Added seven assists, 40 steals … Began the season with four straight victories … Made eight saves in the three consecutive outings (Feb. 12-13) … Had an assist in three straight games (Feb. 13-14) … Set aside 13 shots and had a .765 save percentage vs. VMI (Feb. 27) … Season-best 14 saves and .824 save percentage vs. Iona (Mar. 6) … Stopped nine attempts vs. No. 13 Harvard (Apr. 10) … Opened CWPA Championship with 10 saves vs. No. 18 Harvard (Apr. 29) … Smothered 12 shots vs. No. 5 Michigan in the CWPA Semifinals (Apr. 30) … CWPA Defensive Player of the Week (May 3).

2015: Made 18 appearances, posting a 9-0 record … stopped 132 of 201 shots en route to a 0.657 save percentage … had double-digit saves in four outings … had 11 stops against Villanova in the season opener (Feb. 7) … turned away 13 shots against Iona (Feb. 8) … had a season-high 20 saves and two assists against St. Francis (Feb. 15) … recorded 15 stops against VMI (Mar. 7).

Before Princeton
Newbury Park: Named league Goalie of the Year and first-team all-county selection as a senior… two-time all-league pick… two-time All-CIF goalie.

Club/National team: Also played for the Los Angeles Water Polo Club… helped the United States youth national team to its first-ever FINA World Championship in the summer of 2014.

Personal: AP Scholar award winner… four-time recipient of Newbury Park’s Scholar-Athlete award.

Career Stats