2022 Women's Water Polo Roster
Burghardt, Meera
Jersey Number 11
Meera Burghardt
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Harvard Westlake
- Hometown:
- Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Bio
Awards:
CWPA All-Tournament Honorable Mention (2024)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024: Appeared in every game, making 20 starts … Registered 32 goals, 18 assists, 23 drawn ejections … Scored twice vs. No. 20 Harvard (Feb. 17) … Hat trick vs. Bucknell (Mar. 2) … Scored in five straight games (Mar. 2-9) … Consecutive games with two goals each (Mar. 13-15) … Stretch of six consecutive games with goals (Mar. 13-Apr. 6) … Dished out three assists vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) … Hat trick at Bucknell (Apr. 7) … Scored a goal vs. No. 2 Hawaii in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 10).
2023: Registered time in 26 games … Recorded 24 goals, four assists, 14 steals and 14 drawn ejections … Scored twice vs. No. 22 LIU (Jan. 28) … Hat trick vs. Mt. St. Mary’s (Feb. 12) … Scored four times vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Feb. 25) … Contributed goals in three straight contests (Mar. 11-12) … Added two goals and three steals at No. 16 LMU (Mar. 18) … Consecutive multi-goal outings vs. Bucknell and St. Francis (Apr. 15-16) … Had two goals vs. No. 18 Harvard in the CWPA Championship Game (Apr. 30).
2022: Played in 29 games for the Tigers...Accumulated 39 goals, 11 assists, 25 steals and 28 drawn ejections...Scored her first collegiate goal vs. California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Tallied four goals vs. Bucknell (Feb. 12)...had a pair of assists vs. Brown (Feb. 27)...stole the ball away four times at Harvard (Apr. 9)...drew three ejections in a game three times.
2021: Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Before Princeton:
Harvard Westlake: Senior captain that also led the team in scoring three straight years (2018-20) … Named Division II Player of the Year as a senior and was first-team Mission League … Division II All-CIF and first team Mission League as a junior … Named Mission League MVP as a sophomore along with Division III All CIF … Second team Mission League … Team MVP three times … Squad won the Mission League all four years … CIF SS Division III runner up in 2018 … CIF SS Division II title in 2020 … School honor roll all four years.
Personal: Daughter of Aparna Voleti and Joe Burghardt … Has one brother.
Career Stats:
Career Highs:
CWPA All-Tournament Honorable Mention (2024)
ACWPC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
CWPA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024: Appeared in every game, making 20 starts … Registered 32 goals, 18 assists, 23 drawn ejections … Scored twice vs. No. 20 Harvard (Feb. 17) … Hat trick vs. Bucknell (Mar. 2) … Scored in five straight games (Mar. 2-9) … Consecutive games with two goals each (Mar. 13-15) … Stretch of six consecutive games with goals (Mar. 13-Apr. 6) … Dished out three assists vs. Saint Francis (Apr. 6) … Hat trick at Bucknell (Apr. 7) … Scored a goal vs. No. 2 Hawaii in the NCAA Quarterfinals (May 10).
2023: Registered time in 26 games … Recorded 24 goals, four assists, 14 steals and 14 drawn ejections … Scored twice vs. No. 22 LIU (Jan. 28) … Hat trick vs. Mt. St. Mary’s (Feb. 12) … Scored four times vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Feb. 25) … Contributed goals in three straight contests (Mar. 11-12) … Added two goals and three steals at No. 16 LMU (Mar. 18) … Consecutive multi-goal outings vs. Bucknell and St. Francis (Apr. 15-16) … Had two goals vs. No. 18 Harvard in the CWPA Championship Game (Apr. 30).
2022: Played in 29 games for the Tigers...Accumulated 39 goals, 11 assists, 25 steals and 28 drawn ejections...Scored her first collegiate goal vs. California Baptist (Jan. 21)...Tallied four goals vs. Bucknell (Feb. 12)...had a pair of assists vs. Brown (Feb. 27)...stole the ball away four times at Harvard (Apr. 9)...drew three ejections in a game three times.
2021: Season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Before Princeton:
Harvard Westlake: Senior captain that also led the team in scoring three straight years (2018-20) … Named Division II Player of the Year as a senior and was first-team Mission League … Division II All-CIF and first team Mission League as a junior … Named Mission League MVP as a sophomore along with Division III All CIF … Second team Mission League … Team MVP three times … Squad won the Mission League all four years … CIF SS Division III runner up in 2018 … CIF SS Division II title in 2020 … School honor roll all four years.
Personal: Daughter of Aparna Voleti and Joe Burghardt … Has one brother.
Career Stats:
| Season | GP | Goals | Shots | Assists | Steals | Sprints (W-L) | Ej. Drawn | Blocks |
| 2022 | 29 | 39 | 65 | 11 | 25 | 16-4 | 28 | 6 |
| 2023 | 26 | 24 | 42 | 4 | 14 | 0-0 | 14 | 4 |
| 2024 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 18 | 13 | 1-2 | 23 | 7 |
| Career | 85 | 95 | 169 | 33 | 52 | 17-6 | 65 | 17 |
Career Highs:
| Goals | 4, 2x - MR - vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (2/25/23) |
| Assists | 3, vs. Saint Francis (4/6/24) |
| Steals | 4, at No. 19 Harvard (4/9/22) |
| Ejections Drawn | 3, 3x - MR - at No. 11 LMU (3/15/24) |
| Blocks | 2, 2x - MR - vs. No. 3 Cal (5/12/23) |
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
PVC Youth Sports Clinic (Fall 2022)
Wednesday, October 19
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
