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2008 Season (Sophomore)
Earned Honorable Mention All-American honors by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches ... Also named an Academic All-American by the American College Water Polo Coaches (ACPWC) ... Named to the 2008 All-MPSF Academic team ... One of the top goalkeepers in the nation ... Finished with 287 saves (9.26 spg) in 2008, third-best in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) ... Her 287 saves is third-best for a single season in school history ... Gained MPSF Player of the Week honors with 34 saves in two games in the same day against Cal State San Bernardino and UC Santa Barbara ... The date was 4/19/08 ... Her 20 saves against Cal State San Bernardino tied her career-high originally set last season against UCSB ... Tallied ten or more saves in 14 games , including the last five games of the season ... Now has 623 career saves in two seasons at CSUN, second-best in school history, and only 138 short of tying the CSUN mark ... Named to the CSUN Academic Honor Roll ... During the summer of 2008, was invited and played at the prestigious Speedo Top 40 Tournament, a four-team tournament that featured Olympians that played at the 2008 Olympic Games in China along with some of the rising stars in the sport of water polo.
2007 Season (Freshman)
Jillian Stapf had one of the best freshman campaigns in school history ... Manned the cage for every minute of the 2007 season for Cal State Northridge ... Logged a school-record 348 saves in 2007 ... Became the first Matador goalie to score from her own cage, a feat she accomplished against Occidental on March 13 ... Became the first Matador to earn MPSF Player of the Week honors when she claimed the season's final honor after leading the Matadors to a pair of conference victories ... Named to the MPSF All-Freshman team.
Hudsonville High School
Stapf earned eight letters for the Eagles, four as a center on the basketball team, and four as a goalie for the water polo squad ... Earned honorable mention all-conference as a freshman ... Garnered all-conference and all-region honors as a sophomore and junior ... Earned third-team all-state as a sophomore ... As a junior, notched 256 saves, 33 steals, and 36 assists ... Graduated with a 3.45 gpa.
Matador Memo
Born on April 29, 1988 in Grand Rapids, Mich. ... Parents are Joe and Connie Stapf ... Favorites include actor Harrison Ford, the band Fall Out Boy, and lasagna ... Roots for the Detroit Pistons ... Played in the Speedo Top 40 Festival, the first Matador to earn the honor ... Chose Cal State Northridge for the coaching staff, the program, and the opportunity to play in the MPSF ... Greatest sports moment was making the National Youth Water Polo squad ... Likes to spend time with family when she has time to relax ... Would invest a million dollars ... Kinesiology major.
