Tara Prentice

Country:
USA
Sport / Event:
Women's Water Polo
Olympic Years:
2024

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE
• Named to her first U.S. Olympic Team in 2024
• Became UC Irvine's first women's water polo Olympian

AT UC IRVINE
• UC Irvine and Big West all-time leading scorer with 242 career goals
• Four-time All-American, earning first-team honors in 2020 and 2022
• Four-time first-team All-Big West selection
• Named the 2022 Big West Player of the Year
• Led the Anteaters to a Big West title and NCAA appearance in 2018 and 2022
• Redshirted the 2021 season to train with the U.S. National Team
• Graduated as a double major in Criminology, Law & Society and Psychological Sciences in 2020
• Went on to earn two master's degrees in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Demographic and Social Analysis

EXTRAS
• First Anteater to bring home a World Championship medal, winning gold in 2022
• Also a member of the U.S. Team that defended their World Championship title in 2024
• Helped Team USA win the 2023 Pan-American Games to qualify for the Paris Olympics