Maddie Musselman

Madeline Musselman (born June 16, 1998) is an American water polo player.[1] Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It is the fourth time in her career that she has been named the MVP of a major international tournament as she was named the MVP of the FINA World League Super Final in 2019 and again in 2021. She was also named the MVP of the FINA World Championships in 2017 where Team USA won gold; scored 16 goals in six games, including hat trick in 13–6 final-round win over Spain.[2] Additionally, the four-time First-Team All-American, at UCLA, was also named the 2021 and 2022 Women's Total Player of the Year by (Total Waterpolo).

Maddie Musselman
Personal information
Full name Madeline Musselman
Born (1998-06-16) June 16, 1998
Newport Beach, California, U.S.
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 143 lb (65 kg)
Position Attacker
College(s) UCLA Bruins
National team
Years Team
 United States
Medal record
Women's water polo
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2015 KazanTeam
Gold medal – first place2017 BudapestTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 GwangjuTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 BudapestTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoTeam
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaTeam
World League
Gold medal – first place2017 Shanghai
Gold medal – first place2019 Budapest
Gold medal – first place2021 Athens
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Long Beach

Maddie was also part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] She was the second-leading goal scorer of the US team in the event with 12 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.[4]

Musselman won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia,[5] and at the Pan American Games in Toronto.[6]

Maddie finished her UCLA career with the most goals scored with 252. She was nominated for the Sullivan and Cutino award in 2022. She was named 2017 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Newcomer of the Year after she won a conference-record seven Newcomer of the Week awards.[4]

Personal life

Musselman is the daughter of former Major League Baseball pitcher Jeff Musselman.[7]

See also

References
  1. "U.S. women's water polo attacker Maddie Musselman is just doing what runs in the family". ESPN.com. August 15, 2016.
  2. "U.S. women's water polo team wins fifth world title". NBCsports.com. July 28, 2017.
  3. "Water Polo, Women's final and bronze matches - US retain title, their reign is unchallenged". FINA.org. August 19, 2016.
  4. "Musselman - Dream Big". DailyBruin.com. Michael Hull.
  5. "Water Polo Reports - Women, FINALS". FINA.org. August 7, 2015.
  6. "Team USA Wins Women's Water Polo Gold In Storied USA-Canada Border Battle". teamUSA.org. July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015.
  7. Cohen, Jay (August 8, 2016). "Mature Musselman fits right in with US women's water polo". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
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