Villanova Univeristy Athletics

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACWPC All-Academic Team	2022, 2025
MAAC Academic Honor Roll	2021-22
MAAC All-Academic Team	2023, 2024, 2025
Athletic Director's Honor Roll	Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025

 

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CAREER STATISTICS
Year	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	ED	Steals	Blocks	Sprints Won
2022	10	3	13	23	6	22	4	0
2023	26	17	43	66	19	14	11	0
2024	26	30	56	56	13	14	2	0
2025	14	9	23	34	6	9	9	0
Total	76	59	135	179	44	49	26	0

  
2025: Produced on both sides of the ball as a senior in the 26 games she played in, scoring 14 goals and nine assists while grabbing nine steals and nine blocks … Posted three points against CSU Fullerton with two goals and an assist … Found the back of the net twice in back-to-back games against Toronto and Salem … Accounted for two assists against VMI in the regular season finale.

2024: Did a little bit of everything for the Wildcats during her junior season putting up 26 goals and 30 assists with 56 shot attempts, while drawling 13 exclusions and recording 14 steals with 2 blocks… Her career high six points propelled the Wildcats to a one goal win over Saint Francis on February 10 as she had a hat trick of goals and assists... Member of the MAAC All-Academic Team... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the Spring semster.
 
2023: Was a force on the defensive end, swatting a team-high 11 blocks, the fifth-most in a season in program history, while also grabbing 14 steals … Scored 43 points in 30 games played, netting 26 goals with 17 assists on 66 shot attempts … Recorded 10 multi-goal games, including two hat tricks … Scored three goals on seven shot attempts against Mount St. Mary’s on April 8 … Scored on each of her three shot attempts in the 14-9 win over St. Francis on March 10 … Had a season-high two field blocks in wins over Westcliff on March 11 and Santa Clara on March 3.
 
2022: Made an instant impact in her first season with the Wildcats, playing in all 35 games … Scored 13 points on the season, netting 10 goals and accounting for three assists … Attempted 23 shots with a .435 shooting percentage … Racked up 22 steals and had four blocks … Went 1-1 on sprints … Had a season-high two goals in the loss against No. 14 Wagner on March 19 … Made a season-high four steals in the 11-5 win over Santa Clara on March 5.
 
Club Water Polo: Team captain for the YMCA Hurricanes where she played from 2015-2021.
 
Venice High School: Earned eight varsity letters in high school – four in swimming, three in water polo and one in weightlifting … Named a USA Water Polo Academic All-American and was tabbed an Academic Olympic finalist … Selected as the Water Polo Offensive MVP and Most Reliable Teammate in her freshman season … Scored the most goals on the water polo team as a freshman before setting the team record for goals as a sophomore … Set the 200 yard freestyle relay record with her school’s swim team.
 
Personal: Born 09/12/02 in Bethesda, Md. … One of five children of Terri Porter and Jon Baca … Siblings are Leslie, Micaela, Ian, and Wesley … Father was a swimmer at New Mexico … Mother was a swimmer at New Mexico … Sister – Micaela – played soccer, rugby and water polo for the U.S. Coast Guard Academy … Brother – Ian – plays club water polo at Penn State … Brother – Wesley – plays club water polo at U.S. Military Academy West Point … In her free time, she plays the piano, ballroom dances, is a member of the NROTC and enjoys musical theater … Chose Villanova because of the nursing program in her pursuit to become a member of the Navy Nurse Corps … Nursing major.