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University of California, Santa Barbara

2025 Women's Water Polo Roster

Jeff Liang
Jeff Liang
Jeff Liang

1 Ava Donleavy

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown El Cerrito, Calif.
  • High School Acalanes HS
  • Position Goalkeeper

Biography

UC SANTA BARBARA
2025
Golden Eagle Award Winner as the student-athlete with the highest cumulative GPA on the team … Played in 25 games for the Gauchos, making 219 saves over 761 minutes of action … Finished second in The Big West in total saves, save percentage (.488) and goals-against average (9.67), the only goalkeeper in the conference to finish in the top two of all three stats … Also recorded 47 steals, third among all Big West players and the most of any goalie in the conference … Provided 12 assists on the season … Made a career-high 17 saves in UC Santa Barbara’s overtime win over CSUN on April 12 … Made 14 saves on four other occasions: Feb. 8 against Villanova, April 4 at Concordia Irvine, April 18 at UC San Diego and April 25 in The Big West Championship Quarterfinal against UC Irvine … Also tallied double-digit saves with 13 against UC Davis on march 9, 12 against both Biola and Indiana on Feb. 22 and 11 against Arizona State on Feb. 2 … Made the 100th save of her Gaucho career on Feb. 8 against Villanova … Recorded her 200th save as a Gaucho on March 28 at UC Irvine … Made a career-high eight steals in the Gauchos’ overtime win over Brown on Feb. 8 … Also made five steals against UC Davis on March 9 … Did not allow a goal in 16 minutes of action against Carthage on Jan. 25 … Scored her first career goal on Feb. 22 against Indiana.

2024
ACWPC All-Academic Team, Outstanding level ... Played in eight games for the Gauchos, making 54 saves while allowing just 25 goals … Finished with a .684 save percentage in 148 minutes of action … Recorded an assist and six total steals on the season … Made a career-high 13 saves against Pomona-Pitzer on Jan. 21, allowing just one goal in 24 minutes in the cage … Did not allow a single goal in 16 minutes of action against Santa Clara on March 27 … Earned her first win as a Gaucho on Feb. 25 against No. 13 UC San Diego … Made the 250th save of her career in that game against the Tritons.
SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE
2022 (Fall)
Played in 35 games for the Vaqueros, getting the start in 18 of them … Posted a 17-5 record, with 200 saves and a .615 save percentage … Made a career-high 11 saves on three occasions, including the CCCAA State Championship match (Nov. 19) against Orange Coast College, which the Vaqueros won … Also posted double-digit stops in wins over San Joaquin Delta (Sept. 24) and Fullerton College (Nov. 12), plus an admirable 11-save effort in a loss to Fullerton on Oct. 22.
HIGH SCHOOL
A four-year letterwinner at Acalanes High School … Never lost a game in her career for the Dons … Also swam competitively.
PERSONAL
Majoring in Philosophy, with an emphasis in Ethics and Public Policy at UC Santa Barbara, with a minor in Professional Writing for Civic Engagement … Aspires to become a lawyer … A fan of hockey, especially the New Jersey Devils, LA Kings, Seattle Kraken, Florida Panthers and Boston Bruins … Lists hockey goalies Sergei Bobrovsky, Patrick Roy, Linus Ullmark, Jeremy Swayman and Marc-Andre Fleury as her favorite athletes … Enjoys watching Game of Thrones and Grey’s Anatomy … Lists Thor: Ragnarok and Knives Out as her favorite movies.

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Historical Player Information

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    2024Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    1
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    2025Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    1