UC SANTA BARBARA
2023
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention … All-Big West Second Team selection … Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table Water Polo Athlete of the Year … Voted team Most Valuable Player by her teammates … CSC Academic All-District honoree … Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... Led the team in goals (56), assists (45), total points (101), steals (38), sprint wins (49) and sprint win percentage (.817) … Her 56 goals and 101 points are both career highs, with the 56 goals being the seventh-best in a single season in program history … Led The Big West in assists and sprint wins, while ranking second in points, fifth in steals, and sixth in goals … With 150 career goals, she ranks as the Gauchos’ sixth-leading goal scorer of all time … Scored career goal number 150 in her final game, against Long Beach State in the first round of The Big West Championship … Scored the second-most goals by a Gaucho in a single game against Cal State Fullerton (April 15), finding the back of the cage six times … Tallied a total of three five-goal games and eight hat-tricks over the course of the season.
2022
ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention ... All-Big West Honorable Mention ... Big West Academic All-Conference honoree ... ACWPC All-Academic Team selection, Excellent level ... Led The Big West with 48 assists, 12 field blocks, and 2.0 assists per game ... Led the team with 42 goals, 27 steals, 31 sprint wins and 35 drawn exclusions ... Ranked fourth in The Big West with 90 total points ... Voted team Co-MVP ... Scored in 19 of 24 games played, had at least one assist in 22 of her games, and put together two separate five-game scoring streaks ... Totaled eight hat-tricks on the season, nine three-assist performances, and a career-best shooting percentage of .400 ... Scored a season-high eight points on four goals and four assists against CSUN (February 13).
2021
All-Big West Honorable Mention … Played in all eight games of UC Santa Barbara’s shortened season, finishing second on the team in points, with 15 … Provided a team-high six assists while also scoring the third-most goals on the team with nine … Scored two goals and added two assists against No. 5 Cal (March 6) … Recorded a hat-trick in the second match of a doubleheader against No. 11 UC Davis on March 21, having scored once and assisted twice in the first match of the day.
2020
ACPWC All-Academic honoree, Excellent level … Led the team with 20 assists … Added 13 goals of her own to finish third on the team in total points … Recorded three hat-tricks on the season, against Iona (January 18), Ottawa Arizona (January 19), and Pomona-Pitzer (March 6) … Added three assists in that game against Pomona-Pitzer, totaling six points on the day.
2019
Big West All-Freshman Team selection ... ACWPC All-Academic Team honoree, Excellent level ... Scored 30 goals in 30 games as a true freshman ... Led the team with 33 assists ... Her 63 total points ranked third on the team ... Also added 19 steals, eight field blocks, and went a perfect 6-0 in sprints.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played for four years at Clovis West High School as a left-handed attacker under coach Scott Torosian ... Was a two-time All-American ... Named Best Offensive Player and First Team All-League in both her sophomore and junior seasons ... As a senior, topped her previous years by being named MVP and Player of the Year ... Helped lead her team to two Valley Championships, winning in 2014 and 2016 ... Also won a CIF Championship in 2016 ... Was named a Scholar Athlete for three years in both water polo and swimming.
CLUB
Played for Royal Water Polo Club for three years and with Clovis Swim Club for 13 years under coaches Ann Baxter, John McGough and Matt Brooks ... Competed in the National Junior Olympics during the summer and in the Cal Cup from her sophomore-senior years.
PERSONAL
Caitlyn June Snyder was born on Sept. 27, 1999 in Fresno, Calif. to parents Mike and Beth Snyder ... Has one younger sister, Julianne, and one older sister, Sarah, who also played for UC Santa Barbara ... Majoring in Communication at UC Santa Barbara ... Snyder didn't start playing water polo until she was 14 ... Lists the Los Angeles Dodgers, Dallas Cowboys and Golden State Warriors as her favorite sports teams ... Her favorite athlete is Ann Baxter ... Favorite movie is "Remember the Titans" ... Favorite TV show is Grey's Anatomy ... Favorite musician is Khalid ... Volunteered with the Make-A-Wish Foundation ... Favorite pre-game pump up song is "Eye of the Tiger" ... Favorite after practice snack is Nature Valley peanut butter bars ... Favorite aspect of UC Santa Barbara is the multitude of dogs in the Isla Vista area ... Her father played collegiate baseball at Fresno State.
