An All-American student-athlete for the Gauchos, Kenzi Snyder returned to her alma mater in the fall of 2023, joining the UC Santa Barbara Women’s Water Polo coaching staff as an assistant coach. In what is her first collegiate coaching position, Snyder works primarily with the Gauchos’ goalies, the position she herself played in Santa Barbara from 2017-2019.
Following her graduation in 2019, Snyder stayed in Santa Barbara, coaching girls water polo at San Marcos High School from 2020-2022. She then took the same job at Newport Harbor High School in Newport Beach before returning to UC Santa Barbara in October of 2023.
As a student-athlete, Snyder ranked as one of the program’s best goalkeepers of all time. Named to the Association of College Water Polo Coaches All America Second Team after her stellar senior season, Snyder finished her Gaucho career with 597 career saves, which remains the third most in UC Santa Barbara history.
The Santa Ana native graduated with her bachelor's degree in Geography from UC Santa Barbara in 2019 and went on to earn a master's in Cybersecurity from Grand Canyon University in 2023.
