Sarah Kreiser enters her second season as an assistant women's water polo coach at UCSB in 2023. She joined the Gaucho coaching staff after spending the 2020-21 season in multiple coaching roles at Laguna Beach High School, SET Water Polo Club, and Laguna Beach Water Polo Club.
A member of the Gaucho water polo team for four years from 2015-2019, Kreiser earned Academic All-Conference honors in Winter and Spring 2017, while leading the team in field blocks that same year. She was a team captain in both the 2018 and 2019 campaigns, and she picked up All-Big West second team honors in 2018. In total, she scored 113 goals, assisted on 55, racked up 111 steals, and collected 47 field blocks in her time at UCSB.
After graduating from UCSB with a degree in History of Art and Architecture, Kreiser continued her education in Scotland at the University of St. Andrews, where she earned a Master's degree with Merit in Art History.
While abroad, she played a season for the St. Andrews women's water polo team as well as for Coventry City Water Polo in the British Water Polo League. As a player at St. Andrews, she earned Half Blue Distinction honors for Excellence in Sporting. She also served on the coaching staff at St. Andrews for the second team competing in the 1A league.
