UC Santa Barbara
2019
In her first season with the Gauchos as an attacker Bleiberg played in 29 games…Scored 6 goals to go along with 7 assists…Tallied 6 drawn exclusions to go along with 9 steals.
George Washington
2018
As a freshman under head coach Barry King, Bleiberg ended the year third on the team with 34 goals on 98 attempts, giving her a .347 shooting percentage ... She also ranked second on the team in assists (33), points (67) and drawn exclusions ... Was named the Collegiate Water Polo Association Rookie of the Week and earned a spot on the conference Player of the Week honor roll in March after posting seven goals, five assists and six drawn exclusions over four games on GW's West Coast trip.
High School
Played varsity water polo for four years at Thousand Oaks High School (2014-15), and at Royal High School (2016-17) as an attacker for head coach Devin Hurst ... Totaled 227 goals over her high school career, including a career-high 72 as a senior at Royal ... Also tallied 310 assists, 214 steals and 154 ejections drawn ... Was named the Coastal Canyon Player of the Year (MVP) as a senior ... Named All-League in all four years ... Daily News All-Area Team and All-Ventura County Team all four years ... All-CIF Team as a junior ... All-Coastl Canyon Academic Team as a senior ... Broke the single-season assist record as a freshman at Thousand Oaks with 100 ... Set the career assists record her sophomore year, finishing with 151 total ... Won the CIF-Championship Division 4 Southern Section in 2016 ... Won the Coastal Canyon League championship in 2016 and 2017 ... Also competed in swim ... Earned a Scholar Athlete award in each of her first three years before being named Scholar Athlete of the Year as a senior ... Also a three-time USA Water Polo Academic All-American and was a class valedictorian.
Club
Competed for water polo clubs South Coast, Westside, and Rosebowl over seven years ... Was in the Platinum bracket at Junior Olympics for three years with Rosebowl ... Spent one year with the Olympic Development Program.
Personal
Dara Braden Bleiberg was born on June 30, 1999 in Simi Valley, Calif. to parents Dave and Lura Bleiberg in her hometown of Simi Valley, Calif. ... Has one older sibling, her brother Tyler ... Plans to major in Environmental Science with a minor in Sustainability ... Aspires to be an environmental engineer ... Names "Good Will Hunting" as her favorite movie ... Lists "The Office" and "New Girl" as her favorite TV shows ... Favorite band is "Dave Matthews Band" ... Enjoys surfing ... Names Magic Johnson as her favorite athlete ... Started playing water polo at age nine ... After graduating, plans to travel and research abroad ... Favorite after practice snack is a PB&J ... Favorite aspects of UCSB are the culture of Isla Vista and how down to earth the people are ... Her mother also played collegiate sports as a volleyball player at San Francisco State.
