Moriah Norman

Background

Van Norman was born in San Diego, California.

Career

Her position is two-meter offense (center forward). She earned four-time high school All-American honors at University of San Diego High School in San Diego. She was named California Interscholastic Federation player of the year and league most valuable player in her senior season. van Norman earned All-America honors in her 2003 freshman season after leading her University of Southern California Trojans team in scoring with 65 goals.

In 2005, van Norman was third on the team in scoring with 40 goals in her junior season.

In her final season, University of Southern California, with a season record of 27-3, was top-seeded at the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships, but van Norman"s six goals in the 3 tournament matches were not enough. van Norman racked up 215 goals in her four years with University of Southern California, third all-time in Trojan history. She also played with the 2002 Pan-American Games championship team

At the 2008 China Summer Olympic games, she and the American team lost 8-9 in the Championship game to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal. In June 2009, van Norman was named to the United States of America water polo women"s senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.

Van Norman majored in English, and graduated from University of Southern California. Her sister Sarah plays for University of Southern California and is in her senior year as a two-meter player.

Her brother Jordan played water polo for University of Southern California and more recently Whittier College.

Achievements

• She scored three or more goals in five matches including five against University of California Berkeley and three against University of California, Los Los Angeles As a 2004 sophomore, van Norman finished second on the team in scoring with 58 goals, leading her team to win the National Collegiate Athletic Association Women"s Water Polo Championship. She became the third player in University of Southern California women"s water polo history to win the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation"s top collegiate women"s player and the last person to receive the award from legendary former Cal coach Pete Cutino, who died in September 2004. She picked up her third ejection with 5:15 left in the final game, and sat out the remainder of the game on the bench as University of California, Los Angeles won, 9-8. Van Norman was a member of the United States. Junior National Team, won gold at the 2005 FINA Junior World Championships and silver at the 2003 FINA Junior World Championships. Van Norman is a member of the United States. national team, which won silver at the 2005 FINA World Water Polo Championships.