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She attended Rancho Bernardo High School.
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Tanya Gandy
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In June, 2009, Gandy was named to the United States of America Water Polo Women's Senior National Team for the 2009 FINA World Championships. Gandy, who wears #10 cap, is an attacker on the University of California, Los Angeles team She and her senior teammates have never lost a championship tournament match.
In her senior year, Gandy scored 79 goals, the highest single-season goal total in program history (eclipsing Coralie Simmons" 74-goal total from 1998).
She scored 5 goals against San Jose State on March 14, 2009. During the 2008 season, Gandy had 47 goals and 40 assists.
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Gandy earned National Collegiate Athletic Association Tournament most valuable player honor when she scored three goals in the 2009 tournament game against University of Southern California. She is one of three finalist for the female Peter J. Cutino Award, the highest honor for a college water polo player. She was also named National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Player of the Year and first-team All-America accolades by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) in 2009. In high school, she was All-CIF and All-League Player of the Year.
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