Madeline Musselman (born June 16, 1998) is an American
water polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
player. Maddie was named Woman's water polo MVP after her USA Team won gold in Tokyo at the 2020ne Summer Olympics. She was one of the highest leading scorers with 18 goals. It is the fourth time in her career that she has been named the MVP of a major international tournament as she was named the MVP of the FINA World League Super Final in 2019 and again in 2021. She was also named the MVP of the FINA World Championships in 2017 where Team USA won gold; scored 16 goals in six games, including hat trick in 13–6 final-round win over Spain. Additionally, the three-time First-Team All-American, at UCLA, was also named the 2021 Women's Total Player of the Year by ''(Total Waterpolo)''.
Maddie was also part of the gold medal-winning American team at the
2016 Summer Olympics. She was the second-leading goal scorer of the US team in the event with 12 goals and named to the Olympic All-Star Team.
Musselman won gold with Team USA at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan, Russia, and at the Pan American Games in Toronto.
She was named 2017
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
The Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) is a college athletic conference with members located mostly in the western United States, although it now has members as far east as Pennsylvania. The conference participates at the NCAA Division I ...
Newcomer of the Year after she won a conference-record seven Newcomer of the Week awards.
Personal life
Musselman is the daughter of former
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL) ...
pitcher
Jeff Musselman.
See also
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List of Olympic champions in women's water polo
This is a list of Olympic champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
Abbreviations
History
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
As of 2016, women's teams from Europe, North ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)
Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals.
There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Pet ...
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List of world champions in women's water polo
This is a list of world champions in women's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1986.
Abbreviations
History
The 1986 Women's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the women's water polo tournament at the Worl ...
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References
External links
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Maddie Musselman– National Team water polo profile at USAwaterpolo.org
Maddie Musselman– UCLA athlete profile at UCLAbruins.com
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1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Newport Beach, California
American female water polo players
Water polo drivers
Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo
World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Water polo players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games medalists in water polo
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
UCLA Bruins women's water polo players
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics