2024 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Bacoyanis, Nicole

Jersey Number 2
Nicole Bacoyanis
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Glenview, IL
- High School:
- Glenbrook South HS
Bio
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
Bacoyanis made 24 appearances in her senior season with CSUN ... scored a career-high 15 goals and 26 points to go with 11 assists, eight steals and two field blocks ... shot 32.6 percent from the field ... netted a career-high seven goals with three assists for 10 points in a victory vs. Carthage College (1/26/25) ... finished with a goal and an assist in back-to-back matches vs. Azusa Pacific and Cal Lutheran (2/1/25) ... totaled two assists, two steals and a goal vs. Redlands (3/1/25) ... scored her final goal of her collegiate career vs. Long Beach State at the Big West Championship (4/25/25) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Bacoyanis appeared in 24 matches in her third season with CSUN ... totaled five goals, seven assists, 12 points and two steals for the year ... two of her goals came in Big West play ... registered a goal and an assist in a win over Concordia (2/10/24) ... dished out a season-high two assists vs. LMU (2/23/24) ... scored a season-high two goals to go with an assist vs. California Baptist (3/12/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Bacoyanis played in a career-high 29 matches in her second season with CSUN ... scored seven goals while posting 20 steals, 11 assists and four field blocks ... netted first career goal in a victory over Concordia (2/4/23) ... scored a season-high two goals in a win over Austin College (2/19/23) ... recorded eight steals in seven Big West matches ... earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Bacoyanis appeared in six matches as a true freshman ... dished out two assists on the season, both of which came in a win against Chapman (2/25/22) ... played in one conference game, picking up a field block vs. UC Irvine (2/19/22).
CAREER STATS
Glenbook South High School
Spent four years on the varsity water polo team and on the swimming and diving team for three years ... earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-sectional honors in addition to team MVP honors as a senior ... totaled 87 goals, 67 steals, 59 earned ejections and 10 field blocks in her senior season ... participated on the Olympic Development Program Youth National Team ... played club soccer for East Side Water Polo in Chicago.
Personal
Parents are Jimmy Bacoyanis and Christina Konstantelos ... stepfather is Bob Peck ... she has one sister, Julia Bacoyanis ... her cousin Celena Photopulos played with the CSUN Water Polo team while her other cousin Niko Photopulos played on the men's water polo team at California Baptist ... favorites include the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, "Gossip Girl," "Sixteen Candles," Travis Scott and sushi ... chose CSUN because of the support that is available to student-athletes and all students ... lists scoring five goals to help her high school advance to the sectional semifinals as her greatest sports moment ... says her mother is her greatest hero.
Bacoyanis made 24 appearances in her senior season with CSUN ... scored a career-high 15 goals and 26 points to go with 11 assists, eight steals and two field blocks ... shot 32.6 percent from the field ... netted a career-high seven goals with three assists for 10 points in a victory vs. Carthage College (1/26/25) ... finished with a goal and an assist in back-to-back matches vs. Azusa Pacific and Cal Lutheran (2/1/25) ... totaled two assists, two steals and a goal vs. Redlands (3/1/25) ... scored her final goal of her collegiate career vs. Long Beach State at the Big West Championship (4/25/25) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Bacoyanis appeared in 24 matches in her third season with CSUN ... totaled five goals, seven assists, 12 points and two steals for the year ... two of her goals came in Big West play ... registered a goal and an assist in a win over Concordia (2/10/24) ... dished out a season-high two assists vs. LMU (2/23/24) ... scored a season-high two goals to go with an assist vs. California Baptist (3/12/24) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Bacoyanis played in a career-high 29 matches in her second season with CSUN ... scored seven goals while posting 20 steals, 11 assists and four field blocks ... netted first career goal in a victory over Concordia (2/4/23) ... scored a season-high two goals in a win over Austin College (2/19/23) ... recorded eight steals in seven Big West matches ... earned ACWPC All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Bacoyanis appeared in six matches as a true freshman ... dished out two assists on the season, both of which came in a win against Chapman (2/25/22) ... played in one conference game, picking up a field block vs. UC Irvine (2/19/22).
CAREER STATS
Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Exclusions Drawn |
2022 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
2023 | 29 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 3 |
2024 | 24 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
2025 | 24 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 5 |
Totals | 83 | 27 | 31 | 30 | 8 | 12 |
Glenbook South High School
Spent four years on the varsity water polo team and on the swimming and diving team for three years ... earned first-team all-conference and first-team all-sectional honors in addition to team MVP honors as a senior ... totaled 87 goals, 67 steals, 59 earned ejections and 10 field blocks in her senior season ... participated on the Olympic Development Program Youth National Team ... played club soccer for East Side Water Polo in Chicago.
Personal
Parents are Jimmy Bacoyanis and Christina Konstantelos ... stepfather is Bob Peck ... she has one sister, Julia Bacoyanis ... her cousin Celena Photopulos played with the CSUN Water Polo team while her other cousin Niko Photopulos played on the men's water polo team at California Baptist ... favorites include the Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers, "Gossip Girl," "Sixteen Candles," Travis Scott and sushi ... chose CSUN because of the support that is available to student-athletes and all students ... lists scoring five goals to help her high school advance to the sectional semifinals as her greatest sports moment ... says her mother is her greatest hero.
A Conversation With Matt Warshaw
Friday, May 15
National Student-Athlete Day 2019 - McKenzie Beardsley
Friday, April 05
CSUN Water Polo Report
Friday, February 10
Meet the Matadors - 2017 Women's Water Polo
Wednesday, January 18