2025 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Sandhagen, Helena
Goalkeeper
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Jersey Number 11
Helena Sandhagen
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Claremont, CA
- High School:
- Claremont HS
Bio
2024 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2022 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
CSUN - 2025 (Graduate)
Sandhagen played in all 29 matches in her final season with CSUN ... registered new career highs in goals (44), assists (22) and points (66) while she added 19 steals and 29 exclusions drawn ... ranked third on the team in goals and points ... shot 42.7 percent from the field ... primary Matador sprinter, winning 36 on the season ... recorded 11 multi-goal efforts ... posted nine goals, four assists and 13 points in Big West play ... scored a career-high six goals vs. Salem University (1/25/25) ... totaled two goals and four assists vs. Chapman (2/8/25) ... went 3-for-3 with one assist vs. Fresno Pacific (2/28/25) ... registered four goals and one assist vs. No. 12 UC San Diego (4/5/25) ... leaves CSUN ranked eighth school history in career field goal percentage (42.7) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2024 (Senior)
Sandhagen received ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention accolades for the second time in her career ... played in all 33 matches, posting new career bests in goals (43), points (55) and blocks (9) ... shot 44.8 percent from the field (43-of-96) ... third on the team in goals and fourth in points ... registered 11 multiple-goal performances including six games of three goals or more ... scored six goals in Big West play ... netted a season-high four goals in an overtime win over Azusa Pacific (2/3/24) ... hit the net four more times vs. Toronto (2/16/24) ... posted another four-goal game vs. Chapman (3/1/24) ... scored twice vs. UC Irvine (3/15/24) ... received a spot on the Big West All-Academic Team and ACWPC All-Academic Team.
2023 Season (Junior)
Sandhagen played in all 30 games in her third season of competition ... ranked fourth on the team in goals (21) and points (38) ... posted new career-highs in assists (17), steals (26) and exclusions drawn (25) to go with five field blocks ... registered five multiple-goal performances including three-straight to end Big West play ... tallied seven goals, seven steals, three assists and two field blocks in Big West matches ... recorded a hat trick and had one assist vs. Concordia (2/11/23) ... hit the net twice at UC Irvine (4/7/23) ...finished with two more goals vs. UC San Diego (4/15/23) ... wrapped up Big West play with two goals and one assist in a win over Cal State Fullerton (4/22/23) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team and ACWPC All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Sandhagen earned All-America Honorable Mention accolades in her second season of competition at CSUN ... third on the team in points (38) and fourth in goals (26) ... shot 47.3 percent from the field while totaling 12 assists, 11 steals and seven blocks ... one of five players to appear in all 26 matches ... posted six multiple-scoring games ... scored a career-high five goals including the game-winning goal vs. Concordia (1/30/22) ... tallied two goals and an assist vs. Long Island (2/26/22) ... netted three goals vs. Brown (3/27/22) ... collected three more goals vs. Long Beach State (4/16/22) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2021 (Sophomore)
Sandhagen did not compete in any games after the water polo team opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2020 (Freshman)
Sandhagen appeared in all 19 matches in her freshman season ... fourth on the team in goals with 22 to go with seven earned ejections, six assists and four steals ... shot 45.8 percent from the field ... posted seven multiple-goal performances ... scored first career goal against No. 25 Azusa Pacific (1/17/20) ... also scored against No. 2 UCLA (1/17/20) and No. 7 Michigan (1/18/20) at the UCSB Winter Invite ... tallied two goals against Fresno Pacific (1/31/20) ... hit the back of the net twice vs. No. 9 UC Davis (2/9/20) ... scored four goals at the Bulldog Invitational including two-goal efforts vs. Whittier and Redlands (2/15/20) ... picked up a goal vs. No. 10 UC San Diego (2/29/20).
Claremont High School
Spent four seasons on the water polo team while also ran on the cross country team and participated in the shot put and discus on the track & field team ... earned All-CIF honors two seasons while also picking up league MVP accolades ... also received varsity MVP honors her senior season ... other accolades include coaches award and most dedicated in her prep career.
Personal
Parents are Kelly and John ... has one brother named Hunter ... her great uncle, Edwin Marvin Rick ran track at Princeton and competed in the steeple chase at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games ... her great grandfather, Pierre Nicolas Miles, played football at UC Davis ... her grandfather, Frederick Yanez, played baseball at Cal Poly Pomona and eventually played professionally in the Minnesota Twins organization ... her step grandfather, James Micheal Halloran, played tennis at Long Beach State ... her mother and brother played water polo at Citrus College ... favorites include USA National Team, "Big Bang Theory" and all you can eat food ... chose CSUN because it felt like home to her and that the team supports one another ... says her grandmother is her greatest hero.
2022 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
CSUN - 2025 (Graduate)
Sandhagen played in all 29 matches in her final season with CSUN ... registered new career highs in goals (44), assists (22) and points (66) while she added 19 steals and 29 exclusions drawn ... ranked third on the team in goals and points ... shot 42.7 percent from the field ... primary Matador sprinter, winning 36 on the season ... recorded 11 multi-goal efforts ... posted nine goals, four assists and 13 points in Big West play ... scored a career-high six goals vs. Salem University (1/25/25) ... totaled two goals and four assists vs. Chapman (2/8/25) ... went 3-for-3 with one assist vs. Fresno Pacific (2/28/25) ... registered four goals and one assist vs. No. 12 UC San Diego (4/5/25) ... leaves CSUN ranked eighth school history in career field goal percentage (42.7) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2024 (Senior)
Sandhagen received ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention accolades for the second time in her career ... played in all 33 matches, posting new career bests in goals (43), points (55) and blocks (9) ... shot 44.8 percent from the field (43-of-96) ... third on the team in goals and fourth in points ... registered 11 multiple-goal performances including six games of three goals or more ... scored six goals in Big West play ... netted a season-high four goals in an overtime win over Azusa Pacific (2/3/24) ... hit the net four more times vs. Toronto (2/16/24) ... posted another four-goal game vs. Chapman (3/1/24) ... scored twice vs. UC Irvine (3/15/24) ... received a spot on the Big West All-Academic Team and ACWPC All-Academic Team.
2023 Season (Junior)
Sandhagen played in all 30 games in her third season of competition ... ranked fourth on the team in goals (21) and points (38) ... posted new career-highs in assists (17), steals (26) and exclusions drawn (25) to go with five field blocks ... registered five multiple-goal performances including three-straight to end Big West play ... tallied seven goals, seven steals, three assists and two field blocks in Big West matches ... recorded a hat trick and had one assist vs. Concordia (2/11/23) ... hit the net twice at UC Irvine (4/7/23) ...finished with two more goals vs. UC San Diego (4/15/23) ... wrapped up Big West play with two goals and one assist in a win over Cal State Fullerton (4/22/23) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team and ACWPC All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Sophomore)
Sandhagen earned All-America Honorable Mention accolades in her second season of competition at CSUN ... third on the team in points (38) and fourth in goals (26) ... shot 47.3 percent from the field while totaling 12 assists, 11 steals and seven blocks ... one of five players to appear in all 26 matches ... posted six multiple-scoring games ... scored a career-high five goals including the game-winning goal vs. Concordia (1/30/22) ... tallied two goals and an assist vs. Long Island (2/26/22) ... netted three goals vs. Brown (3/27/22) ... collected three more goals vs. Long Beach State (4/16/22) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2021 (Sophomore)
Sandhagen did not compete in any games after the water polo team opted out of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2020 (Freshman)
Sandhagen appeared in all 19 matches in her freshman season ... fourth on the team in goals with 22 to go with seven earned ejections, six assists and four steals ... shot 45.8 percent from the field ... posted seven multiple-goal performances ... scored first career goal against No. 25 Azusa Pacific (1/17/20) ... also scored against No. 2 UCLA (1/17/20) and No. 7 Michigan (1/18/20) at the UCSB Winter Invite ... tallied two goals against Fresno Pacific (1/31/20) ... hit the back of the net twice vs. No. 9 UC Davis (2/9/20) ... scored four goals at the Bulldog Invitational including two-goal efforts vs. Whittier and Redlands (2/15/20) ... picked up a goal vs. No. 10 UC San Diego (2/29/20).
| Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Exclusions Drawn |
| 2020 | 19 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| 2023 | 30 | 21 | 17 | 26 | 5 | 25 |
| 2024 | 33 | 43 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 32 |
| 2025 | 29 | 44 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 29 |
| Totals | 137 | 156 | 69 | 72 | 23 | 101 |
Claremont High School
Spent four seasons on the water polo team while also ran on the cross country team and participated in the shot put and discus on the track & field team ... earned All-CIF honors two seasons while also picking up league MVP accolades ... also received varsity MVP honors her senior season ... other accolades include coaches award and most dedicated in her prep career.
Personal
Parents are Kelly and John ... has one brother named Hunter ... her great uncle, Edwin Marvin Rick ran track at Princeton and competed in the steeple chase at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games ... her great grandfather, Pierre Nicolas Miles, played football at UC Davis ... her grandfather, Frederick Yanez, played baseball at Cal Poly Pomona and eventually played professionally in the Minnesota Twins organization ... her step grandfather, James Micheal Halloran, played tennis at Long Beach State ... her mother and brother played water polo at Citrus College ... favorites include USA National Team, "Big Bang Theory" and all you can eat food ... chose CSUN because it felt like home to her and that the team supports one another ... says her grandmother is her greatest hero.
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