2024 Women's Water Polo Roster
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Pal, Anna
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Jersey Number 16
Anna Pal
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Budapest, Hungary
- High School:
- Móricz Zsigmond Gimnázium
Bio
2025 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2024 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2024 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2023 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2022 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2022 Big West All-Freshman Team
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
Pal wrapped up her CSUN career by receiving ACWC All-America Honorable Mention and All-Big West Honorable Mention accolades ... led the Big West with a career-high 67 assists ... also topped CSUN with a career-high 51 steals while she was second on the team in goals (59) and points (126) ... recorded 20 multi-goal games and scored once in 23 of 29 matches ... totaled 12 goals, 11 assists, 23 points and 10 steals in Big West play ... recorded nine points (four goals and five assists) vs. UC Merced (1/26/25) ... dished out a season-high seven assists to go with a pair of goals vs. Chapman (2/8/25) ... had a season-best six goals at California Baptist (2/8/25) ... posted four goals at No. 19 UC Santa Barbara (4/12/25) ... finished her CSUN career with a hat trick and totaled two assists vs. Long Beach State at the Big West Championship (4/25/25) ... became the first Matador in school history to reach 200 goals and 200 assists for a career ... broke the all-time CSUN record for career assists, ending the year at 209 ... also leaves CSUN ranked sixth in career goals (200) and ninth in career field blocks (34) ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Pal had a career season, earning her third straight ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention award along with her first career All-Big West Honorable Mention ... led the team and ranked second in the Big West with 127 points while playing in all 33 matches ... her personal-best 65 goals was second-best on the team and fourth in the Big West ... topped the Big West with a career-high 62 assists ... third on the team with 31 steals ... totaled 13 goals and 19 points in Big West play ... collected Big West Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career on April 17 ... registered 18 multiple-goal performances along with 14 games of three or more goals ... made a game-tying goal in the final seconds of regulation then the game winner in overtime, finishing with four goals vs. Azusa Pacific (2/3/24) ... recorded five goals and four assists in a win over Iona (3/3/24) ... scored CSUN's last three goals including the game-winning goal with under a minute to play to beat No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (4/5/24) ... netted four goals in an upset win over No. 14 UC Davis (4/13/24) ... moved into sixth place all-time in team history in career assists with 142 ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team, ACWPC All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Pal collected her second-straight All-America Honorable Mention award in her second season at CSUN ... played in all 30 matches, scoring the third-most goals on the team with 29 ... ranked third in The Big West in assists (43), sixth in steals (36) and eighth in points (72) ... led the team in assists and ranked second in steals ... posted 13 field blocks and 20 exclusions drawn ... registered at least one point in 26 games and multiple-goal performances in eight matches ... finished with six goals, six assists and nine steals in Big West play ... recorded a hat trick and had three steals vs. Concordia (2/11/23) ... blocked four shots, dished out three assists and scored once vs. Cal State East Bay (2/18/23) ... posted another hat trick in a win over Villanova (3/7/23) ... scored three goals to go with two assists and two steals at UC Santa Barbara (4/1/23) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team ... named to CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Pal earned All-America Honorable Mention honors in her first season of competition ... placed on the Big West All-Freshman Team ... finished second in the Big West in assists (37), fifth in points (84) and seventh in goals (47) ... shot 46.5 percent from the field ... registered 21 steals, 16 exclusions drawn and six field blocks ... posted 14 multiple-scoring games ... tallied 10 goals and nine assists in Big West play ... one of five players to play in all 26 matches ... recorded four goals and four assists vs. Marist (2/12/22) ... finished with three goals and two assists in a win over No. 19 San Diego State (2/13/22) ... found the net four times vs. Brown (3/27/22) ... tallied four steals, three goals and three assists at No. 10 UC Davis (4/2/22) ... scored three more goals to go with an assist vs. UC Irvine at the Big West Championships (4/21/22) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic honors.
CSUN - 2021 (Freshman)
Pal 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.
CAREER STATS
Moricz Zsigmond Gimnazium
Won a Hungarian Championship in 2019 in addition to national titles while with the U-18, U-16 and U-14 teams ... played club water polo with UVSE in Budapest since 2014 and most recently with the Foothill Water Polo Club.
Personal
Her mother is Eva Pal ... favorites include the Hungarian Football Club Ujpest, Andres Iniesta, Yon Gonzales, Cameron Dia, "How I Met Your Mother," "A Dog's Purpose," Green Day and KSHMR ... lists winning the Hungarian Junior Championship as her greatest sports moment ... says her mom is her greatest hero.
2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2024 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2024 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2023 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2022 ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention
2022 Big West All-Freshman Team
CSUN - 2025 (Senior)
Pal wrapped up her CSUN career by receiving ACWC All-America Honorable Mention and All-Big West Honorable Mention accolades ... led the Big West with a career-high 67 assists ... also topped CSUN with a career-high 51 steals while she was second on the team in goals (59) and points (126) ... recorded 20 multi-goal games and scored once in 23 of 29 matches ... totaled 12 goals, 11 assists, 23 points and 10 steals in Big West play ... recorded nine points (four goals and five assists) vs. UC Merced (1/26/25) ... dished out a season-high seven assists to go with a pair of goals vs. Chapman (2/8/25) ... had a season-best six goals at California Baptist (2/8/25) ... posted four goals at No. 19 UC Santa Barbara (4/12/25) ... finished her CSUN career with a hat trick and totaled two assists vs. Long Beach State at the Big West Championship (4/25/25) ... became the first Matador in school history to reach 200 goals and 200 assists for a career ... broke the all-time CSUN record for career assists, ending the year at 209 ... also leaves CSUN ranked sixth in career goals (200) and ninth in career field blocks (34) ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)
Pal had a career season, earning her third straight ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention award along with her first career All-Big West Honorable Mention ... led the team and ranked second in the Big West with 127 points while playing in all 33 matches ... her personal-best 65 goals was second-best on the team and fourth in the Big West ... topped the Big West with a career-high 62 assists ... third on the team with 31 steals ... totaled 13 goals and 19 points in Big West play ... collected Big West Player of the Week honors for the first time in her career on April 17 ... registered 18 multiple-goal performances along with 14 games of three or more goals ... made a game-tying goal in the final seconds of regulation then the game winner in overtime, finishing with four goals vs. Azusa Pacific (2/3/24) ... recorded five goals and four assists in a win over Iona (3/3/24) ... scored CSUN's last three goals including the game-winning goal with under a minute to play to beat No. 15 UC Santa Barbara (4/5/24) ... netted four goals in an upset win over No. 14 UC Davis (4/13/24) ... moved into sixth place all-time in team history in career assists with 142 ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team, ACWPC All-Academic Team and CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Pal collected her second-straight All-America Honorable Mention award in her second season at CSUN ... played in all 30 matches, scoring the third-most goals on the team with 29 ... ranked third in The Big West in assists (43), sixth in steals (36) and eighth in points (72) ... led the team in assists and ranked second in steals ... posted 13 field blocks and 20 exclusions drawn ... registered at least one point in 26 games and multiple-goal performances in eight matches ... finished with six goals, six assists and nine steals in Big West play ... recorded a hat trick and had three steals vs. Concordia (2/11/23) ... blocked four shots, dished out three assists and scored once vs. Cal State East Bay (2/18/23) ... posted another hat trick in a win over Villanova (3/7/23) ... scored three goals to go with two assists and two steals at UC Santa Barbara (4/1/23) ... placed on the Big West All-Academic Team ... named to CSC Academic All-District Team.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Pal earned All-America Honorable Mention honors in her first season of competition ... placed on the Big West All-Freshman Team ... finished second in the Big West in assists (37), fifth in points (84) and seventh in goals (47) ... shot 46.5 percent from the field ... registered 21 steals, 16 exclusions drawn and six field blocks ... posted 14 multiple-scoring games ... tallied 10 goals and nine assists in Big West play ... one of five players to play in all 26 matches ... recorded four goals and four assists vs. Marist (2/12/22) ... finished with three goals and two assists in a win over No. 19 San Diego State (2/13/22) ... found the net four times vs. Brown (3/27/22) ... tallied four steals, three goals and three assists at No. 10 UC Davis (4/2/22) ... scored three more goals to go with an assist vs. UC Irvine at the Big West Championships (4/21/22) ... named to the Big West All-Academic Team ... Earned ACWPC All-Academic honors.
CSUN - 2021 (Freshman)
Pal 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.
CAREER STATS
| Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Steals | Blocks | Exclusions Drawn |
| 2022 | 26 | 47 | 37 | 21 | 6 | 16 |
| 2023 | 30 | 29 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 20 |
| 2024 | 33 | 65 | 62 | 31 | 8 | 10 |
| 2025 | 29 | 59 | 67 | 51 | 7 | 15 |
| Totals | 118 | 200 | 209 | 139 | 34 | 61 |
Moricz Zsigmond Gimnazium
Won a Hungarian Championship in 2019 in addition to national titles while with the U-18, U-16 and U-14 teams ... played club water polo with UVSE in Budapest since 2014 and most recently with the Foothill Water Polo Club.
Personal
Her mother is Eva Pal ... favorites include the Hungarian Football Club Ujpest, Andres Iniesta, Yon Gonzales, Cameron Dia, "How I Met Your Mother," "A Dog's Purpose," Green Day and KSHMR ... lists winning the Hungarian Junior Championship as her greatest sports moment ... says her mom is her greatest hero.
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