Candyce Schroeder - Assistant Coach - Women's Water Polo Coaches

Candyce Schroeder

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
candyce.schroeder@csun.edu
Phone:
7071

Candyce Schroeder enters her fourth season as an assistant coach to the CSUN Water Polo team in 2021-22.

The Matadors have maintained its national ranking in the Top 25 over her first two seasons on the bench. In 2020, the Matadors posted their best 16-game start to a season since 2003 and second-best overall in team history. CSUN also notched 14 wins in her first year with the team in 2019.

A two-time All-American and champion at the international level, Schroeder served as coach of the 18U Tritons Water Polo Club in her hometown of San Clemente, Calif.

In 2016-17, she took on the role of coach and player at Durham University in the United Kingdom. During the year, Schroeder served as an assistant coach for the men's and women's teams, and helped lead both squads to the British University College Sports (BUCS) National Championship.

During her stint in the UK, she also played for the Leeds Sharks of the British Water Polo National League. Schroeder led the Sharks in scoring for the 2017 season.

Prior to her time overseas, Schroeder was a four-year letterwinner at Indiana University (2013-16) where she tallied 173 career goals and 71 assists. At the center position, Schroeder improved her scoring output in each season with the Hoosiers. A team captain, Schroeder scored a career-best 65 goals in her senior campaign to go with 31 steals and 45 earned ejections. Schroeder made Indiana history in 2016, scoring a school record seven goals in a win over Bucknell. A three-time All-Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) honoree, Schroeder nabbed ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention awards in 2015 and 2016.

As a sophomore, Schroeder helped lead Indiana to a CWPA championship. The Hoosiers clinched a berth into the NCAA Tournament that season, finishing seventh at the event. Schroeder would receive NCAA All-Tournament Second Team honors after racking up seven goals and 11 earned ejections.

While at Indiana, Schroeder also earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards, three CWPA Scholar-Athlete nods and three ACWPC All-Academic accolades.

Prior to her collegiate career, Schroeder prepped at San Clemente High School. She guided the Tritons to the 2011 CIF championship as she took home CIF Player of the Year honors. Schroeder also received league MVP, All-County Second Team and All-Southern California First Team accolades in 2011. During her prep career, she racked up two more All-CIF awards and two All-South Coast League selections.

At the club level, Schroeder competed for the SET Water Polo Club where she was a three-time Junior Olympic All-American from 2008-2010.

Schroeder earned her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology with a minor in Speech Hearing Sciences from Indiana University in 2016. She also earned a Master's Degree in Science Marketing at Durham University in 2017.