2018 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
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Katelyn Fairchild
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Fresno, CA
- High School:
- Clovis North HS
2018 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2018 Season (Senior)
Fairchild earned an All-Big West Honorable Mention after finishing second in the conference in steals (51) and fifth in goals (49) ... Competed in a career-high 33 matches as she posted new personal bests in goals, field goal percentage (43.4) and field blocks (19) ... Led the team field blocks while she finished second in goals and steals, and third in assists (27) ...  Registered 15 multiple-scoring performances ... Netted five goals during Big West play ... Notched four goals in a season-opening win over Azusa Pacific (1/20/18) ... Hit a game-winning goal in sudden death OT vs. No. 11 Long Beach State (2/10/18) ... Knocked in four goals in a victory over No. 25 Cal State East Bay (3/23/18) ... Posted a hat trick vs. No. 14 Long Beach State (3/31/18) ... Hit five goals at the Big West Tournament including four in her final collegiate game with CSUN vs. No. 16 UCSB (4/28/18) ... Ranks fifth in steals (194) and ninth in field blocks (31) in CSUN history.Â
2017Â Season (Junior)
Appeared in all 32 matches and posted career highs in goals (48) and field blocks (9) ... Also tallied 64 steals and dished out 29 assists ... Finished shooting 32.9 percent from the field ... Second on the team in scoring ... Moved up to ninth in school history with 143 career steals ... Posted 15 multiple-goal performances on the year and notched three or more goals in a match six times ... Tallied four goals in Big West play ... Collected nine goals at the UCSB Winter Invite including a hat trick against Sonoma State (1/22/17) ... Scored a career-high five goals vs. No. 19 UC Davis (1/29/17) ... Notched seven combined goals vs. Cal Lutheran and Cal State Monterey Bay (2/3/17) ... Picked up six more goals at the Triton Invitational including four in a win over No. 23 Marist (2/11/17) ... Found the back of the net twice against No. 1 Stanford (2/24/17) ... Helped CSUN knock off No. 20 LMU with three goals (2/26/17) ... Registered goals in each of the Matadors' two games at the Big West Tournament (4/28/17-4/29/17) ... Named to the ACWPC and Big West All-Academic Team.
2016Â Season (Sophomore)
Appearing in 29 matches as a sophomore, Fairchild posted career highs across the board ... Scored 28 goals (28.9 percent shooting) to finish third on the team ... Second on the team in assists with 35 ... Tops on the team in steals with 73 ... Recorded the eighth-most steals in a single season in CSUN history ... Also tallied 13 earned ejections and three field blocks ... Collected first career two-goal performance in the season opener against No. 24 Cal Baptist (1/22/16) ... Scored a goal in each contest versus No. 1 USC during the season (2/20/16, 2/27/16) ... Recorded four goals in Big West play including consecutive two-goal games against No. 16 Long Beach State (4/3/16) and No. 4 Hawai'i (4/9/16) ... Set a new career high with four goals in the fifth-place game of the Big West Tournament against No. 9 UC Davis ... Netted five goals total during the Big West Conference Tournament ... Posted six multiple-goal performances during the season ... Earned ACWPC and Big West Conference All-Academic Team honors.
2015 Season (Freshman)
Fairchild played in 21 games in her freshman season ... Scored four goals and registered seven assists ... Earned six steals ... Received ACWPCÂ All-Academic Team honors.Â
CSUN Career Stats
| Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| 2015 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 0 |
| 2016 | 29 | 28 | 35 | 73 | 3 |
| 2017 | 32 | 48 | 29 | 64 | 9 |
| 2018 | 33 | 49 | 27 | 51 | 19 |
| Totals | 115 | 129 | 98 | 194 | 31 |
Clovis North High School
Fairchild played four years of water polo and swam for four years for the Broncos ... Earned first team all-league honors as a senior ... Named team MVP as a junior and a senior ... Helped lead her team to a D2 Valley Championship as a sophomore ... Graduated in 2014.
Personal
Born on Feb. 23, 1996 ... Daughter of Melissa and Troy Fairchild...Has two brothers, Troy and Jacob ... Favorites include the Dallas Cowboys, Michael Phelps, "Pretty Little Liars" and Paramore ... Says the best advice she has ever been given is "to give 110% of effort 100% of the time and you will go far in life" ... Advice for young people is "take advantage of every opportunity given" ... Lists her mom as her greatest hero ... Fairchild is majoring in Kinesiology.
