2016 Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Shannon Hovanesian
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- La Crescenta, CA
- High School:
- Crescenta Valley HS
2018 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2018 Season (Senior)
Hovanesian earned an All-Big West Honorable Mention ... Served as team captain for the third-straight season ... Saw action in all 33 matches and led the Big West in assists (40) and steals (53) ... Led the team in earned ejections (78) and finished third in goals (28) ... Registered eight multiple-scoring performances ... Finished with four goals in Big West play ... Scored twice vs. No. 7 UC Irvine (2/10/18) ... Hit the net twice in a win over Azusa Pacific (3/3/18) ... Tied a career high with four goals in a victory over No. 20 Harvard (3/11/18) ... Posted two goals in an OT match vs. No. 14 Long Beach State (3/31/18) ... Finished third in earned ejections (190), seventh in field blocks (37), eighth in assists (130) and 10th in steals (167) in CSUNÂ history.Â
2017 Season (Junior)
Hovanesian appeared in all 32 matches and posted new career highs in goals (27), assists (48), steals (51) and earned ejections (56) ... Led the team in assists and earned ejections while she finished third in goals and steals ... Shot 34.6 percent from the field ... Moved up to eighth all-time in school history with 112 earned ejections ... Tied for ninth in the CSUN record books with 23 field blocks ... Posted the ninth-most assists recorded in a single season in team history ... Scored five goals in Big West play ... Recorded a hat trick in a win over Cal State East Bay (1/30/17) ... Tallied two goals in a victory over No. 23 Marist (2/11/17) ... Completed another hat trick at No. 16 UC San Diego (3/10/17) ... Scored a career-high four goals at No. 10 UC Davis (3/18/17) ... Hit the back of the net against No. 16 Long Beach State (3/25/17) ... Named to the ACWPC and Big West All-Academic Teams.Â
2016Â Season (Sophomore)
Appeared in all 32 matches as a sophomore, scoring 20 goals, totaling 34 assists and registering 49 steals ... Finished tops on the team in field blocks with 13 ... Also second on the team in earned ejections (39), third in steals, third in assists and fifth in goals ... Shot 22.0 percent from the field ... Netted four at the UCSB Winter Invite including two goals each against Azusa Pacific (1/22/16) and No. 21 UC San Diego (1/23/16) ... Posted first career hat trick versus No. 7 UC Davis (2/13/16) ... Scored twice against No. 18 Harvard (3/17/16) ... Led CSUN in scoring with three tallies against No. 4 Hawai'i (4/9/16) ... Connected on two goals to help the Matadors defeat UC Davis in the fifth-place game of the Big West Tournament ... Registered seven multiple-goal performances during the season ... Earned ACWPC and Big West Conference All-Academic Team honors.
2015 Season (Freshman)
Hovanesian competed in all 26 matches in her freshman season ... She scored 10 goals, eighth-best on the team ... Registered 14 steals, eight assists and three field blocks ... Scored twice in two different games against the likes of Redlands (2/15/15) and No. 20 UC San Diego (3/12/15) ... Received an ACWPC All-Academic Team honor.Â
CSUN Career Stats
| Year | Matches | Goals | Assists | Steals | Blocks |
| 2015 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 3 |
| 2016 | 32 | 20 | 34 | 49 | 13 |
| 2017 | 32 | 27 | 48 | 51 | 7 |
| 2018 | 33 | 28 | 40 | 53 | 14 |
| Totals | 123 | 85 | 130 | 167 | 37 |
Crescenta Valley High School
Hovanesian played three years of water polo for the falcons ... Earned all-area first team honors three times...Earned league MVP honors as a junior ... Helped lead team to CIF Championship as a junior ... Named to All-CIF Division Five first team honors ... Graduate in 2014.Â
Personal
Born on May 1, 1996 ... Daughter of Joanne and Walter Hovanesian ... Has two sisters, Stevei and Shelby, and one brother, Wesley ... Favorites include Robert Downey Jr., Drew Barrymore, "Moonrise Kingdom" and The Killers ... Person in history she would most like to meet is her great grandmother, who immigrated from Ireland to the United States ... Hovanesian is majoring in Health Sciences.
