2025 USC Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Ava Knepper
- Class:
- Freshman
- Position:
- Attacker
- Height:
- 5-9
- Hometown:
- Laguna Beach, Calif.
- High School:
- Laguna Beach HS
- Major:
- Undeclared
THIS SEASON: Ava Knepper enters her first season of competition at USC.
NATIONAL TEAMS:
• A member of the U.S. Junior National Team
• Helped lead Team USA to a gold medal at the 2022 Junior Pan American Games, recording six goals in the title match.
• Won gold at the 2022 FINA Youth World Championship — the USA’s first Youth World title since 2014.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Laguna Beach High, where she recorded 104 goals in a season… Named the League Female Athlete of the Year… Played club for SET Water Polo from 2015-2024... Made history with SET in 2023 by scoring the game-winning goal that led her 18U team to its first Junior Olympics title since 2009.
PERSONAL: Knepper has not declared a major… Mother is Dawn… Has one sibling: Lars… Enjoys surfing in her free time… Has always wanted to go skydiving… Would like to visit Spain… Born January 24, 2006.
