Ashley Grossman (born May 27, 1993) is a

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player."Ashley Grossman,"
Team USA. She has competed as a member of the

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, for both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Teams, including as Team USA won a

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Early life

Grossman was born in

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, to Linda and Gerald (Gerry) Grossman. Her father played football for the

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, and her mother ran track for the

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at the

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Water polo career

Grossman attended Harvard-Westlake High School (Class of 2011), earning four letters in water polo and captain of the water polo team her final two years. Her senior year she was named All-American,

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Southern Section Division I Player of the Year, and Mission League MVP. She competed in the 2009 and 2011 Junior World Water Polo Championships, and was named MVP of the 2010 Junior Olympics. In 2011, she and high school baseball player

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won the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame High School Award. She then attended

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(Class of 2014, majoring in Science, Technology and Society), and with the water polo team winning three

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championships. As a freshman in 2012, playing for the

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water polo team at the 2-meter position, Grossman was Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America Honorable Mention, ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent, All-

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(MPSF) Honorable Mention, and named to the MPSF All-Newcomer Team. As a sophomore in 2013, she was ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, and MPSF All-Academic. As a junior in 2014, she was ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention, ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, All-MPSF Honorable Mention, and MPSF All-Academic. As a senior in 2015, she was ACWPC First Team All-American, ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, All-NCAA Tournament First Team, All-MPSF Second Team, and MPSF All-Academic. She finished her college career 10th in Stanford history, with 169 goals. She was the co-recipient of the Pam Strathairn Award at the Stanford Athletic Board Awards, for her competitive attitude. In 2016, she was awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements. In both 2012 and 2014 Grossman won the

Championship with Stanford University. In 2013 she won a

at the

FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships is an international water polo tournament held every two years for the players under the age of 20. It was launched by FINA in 1981 for men and in 1995 for women . In 2014, with Team USA she won a

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at the FINA Women's Water Polo Intercontinental Tournament. Grossman competed as a member of the

, for both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Teams. She played for Team USA in the

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as it won a gold medal in June 2015, and the

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against Argentina, Cuba, and Mexico as Team USA won a gold medal in

in July 2015.

Halls of Fame

In 2016 Grossman was inducted into the

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and the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Northern California. In 2017, she was inducted into the Harvard-Westlake Hall of Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grossman, Ashley 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Santa Monica, California American female water polo players Stanford Cardinal women's water polo players Harvard-Westlake School alumni Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in water polo Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games

Early life

Water polo career

Halls of Fame

See also

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