Shae La Roche (; born September 3, 1992) is a Canadian

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player. She won the silver medal with the Women's National Team at the

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and the

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. She competed at the

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College career

Fournier attended

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playing on the water polo team from 2011 to 2018. In her senior year at Indiana University she became the school’s first water polo player to earn Academic All-American honours. She was also a second-team All-American and Collegiate Water Polo Association Player of the Year. She set a Hoosiers record with 302 career goals, making her one of only five players in NCAA history to score 300 or more goals.

International career

Fournier made her senior debut in 2014, competing in the FINA Water Polo World League. In 2017 she won the silver medal at the

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held in Shanghai, China. In June 2021, La Roche was named to Canada's 2020 Summer Olympics team.

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* 1992 births Living people Canadian female water polo players Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in water polo Sportspeople from Calgary Sportspeople from Winnipeg Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2019 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Canada Indiana Hoosiers women's water polo players {{Canada-waterpolo-bio-stub