BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Former Lindenwood University athlete Hanna Muller and Bucknell University’s Boati Motau (Jr., Johannesburg, South Africa/Roedean School South Africa) will compete for South Africa at the 2023 World Aquatics World Championships set for Saturday-Friday, July 15-29 in Fukuoka, Japan.
South Africa will start out competition in Group C as the squad takes on Argentina, Greece and Italy.
A native of East London, South Africa and a graduate of the Stirling School, Muller previously represented her homeland at the 2018 FINA Women’s World Cup in Surgut, Russia, the 2020/2021 Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022/19th Annual FINA World Championships hosted in Budapest, Hungary
Muller competed for Lindenwood in 2018 and 2019, while earning All-Midwest Division First Team honors as a sophomore in 2019 to accompany All-America Second Team status. She also helped Midwest Division Champion Lindenwood earn a Fifth Place finish at the 2019 Women’s National Collegiate Club Championship hosted by the University of Notre Dame while earning All-Tournament Second Team laurels.
As a freshman in 2018, she claimed positions on the All-America and Midwest Division All-Conference Second Teams following a season in which she led Midwest Division Champion Lindenwood with 59 goals to accompany 34 assists and 61 steals. A National Collegiate Club Championship All-Tournament Second Team selection, she scored 10 goals in four games to help Lindenwood finish in Fourth Place at the event hosted by the University of Washington at Mt. Hood Community College in Gresham, Ore.
A member of South Africa’s squad at the 2020/2021 Olympics in Tokyo, Motai is coming off her second season in Lewisburg, Pa. As a freshman in 2022, she scored 13 times and added 19 assists in 25 games. Statistics from the 2023 season are not available from Bucknell.
