BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Former Hartwick College standout Bronwen Knox was selected to the Australia national team roster for the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, on July 14-27.
The Aussie Stingers will begin against Italy on July 14 at the World Championships, the last major competition ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Also in the Stingers’ group in South Korea are China and Japan.
The captain of the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Australia Olympic Women’s Water Polo teams and two-time Olympic Bronze Medalist (2008, 2012), Knox is the only player in the history of the Hartwick women’s water polo program to earn second team All-America honors from the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC). She helped guide the Hawks to a record of 56-20, two Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Northern Division titles, a CWPA Eastern crown and a sixth-place finish at the 2006 NCAA Division I Championship during her two seasons in Oneonta, N.Y.
Following her freshman campaign in 2005, she was the CWPA Northern and Eastern Championship Rookie of the Year, a first team CWPA Northern and Eastern selection, and was an ACWPC Honorable Mention All-America selection. In 2006, Knox led the country in scoring with 127 tallies and was later named Most Valuable Player of both the Northern Division and Eastern Championships. She also earned ACWPC All-Academic team honors and received second team All-America accolades.
A 2012 inductee to the Hartwick Hall of Fame, she totaled 229 goals, 57 assists, 286 points, 209 steals at Hartwick, including program single-season record 127 goals and 117 steals in 2006.
