BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Former Hartwick College and Australia National Team star Bronwen Knox will return to the water in January as Australia’s only four-time female Olympic water polo player will compete for the University of Western Australia Torpedoes Water Polo Club in an effort to lift the profile of the sport in Western Australia.
The 36-year-old competed in a national record 394 games for Australia prior to returning following the past Olympic Games. She made her national debut in 2005 and won gold, two silvers and a bronze at various FINA World Cups, as well as two silvers and a bronze at the FINA World Championships.
The recipient of the 2022 Outstanding Achievement Athlete as part of the inaugural Water Polo Australia Awards, she served as captain of the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Australia Olympic Women’s Water Polo teams, a member of the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020/21 Olympic squads and is a 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 as a member of the Hawks, including program single-season record 127 goals and 117 steals in 2006.
