BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Former Indiana University women’s water polo athlete Candyce Schroeder was recently promoted to Associate Head Coach for the Hoosiers’ program.
Schroeder enters her third season with the Hoosiers, returning to her alma mater in 2021. She primarily works with the team’s centers and heads up the program’s recruiting efforts. Additionally, Schroeder oversees the scout team and leads player film sessions. Under her instruction, three players have earned a combined seven Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America honors and three All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) selections.
She returned to Indiana in September 2021 after four combined years of coaching experience at California State University Northridge (CSUN) and Durham University in the United Kingdom.
In her time at CSUN, she helped the team reach a Top 25 national ranking in her first two seasons. In 2020, the Matadors got off to their second-best start to a season in school history, going 12-4 in their first 16 games.
She was a coach and a player for the 2016-2017 season at Durham University. Schroeder was an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams and helped guide both groups to the British University College Sports (BUCS) National Championship.
Schroeder also played professionally for the Leeds Sharks in the British Water Polo National League where she led the Sharks in scoring in the same year.
Schroeder graduated from Indiana with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology in 2016 and completed a master’s Degree in Science Marketing at Durham University in 2017.
Among the best players in Hoosiers’ water polo history, he compiled 173 goals, 71 assists, 68 steals and 13 field blocks in 114 games with 91 starts during her four seasons (2013-2016) at Indiana. A four-time Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-Academic and Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Scholar-Athlete selection, she was named to the All-CWPA Team three times with Second Team recognition in 2014 and 2015 prior to notching a First Team notice as a senior in 2016.
A First Team selection to the CWPA Championship All-Tournament Team in 2015 and 2016, she garnered ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention laurels in 2016. Further, she posted National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) All-Tournament Second Team accolades in 2014 after helping the Hoosiers’ capture the CWPA Championship.
During her sophomore season, she helped Indiana win a Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) championship and earn a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament bid. The Hoosiers finished in seventh place that season.
Prior to her collegiate career, Schroeder prepped at San Clemente High School in San Clemente, Calif. She guided the Tritons to the 2011 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) championship as she took home CIF Player of the Year honors. Schroeder also received league MVP, All-County Second Team and All-Southern California First Team accolades in 2011. During her prep career, she racked up two more All-CIF awards and two All-South Coast League selections.
At the club level, Schroeder competed for the SET Water Polo Club where she was a three-time Junior Olympic All-America selection from 2008-2010.
