BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Indiana University alumna Shae Fournier is among a group of 40 athletes selected to Water Polo Canada’s Senior National Team Talent Pool (SNTTP) for the 2020-2021 season.
“For the first time in many years, WPC is publishing its Senior National Team Talent Pool marking a key shift to further integrate transparency and integrity to the selection process. Although the pandemic impacted the majority of 2020, we are hopeful that 2021 will bring opportunities to our programs. I’d like to be the first to congratulate the selected athletes to their respective talent pools,” explained Justin Oliveira, Water Polo Canada’s High Performance Director.
The SNTTP consists of the athletes eligible to represent Canada, demonstrating the potential to earn a position on Water Polo Canada’s Senior National Team for activities within the 2020-2021 season. Changes to the athlete pool may be made at the discretion of the head coach of the women’s team.
A 2014 graduate of Indiana and currently a member of the Canada National Team, Fournier (2011-2014) is one of the most decorated players in Hoosiers’ water polo history. She holds the top two school records for single-season goals (95 in 2014, 83 in 2013) and career goals (305), and is second in IU history in career steals (311). Fournier was the 2014 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Player of the Year, and earned second team Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America and College Sport Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First-Team Academic All-America honors. Fournier is one of five players in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history to score 300 or more goals in her career.
The Most Valuable Player of the 2014 CWPA Championship hosted by Bucknell University for leading the Hoosiers to an 11-10 victory over Princeton University, Fournier is among a select group of Indiana women’s water polo players who won a pair of league titles during their tenure. In 2011 as a freshman, Fournier helped her squad down the University of Michigan, 5-3, at home in Bloomington for the program’s first title since taking home the 2003 crown.
She had an impressive junior international career, winning gold medals at the 2008 and 2010 Pan American Junior Championships to go with a sixth place finish at the 2009 FINA World Junior Championships. At the senior level, she competed in two FINA World Championships (2015, 2017) and captured a silver medal at the 2017 FINA World League Super Final. She also helped Canada win silver at the 2015 Pan American Games. She has made two appearances at the Summer Universiade, just missing the podium with fourth place finishes in both 2009 and 2013. She made her senior international debut in 2014, competing in the FINA Water Polo World League.
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