SAN DIEGO - With the 2020 water polo season halted after 18 games due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the collegiate careers of San Diego State seniors Isabelle Hastings, Shelby Kraft, Casia Morrison and Maddy Parenteau came to a premature end. The team was 9-9 overall but had started Golden Coast Conference (GCC) play 3-0, including an 11-9 road win at three-time reigning conference champion Pacific in what would turn out to be the final game of the season.
Without a home game, and therefore no Senior Day, we honor our four seniors and thank them for their contributions to San Diego State and our team.
Isabelle Hastings
Hastings, a native of Imperial Beach, Calif., is a four-year Aztec who was enjoying her finest season on The Mesa, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March. A 2020 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) honorable mention All-American, she scored 21 goals, including three hat tricks among five multi-goal games. In 18 games, she totaled 51 shot attempts and had a 41.2 shooting percentage. Her 20 assists were tied for the team lead and the five assists she picked up in a game against La Verne are tied for the second most in a game in program history.
For her 92-game, four-year career, the Mar Vista High product compiled 29 goals on 84 shots and assisted on an additional 30. She had 37 steals, drew 11 ejections and blocked nine shots. In addition to her All-American honor this season, she is a two-time GCC All-Academic Team member.
Shelby Kraft
In her four-year Aztec career, Kraft played appeared 113 games, scored 77 goals on 241 shots (31.9 shooting percentage) and tallied 32 assists. The native of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., totaled 87 steals, drew 38 ejections and had 20 field blocks. She totaled 14 multi-goal games, including two hat tricks, and scored a career-high four goals at Hawai'i on Jan. 20, 2019. In addition, she had three multi-assist games and 17 multi-steal efforts in her four years on The Mesa. She enjoyed her finest season in 2019 when she appeared in 32 games, scored 37 goals on 116 shots and assisted on 15 more. Kraft picked up 32 steals, drew eight ejections and blocked four shots this year.
The Los Osos High product was honored in 2017 with inclusion on the GCC All-Freshman Team and is a three-time GCC All-Academic Team (2018, 2019 & 2020) as well as a member of the 2019 GCC All-Tournament Team. In addition, she earned ACWPC 2019 All-Academic Excellent Team designation.
Casia Morrison
With six goals on 16 shots in 18 games, 2020 was already the best of Morrison's career. She had a goal percentage of 37.5 and assisted on 10 more tallies. Morrison had 13 steals, drew two ejections, and blocked three shots. For her career, the native of Valley Center, Calif., played in 107 games and scored 14 goals on 66 shots (21.1 shooting percentage) and added 23 assists. She had 51 steals, drew 12 ejections, and blocked 25 shots.
The Valley Center High product recorded one multi-goal game, in the 2020 season opener against Long Beach State, and had one multi-assist effort, also in 2020. Among her 51 career steals, she had 13 games in which she picked up at least two.
Maddy Parenteau
A native of Lake Forest, Calif., Parenteau, recognized as a 2020 ACWPC honorable mention All-American, was well on her way to the best season of her collegiate career. In 18 games she had already scored a career-high 20 goals on 62 shots (32.2 shooting percentage) and added 14 assists to her stat line. In addition, she had 34 steals, drew a career-best 30 ejections and blocked two shots. In her career, she competed in 112 games, scoring 50 times on 193 shots and assisted on 49 more. She compiled 105 steals, drew 74 ejections and had 17 field blocks.
In four seasons, Parenteau, a product of El Toro High, had eight multi-goal games with one hat trick, a three-goal effort against Marist on Feb. 8, 2020, which is her single game career-high. She had six multi-assist efforts and 29 games with more than one steal, including in a team-best 10 games this season.
Isabella, Shelby, Casia and Maddy, thank you for being great teammates and contributing mightily to the program. Good luck in your future endeavors and remember you are an #AztecForLife.