Tara Prentice

Tara Prentice

Women's Water Polo

United States

  • UCLA student-athlete 2017
  • Transferred to UC Irvine where she played from 2018-22
  • Netted nine goals at 2024 World Aquatics World Championships in Doha
  • Scored 10 goals at 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago
  • Notched nine scores at 2023 World Aquatics World Championships in Fukuoka
  • Tallied four goals at 2023 World Aquatics World Cup in Long Beach
  • Scored 5 goals at 2022 FINA World Championships in Budapest
  • Named a First-Team All-American, Big West Player of the Year, Big West UC Irvine Scholar Athlete of the Year, and First-Team All-Big West in 2022
  • Broke the scoring record at UC Irvine and became the top goal scorer in Big West Conference history with 242 goals
  • First-Team All-American and Big West School Athlete of the Year in 2020
  • Led the team with 57 goals scored and 16 steals during the shortened season
  • Was a Third-Team All-American and First-Team All-Big West in 2019 and was the top team scorer with 70 goals, second most in program history in a single season
  • Second-Team All-American and First-Team All-Big West in 2018