Name: Melissa Seidemann

Position: Center

Sport: Water Polo

Height: 6-0

Weight: 230

DOB: 6/26/1990

Birthplace: Hoffman Estates, Ill.

Hometown: Walnut Creek, Calif.

High School: College Park High School (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) ‘08

College: Stanford University ’13, Psychology

Team/Club: New York Athletic Club

Coach(es): Adam Krikorian

Olympic Experience

• Three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020); three-time Olympic medalist (3 golds)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, gold
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, gold
• Olympic Games London 2012, gold

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – gold
• Years of participation: 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
• Medals: 3 (3 golds)
• Gold – 2019; 2017; 2015

Other Career Highlights

• Pan American Games Toronto 2015, gold
• Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011, gold

Personal: Daughter of Mark and Bobbie Sideman...Has one older sister, Lauren, and one younger sister, Natalie...Aided Stanford University to the 2011 NCAA women’s water polo title...Named the 2013 Peter J. Cutino Award winner as the top player in collegiate water polo...Favorite food is frozen yogurt...Played professional water polo for Club Natació Sabadell in Spain (2013-14)…Enjoys cleaning, laundry, puzzles, board games and dog walking…Volunteer assistant coach at University of California, Irvine (2016-2017)…Assistant coach at University of California, Irvine (2017-2018)…Head coach for 14-under girls at SOCAL Water Polo Club.

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