2024 Water Polo Roster
Roster
Simshauser, Abbey

Jersey Number 5
Abbey Simshauser
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- PLC Sydney
- Hometown:
- Sydney, Australia
Bio
2025 (SENIOR): Second team All-Golden Coast Conference … appeared in all 22 games … scored 56 goals, added 31 assists, 44 drawn exclusions, 34 steals and 10 field blocks … had at least one goal in 20 games this season … had 16 multi-score games with 10 hat tricks … scored a season-best five goals three times, including in the GCC Championship game against LMU (April 27) … had at least one assist in each conference game this season … saw a season-best five assists against Pacific in the GCC Championship semifinal (April 26) … was named to the GCC All-Tournament team after combining for 11 goals, seven assists, six drawn exclusions, and seven steals in the three games … was the GCC Player of the Week twice this year – Jan. 23 and April 3 … leaves Fresno State after just two seasons with the program, and finds herself at No. 6 all-time with 128 career goals as a Bulldog … CSC Academic All-District … GCC All-Academic.
2024 (SENIOR): ACWPC All-America honorable mention … first team All-GCC selection … played in all 29 games… totaled 72 goals, team's second best… had a team high of 109 points… team high of 46 drawn exclusions… team high of 54 steals… finished the year with 37 assists and 147 shots… had a career high of six goals against Long Beach (Feb 24), tying the program’s single game record for most goals in a game ... scored in all but one game this season… had 22 multi-score games, with 12 having three or more goals … took a season-high 10 shots against Long Beach State (Feb. 24), the fourth-most in a game in program history … had six steals against Princeton (Jan. 27), the most in a game in program history … two-time GCC Player of the Week (Jan. 25 and April 25) ... named to the GCC All-Tournament team … GCC All-Academic selection … CSC Academic All-District selection.
PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE: Attended Wagner College City in New York… earned MAAC Co-Offensive player of the Year 2022, All MAAC First Team 2022, NCAA tournament second team, Third team All-American and Cutino Award Watch List…player of the year 2023… finished the year with 100 goals, 66 assists, 56 steals, 77 drawn exclusions. In 2022 earned MAAC All-Academic Team, Wagner College Dean's List.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Presbyterian Ladies College in Sydney, Australia ... Competed for University of New South Wales (UNSW) for four years under head coach Tim Hamil ... Helped UNSW to 2018 National League Championship, while earning Australian All Schools Water Polo MVP ... Began competing in water polo at age 13 … Chose Wagner for its proximity to New York City.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kirrillee Gardiner and Mark Stevens… has two older brothers, Zac and Jack… likes surfing and being outdoors… favorite athlete is the Australian tennis player Ash Barty… her biggest athletic thrill is making it to the NCAA tournament… chose to attend Fresno State because she believes that she can continue improving her water polo skills under great coaching staff. She also played at Wagner College on the east coast so she is really excited to be able to play on the west coast in California as well.
Major: Sport Psychology.
2024 (SENIOR): ACWPC All-America honorable mention … first team All-GCC selection … played in all 29 games… totaled 72 goals, team's second best… had a team high of 109 points… team high of 46 drawn exclusions… team high of 54 steals… finished the year with 37 assists and 147 shots… had a career high of six goals against Long Beach (Feb 24), tying the program’s single game record for most goals in a game ... scored in all but one game this season… had 22 multi-score games, with 12 having three or more goals … took a season-high 10 shots against Long Beach State (Feb. 24), the fourth-most in a game in program history … had six steals against Princeton (Jan. 27), the most in a game in program history … two-time GCC Player of the Week (Jan. 25 and April 25) ... named to the GCC All-Tournament team … GCC All-Academic selection … CSC Academic All-District selection.
PRIOR TO FRESNO STATE: Attended Wagner College City in New York… earned MAAC Co-Offensive player of the Year 2022, All MAAC First Team 2022, NCAA tournament second team, Third team All-American and Cutino Award Watch List…player of the year 2023… finished the year with 100 goals, 66 assists, 56 steals, 77 drawn exclusions. In 2022 earned MAAC All-Academic Team, Wagner College Dean's List.
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2019 graduate of Presbyterian Ladies College in Sydney, Australia ... Competed for University of New South Wales (UNSW) for four years under head coach Tim Hamil ... Helped UNSW to 2018 National League Championship, while earning Australian All Schools Water Polo MVP ... Began competing in water polo at age 13 … Chose Wagner for its proximity to New York City.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Kirrillee Gardiner and Mark Stevens… has two older brothers, Zac and Jack… likes surfing and being outdoors… favorite athlete is the Australian tennis player Ash Barty… her biggest athletic thrill is making it to the NCAA tournament… chose to attend Fresno State because she believes that she can continue improving her water polo skills under great coaching staff. She also played at Wagner College on the east coast so she is really excited to be able to play on the west coast in California as well.
Major: Sport Psychology.
WP: GCC Championship Quarterfinal vs CUI [4.25.25]
Saturday, April 26
WP highlight vs CUI [2.22.25]
Saturday, February 22
WP highlight vs Redlands [2.15.25]
Tuesday, February 18
WP highlight vs Fresno Pacific [2/15/25]
Saturday, February 15