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Melissa Seidemann
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Full name	Melissa Jon Seidemann
Nationality	American
Born	June 26, 1990 (age 33); Hoffman Estates, Illinois
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	104 kg (229 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Water polo
College team	Stanford University
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
Pan American Games
FINA World Cup
FINA World League

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Melissa Jon Seidemann (born June 26, 1990) is an American water polo player. She won the National Championship with Stanford University in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the United States national team in the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]^[2]

Career[edit]

High school[edit]

A 2008 graduate of College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California, Seidemann competed on their water polo team all four years of high school, and competed for three years on the swim team. She also played soccer as a preparation. Seidemann captained the water polo team in 2007 and 2008, and helped lead her team to a DFAL title as a senior, then being named a NISCA All-American, and Team MVP in 2007. She then went on to be a member of the U.S. Youth National Team in 2006, which won the gold medal at the Pan-American Junior Games, being the leading scorer in the tournament with 20 goals. Seidemann was also a member of the Youth National Team, going undefeated in Sydney, Australia the summer of 2007. She was also on the team that competed in the 2008 Global Championships. Seidemann earned All-America honors at the U.S. Water Polo 20/U Nationals.^[1]

College[edit]

Seidemann joined the Stanford University women's water polo team in 2009. As a freshman, she led the team with 59 goals, scoring at least four goals in a game on five separate occasions. She led Stanford in scoring again the following year, and was nominated to the ACWPC All-America First Team in 2010. In 2011, Seidemann had her third-straight 50-goal season, finishing second on Stanford with 51 goals. She also scored what proved to be the winning goal in the NCAA Championship title game.^[1]

Seidemann took a leave of absence from Stanford in 2012 so she could train with the U.S. national water polo team,^[1] but graduated in 2013 with a degree in psychology. In 2023, Seidemann was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.^[3]

International[edit]

Seidemann first started playing for the U.S. national team in 2010. She scored three goals in that year's FINA World League Super Final and two goals in the FINA World Cup, helping the U.S. win both events.^[4]

The following year, the U.S. won the FINA World League Super Final again, with Seidemann scoring twice. She scored 11 goals in the Pan American Games, ranking third on the team, and the U.S. won the gold medal and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4] The U.S. went on to win gold at the Olympics as well.^[5] She was also part of the 2016 US olympic team, winning her second Olympic gold medal that year.

Personal[edit]

Seidemann has one older sister, Lauren, and a younger sister, Natalie. Lauren is the women's water polo head coach at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California, and Natalie is currently a center on the UC Irvine women's water polo team.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Melissa Seidemann" Stanford University athlete profile at GoStanford.com
^ "Melissa Seidemann Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
^ "2023 Hall of Fame Class". Stanford Athletics. August 17, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Melissa Seidemann" National Team water polo profile at USAwaterpolo.org
^ "U.S. women win water polo gold". espn.go.com. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.

External links[edit]

Melissa Seidemann at World Aquatics
Melissa Seidemann at Olympics.com
Melissa Seidemann at Olympedia
Melissa Seidemann at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
Melissa Seidemann on Instagram

[gostanford-1] "Melissa Seidemann" Stanford University athlete profile at GoStanford.com

[2] "Melissa Seidemann Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2020-02-15.

[3] "2023 Hall of Fame Class". Stanford Athletics. August 17, 2023.

[usawaterpolo-4] "Melissa Seidemann" National Team water polo profile at USAwaterpolo.org

[5] "U.S. women win water polo gold". espn.go.com. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.

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-| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|26|mf=y}}
+| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|26}}
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+| birth_place    = [[Hoffman Estates, Illinois]]
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+{{MedalGold|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Tokyo]]|[[Water polo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
 {{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}
 {{MedalGold|[[2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Water polo at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2017 World Aquatics Championships|2017 Budapest]]|[[Water polo at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 Gwangju]]|[[Water polo at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament|Team]]}}
 {{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
 {{MedalGold|[[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]]|{{nowrap|[[Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games – Women's tournament|Team]]}}}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2019 Pan American Games|2019 Lima]]|[[Water polo at the 2019 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
 {{MedalCompetition|[[FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|FINA World Cup]]}}
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+{{MedalGold|{{nowrap|[[2010 FINA Women's Water Polo World Cup|2010 New Zealand]]}}|}}
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-'''Melissa Jon Seidemann''' (born June 26, 1990) is an American [[water polo]] player. She won the National Championship with [[Stanford University]] in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the [[United States women's national water polo team|United States national team]] in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="gostanford">[http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208171061 "Melissa Seidemann"] Stanford University athlete profile at GoStanford.com</ref>
+'''Melissa Jon Seidemann''' (born June 26, 1990) is an American [[water polo]] player. She won the National Championship with [[Stanford University]] in 2011. She also won the gold medal with the [[United States women's national water polo team|United States national team]] in the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="gostanford">[http://www.gostanford.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30600&ATCLID=208171061 "Melissa Seidemann"] Stanford University athlete profile at GoStanford.com</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/melissa-seidemann-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235553/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/melissa-seidemann-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Melissa Seidemann Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-15}}</ref>
 ==Career==
 ===High school===
-A 2008 graduate of College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California, competed for the water polo teams all four years and for three years on the swim team, she also played soccer as a preparation. Captained the water polo team in 2007 and 2008, helped lead team to DFAL title as a senior, was named a NISCA All-American as a senior and was named Team MVP in 2007. Member of the U.S. Youth National Team in 2006 which won the gold medal at the Pan-American Junior Games, was the leading scorer in that tournament with 20 goals. Seidemann was a member of the youth national team that went undefeated in Sydney, Australia over the summer of 2007 and also part of the team that competed in the 2008 Global Championships. She earned All-America honors at the U.S. Water Polo 20/U Nationals.<ref name="gostanford"/>
+A 2008 graduate of [[College Park High School (Pleasant Hill, California)|College Park High School]] in [[Pleasant Hill, California]], Seidemann competed on their water polo team all four years of high school, and competed for three years on the swim team. She also played soccer as a preparation. Seidemann captained the water polo team in 2007 and 2008, and helped lead her team to a DFAL title as a senior, then being named a NISCA All-American, and Team MVP in 2007. She then went on to be a member of the U.S. Youth National Team in 2006, which won the gold medal at the Pan-American Junior Games, being the leading scorer in the tournament with 20 goals. Seidemann was also a member of the Youth National Team, going  undefeated in Sydney, Australia  the summer of 2007. She was also on the team that competed in the 2008 Global Championships. Seidemann earned All-America honors at the U.S. Water Polo 20/U Nationals.<ref name="gostanford"/>
 ===College===
-Seidemann joined the Stanford University women's water polo team in 2009. As a freshman, she led the team with 59 goals, scoring at least four goals in a game on five occasions. She led Stanford in scoring again the following year and was also named to the ACWPC All-America First Team. In 2011, Seidemann had her third-straight 50-goal season, finishing second on Stanford with 51. She scored a goal in the NCAA Championship title game, which Stanford won.<ref name="gostanford"/>
+Seidemann joined the Stanford University women's water polo team in 2009. As a freshman, she led the team with 59 goals, scoring at least four goals in a game on five separate occasions. She led Stanford in scoring again the following year, and was nominated to the ACWPC All-America First Team in 2010. In 2011, Seidemann had her third-straight 50-goal season, finishing second on Stanford with 51 goals. She also scored what proved to be the winning goal in the NCAA Championship title game.<ref name="gostanford"/>
-Seidemann took a leave of absence from Stanford in 2012 so she could train with the U.S. national water polo team.<ref name="gostanford"/>
+Seidemann took a leave of absence from Stanford in 2012 so she could train with the U.S. national water polo team,<ref name="gostanford"/> but graduated in 2013 with a degree in psychology. In 2023, Seidemann was inducted into the Stanford Athletics Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://gostanford.com/news/2023/8/17/athletics-2023-hall-of-fame-class.aspx| title=2023 Hall of Fame Class| publisher=Stanford Athletics| date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>
 ===International===
-Seidemann started playing for the U.S. national team in 2010. She scored three goals in that year's FINA World League Super Final and two goals in the FINA World Cup, helping the U.S. win both events.<ref name="usawaterpolo">[http://www.usawaterpolo.org/sports/w-senior/mtt/melissa_seidemann_833888.html "Melissa Seidemann"] National Team water polo profile at USAwaterpolo.org</ref>
+Seidemann first started playing for the U.S. national team in 2010. She scored three goals in that year's FINA World League Super Final and two goals in the FINA World Cup, helping the U.S. win both events.<ref name="usawaterpolo">[http://www.usawaterpolo.org/sports/w-senior/mtt/melissa_seidemann_833888.html "Melissa Seidemann"] National Team water polo profile at USAwaterpolo.org</ref>
-The following year, the U.S. won the FINA World League Super Final again, with Seidemann scoring twice. She scored 11 goals in the Pan American Games, ranking third on the team, and the U.S. won the gold medal and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name="usawaterpolo"/> The U.S. went on to win gold at the Olympics, as well.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/waterpolo/story/_/id/8252699/2012-summer-olympics-maggie-steffens-us-women-claim-first-gold-medal-water-polo "U.S. women win water polo gold"]. espn.go.com. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.</ref>
+The following year, the U.S. won the FINA World League Super Final again, with Seidemann scoring twice. She scored 11 goals in the Pan American Games, ranking third on the team, and the U.S. won the gold medal and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.<ref name="usawaterpolo"/> The U.S. went on to win gold at the Olympics as well.<ref>[http://espn.go.com/olympics/summer/2012/waterpolo/story/_/id/8252699/2012-summer-olympics-maggie-steffens-us-women-claim-first-gold-medal-water-polo "U.S. women win water polo gold"]. espn.go.com. August 9, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.</ref>  She was also part of the 2016 US olympic team, winning her second Olympic gold medal that year.
 ==Personal==
-Graduated in 2013 with a degree in psychology she has one older sister, Lauren, and a younger sister, Natalie. Lauren is currently a center on the UC Davis women's water polo team and Natalie is a freshman in high school.<ref name="gostanford"/>
+Seidemann has one older sister, Lauren, and a younger sister, Natalie. Lauren is the women's water polo head coach at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill, California, and Natalie is currently a center on the UC Irvine women's water polo team.<ref name="gostanford"/>
+==See also==
+* [[United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]
+* [[List of Olympic champions in women's water polo]]
+* [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)]]
+* [[List of world champions in women's water polo]]
+* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo]]
 ==References==
 {{Reflist}}
+==External links==
-{{United States Women Water Polo Squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
+* {{Sports links}}
+* {{Instagram | id= mseidemann | name= Melissa Seidemann}}
+{{United States women's water polo squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
+{{United States women's water polo squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
+{{United States women's water polo squad 2020 Summer Olympics}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Seidemann, Melissa}}
 [[Category:1990 births]]
 [[Category:Living people]]
-[[Category:Olympic water polo players of the United States]]
+[[Category:American female water polo players]]
-[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo]]
+[[Category:Water polo centre backs]]
-[[Category:Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Stanford Cardinal women's water polo players]]
 [[Category:People from Hoffman Estates, Illinois]]
 [[Category:Sportspeople from Illinois]]
-[[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:American female water polo players]]
-[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists]]
-[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists]]
 [[Category:Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic medalists in water polo]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in water polo]]
+[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo]]
+[[Category:Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
+[[Category:Water polo players at the 2019 Pan American Games]]
+[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in water polo]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games]]
+[[Category:Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]