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Powell, Abarta and Hilovsky Highlighted As Captains
2/21/2020 4:19:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
Bloomington, Ind.—The Indiana Women's Water Polo team has named seniors Emily Powell and Megan Abarta and junior Juli Hilovsky to be its captains for the 2020 season. Powell and Abarta have been with the Hoosiers since the 2017 season and have enjoyed a career, 52-36, record, including a fifth-place finish in the 2017 CWPA Championships and a fourth-place finish in the 2018 CWPA Championships.
Emily Powell, Attacker
Powell is a second-year captain for the Hoosiers, having been named a captain for IU in 2019. She has played in each of the last three years before entering this season and comes from Brisbane, Australia.
In each of the past two seasons, Powell has recorded double-digit goals with a career-high 16 coming in 2019. She has recorded double-digit assists and steals in all three seasons with career highs of 22 assists in 2018 and 25 steals in 2019. Entering the 2020 season, Powell had 34 goals, 50 assists and 61 steals for her career.
Powell has also done very well in the classroom during her time at IU. In 2019 she was named a MPSF All-Academic Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten. In both 2017 and 2018 she was named to the CWPA Women's Varsity Scholar-Athlete Team (Outstanding) and also named as an ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding).
Powell is happy to be apart of a team that is working to improve each day:
"What makes me so excited about being named as a captain for the 2020 season is that our team has so much room to grow. This means that as captains, we have the ability to shape the program in a positive way and leave a legacy that the girls can build on for years to come. Of course, we are hungry to win games but our emphasis is on developing a strong team culture where we work for each other day in and day out."
Megan Abarta, Attacker
Abarta is in her first year being a captain for the Hoosiers and comes from Simi Valley, California. She has played all three seasons for Indiana.
In each of the last two seasons, Abarta has tallied double digits in both goals and steals with a career high of 31 goals coming in 2018 and a career high of 36 steals coming in 2019. She has recorded double-digit assists in all three seasons with a career-high 21 coming in 2018. Entering the 2020 season, she has career numbers of 59 goals, 49 assists and 67 steals.
Abarta is honored to be apart of this group and looks forward to what the season has in store for the team:
"Being selected as a captain of this team is a huge honor. To me, being a captain is not only leading the team both in and out of the water, but representing IU in a way that the team can be proud of. I am excited to get the opportunity to play the sport I love with this group of girls and as the season goes on, get the chance to lead them into achieving our goals. I love these girls so much and I know that we can accomplish so much together this year."
Juli Hilovsky, Driver
Hilovsky has played the previous two seasons with the Hoosiers after coming in from Riverside, California. This is her first year as a captain for Indiana.
In each of her first two years, Hilovksy tallied double digits in goals, assists and steals and had a career-high 17 goals in 2019. She had career highs of 28 assists and 13 steals in 2018. Entering the 2020 season, she has career stats of 33 goals, 40 assists and 23 steals.
Hilovsky is humbled by the experience of being named a captain and looks forward to how the team can develop over the course of the season:
"Being captain is incredibly humbling, I care about team's success immensely. My teammates are incredibly young women and I am proud to help them develop into better people and teammates. I am also excited to see us develop as a team and to be a contributing factor to drive the success of our team this year."
Emily Powell, Attacker
Powell is a second-year captain for the Hoosiers, having been named a captain for IU in 2019. She has played in each of the last three years before entering this season and comes from Brisbane, Australia.
In each of the past two seasons, Powell has recorded double-digit goals with a career-high 16 coming in 2019. She has recorded double-digit assists and steals in all three seasons with career highs of 22 assists in 2018 and 25 steals in 2019. Entering the 2020 season, Powell had 34 goals, 50 assists and 61 steals for her career.
Powell has also done very well in the classroom during her time at IU. In 2019 she was named a MPSF All-Academic Athlete and Academic All-Big Ten. In both 2017 and 2018 she was named to the CWPA Women's Varsity Scholar-Athlete Team (Outstanding) and also named as an ACWPC All-Academic Honoree (Outstanding).
Powell is happy to be apart of a team that is working to improve each day:
"What makes me so excited about being named as a captain for the 2020 season is that our team has so much room to grow. This means that as captains, we have the ability to shape the program in a positive way and leave a legacy that the girls can build on for years to come. Of course, we are hungry to win games but our emphasis is on developing a strong team culture where we work for each other day in and day out."
Megan Abarta, Attacker
Abarta is in her first year being a captain for the Hoosiers and comes from Simi Valley, California. She has played all three seasons for Indiana.
In each of the last two seasons, Abarta has tallied double digits in both goals and steals with a career high of 31 goals coming in 2018 and a career high of 36 steals coming in 2019. She has recorded double-digit assists in all three seasons with a career-high 21 coming in 2018. Entering the 2020 season, she has career numbers of 59 goals, 49 assists and 67 steals.
Abarta is honored to be apart of this group and looks forward to what the season has in store for the team:
"Being selected as a captain of this team is a huge honor. To me, being a captain is not only leading the team both in and out of the water, but representing IU in a way that the team can be proud of. I am excited to get the opportunity to play the sport I love with this group of girls and as the season goes on, get the chance to lead them into achieving our goals. I love these girls so much and I know that we can accomplish so much together this year."
Juli Hilovsky, Driver
Hilovsky has played the previous two seasons with the Hoosiers after coming in from Riverside, California. This is her first year as a captain for Indiana.
In each of her first two years, Hilovksy tallied double digits in goals, assists and steals and had a career-high 17 goals in 2019. She had career highs of 28 assists and 13 steals in 2018. Entering the 2020 season, she has career stats of 33 goals, 40 assists and 23 steals.
Hilovsky is humbled by the experience of being named a captain and looks forward to how the team can develop over the course of the season:
"Being captain is incredibly humbling, I care about team's success immensely. My teammates are incredibly young women and I am proud to help them develop into better people and teammates. I am also excited to see us develop as a team and to be a contributing factor to drive the success of our team this year."
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