Megan Abarta

BLOOMINGTON, IN - MARCH 31, 2018 - Attacker MeganÊAbarta #14 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the match against the Michigan Wolverines and the Indiana Hoosiers at Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Alex McIntyre/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Alex McIntyre/Indiana Athletics

Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Simi Valley, Calif.
Position:
Attacker
Height:
5-11

2020 (Senior)
ACWPC Honorable-Mention recipient... appeared in 18 games, scoring 37 goals, while recording 13 assists, 18 steals and a pair of field blocks ... picked up her first two goals of the season and a steal against UCSB (1/25)… tallied three goals and three steals against Wagner (1/25)… scored a goal and recorded three assists and two steals against Pacific (1/26)… scored three goals and picked up an assist against Marist (1/26)… scored two goals and recorded an assist against UC Davis (2/8) ... tallied two goals and a steal against UC Irvine (2/9) ... recorded five goals, an assist, a steal and a field block against Long Beach State (2/9) ... scored a goal against St. Francis (PA) (2/15) ... recorded two goals and two assists against California Baptist (2/15) ... scored two goals, while picking up two assists and two steals against Fresno Pacific (2/28) ... tallied four goals and three steals against Cal Lutheran (2/28) ... scored three goals against Cal State Monterey Bay (2/29) ... tallied three goals and a steal against Cal State East Bay (2/29) ... recorded two goals and a steal against Mercyhurst (3/7) ... scored a goal, while recording three assists and three steals against Cal Lutheran (3/7) ... scored a goal against McKendree (3/8) ...

2019 (Junior)
Appeared in 19 games, scoring 20 goals while registering 21 assists, 17 steals, 13 drawn exclusions and nine field blocks … tallied a goal, three assists and two field blocks against UC San Diego (1/19) … drew out an exclusion to go with a steal against UC Santa Barbara (1/19) … grabbed a field block against Fresno St. (1/20) … saw action in the game against USC (1/20) … scored two goals to go with two assists, three drawn exclusions, a steal and a field block against California (2/2) … found the net for a goal while grabbing two steals and an assists against Stanford (2/2) … drew out an exclusion while swiping a steal against UC Davis (2/3) … contributed a steal and a drawn exclusion in the Hoosiers second game against USC (2/16) … grabbed three goals, two steals and a field block against UC Irvine (2/17) … registered a season high four assists to go with two goals, a steal and a field block against Salem (3/1) … found the net for a goal while tossing an assist against Mercyhurst (3/2) … swiped a steal against Wagner (3/2) … collected a season high three steals to go with two assists, two drawn exclusions and a goal against Cal St. East Bay (3/3) … tallied two goals, an assist and a field block against Cal St. Northridge (3/3) … sat out the next four games due to an extended illness … registered a season high four goals to go with a steal and a field block in the game against San Jose St. (4/13) … drew out two exclusions while grabbing two assists and a goal against California (4/14) … scored a goal while tallying three assists, two steals and two drawn exclusions against McKendree (4/20) … registered one goal, two assists, a steal and a drawn exclusion against USC (4/26) while also seeing playing time in final game against Arizona St. (4/27) at the MPSF Championship.

2018 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 34 games, scoring 31 goals to go with 18 assists, 24 steals, 14 drawn exclusions and five field blocks … started the season with a drawn exclusion against Fresno St. (1/20) … scored two goals along with a steal in the following game against UC San Diego (1/20) … created her first assist and second drawn exclusion against Arizona St. (1/21) … led the team in scoring at the Hoosier Invite with eight goals, four against Iona (1/27) and another three against McKendree (1/28) as well as three steals and another drawn exclusion … contributed two goals during the Triton Invite (2/10-11) and a set a single-game career high three steals along with two drawn exclusions during the game against Long Beach St. (2/11) … swiped two steals and scored a goal against Sonoma St. (2/24) … threw two assists, one goal and a steal in the following game against UC Davis (2/24) … netted the ball for a goal as well as grabbing two steals and an assist against Santa Clara (2/25) … scored two goals while drawing out an exclusion and one steal during the game against Cal State Monterey Bay (2/25) … recorded a hat trick and scored seven goals with five assists during the Hoosier Classic weekend (3/3-4) … set a career high four field blocks in a win against Pomona-Pitzer (3/10) … found the net twice to go with a drawn exclusion and a steal in the following game against Fresno St. (3/11) … drew out an exclusion while swiping a steal and an assist against Harvard (3/24) … grabbed another two steals in the following game against Bucknell (3/24) … found the net for a goal three times while setting up an assist against St. Francis (3/25) … contributed one goal, an assist and a steal against Michigan (3/31) … drew out two exclusions along with a steal in the game against Harvard (4/7) … set up two assists while extracting two drawn exclusions and a steal against George Washington (4/8) … contributed a final field block and three assists in the next two games against Bucknell (4/8, 4/27) … scored a goal in the CWPA semifinal round against No. 1 Princeton (4/28) before setting up an assist, one drawn exclusion and a steal in the final game of the season against No. 3 Hartwick (4/29).

2017 (Freshman)
Entered the pool for 28 games in her freshman season, steadily increasing her role in the rotation throughout the year … scored eight goals with 10 assists, seven steals, and seven drawn exclusions … scored once and blocked a shot in the season opener versus No. 25 CSU Bakersfield (1/20), her first collegiate action in her home state … added a steal to Indiana’s upset over No. 6 Hawaii (1/22) … broke a second quarter tie with her first of two goals, a season high, in a win over No. 16 UC San Diego (3/3) … created three more scores to close the weekend in wins over Iona (3/4), Siena (3/4), and Wagner (3/5) … tossed a season-best three assists to aid a CWPA win over George Washington (4/9) … scored one goal and set another at Saint Francis (4/14) … added a goal and an assist to the effort against No. 18 Hartwick (4/15) … swiped a pair of steals against George Washington (4/29) in the CWPA Tournament.

Prep/Personal
Played four seasons under head coach Devin Hurst at Royal High School in Simi Valley, in tandem with four varsity letters for swimming ... broke Royal's assist record in her freshman season ... through three seasons, tallied 147 goals, 169 assists, and 160 steals ... was selected as an All-American, while winning All-Southern California, All-League and All-County first team honors, and two consecutive selections to the "Top Ten Players of the Year" list by the Los Angeles Daily News ... was awarded Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2016 ... led the Highlanders in steals her freshman and junior year, picked up the Coach's Dream Award her sophomore year, won the Play Maker Award her junior season and was voted Team Captain during her senior year ... Royal won their first-ever CIF title with Abarta 2015 and was CIF Champions again in 2016 ... was awarded All-CIF first team honors in 2016 and second team honors in 2015 ... also a member of the Rose Bowl Water Polo Club in Pasadena, Calif for coach Adam Roth ... won the gold medal in the 2010 Junior Olympics, and finished fourth in 2014 ... club play included trips to Spain and Greece in 2014, and Italy in 2016 ... the daughter of Joyce and Greg Abarta ... mother was her assistant water polo coach at Royal ... born March 14, 1998 ... has one sister, Elaine ... is majoring in Economics with minors in Psychology and Marketing.