Lauren Wenger
POSITION: Defender
HEIGHT: 6’3’’
WEIGHT: 170 lbs.
HOMETOWN: Long Beach, CA
EDUCATION: USC 2006
CLUB: New York Athletic Club
BIRTHDAY: 3/11/84
BIRTHPLACE: Anaheim, CA

INTERNATIONAL/CLUB: Wenger has worked her way up through the National Team Program since 2000… Known as one of the top defenders in the country… Played a key role in USA’s silver medal finish at the 2005 FINA World Championships in Montreal, Canada…Scored the first goal against Hungary
in the gold medal match of the 2005 World Championships… Was among the top 20 scorers in the 2005 World Championships…Spent two years on the Youth National Team, one year on the Junior National Team and has been on the Senior National Team since 2005… Made her international debut at the 2003 Junior World Championships where Team USA brought home gold.

PROFESSIONAL: Played her first international season for Olympiakos in Greece in 2006/2007
before returning home for World Championships.

COLLEGE: Led USC to a NCAA 2nd Place finish during her senior season (2006)… Named the
2006 Peter J. Cutino Award Winner, collegiate water polo’s most valuable player award…No. eight all-time scorer for USC with 127 career goals (37 in 2006)...Selected to the 2006 All-MPSF First Team, the NCAA All-Tournament First Team and the ACWPC All-American First Team… As a 2004 sophomore, Wenger scored 19 goals...Earned NCAA All-Tournament second team honors. Wenger finished fifth on the
team in scoring with 27 goals in her 2003 freshman season...Led the team with two goals in a 7-6 overtime loss on April 26 against UCLA at the MPSF Championship...Scored three goals in an 11-9 win on Feb. 2 against UC Santa Barbara.

HIGH SCHOOL: She earned All-America honors at Wilson High in Long Beach, Calif...Earned All-CIF and all-league first team honors... Trained with the 2002 Youth National Team…Earned scholar-athlete award all four years.

PERSONAL: She is majoring in policy, planning and development...parents are Steve and Janet...her sister, Jana, also plays for USC…Admits her worst habit is talking too much…Lists her favorite movie as Blazing Saddle.