American water polo player
Jordan Raney (born June 2, 1996) is an American water polo player who is a member of the United States women's national water polo team .[ 1] She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest .[ 2]
Raney played water polo at Stanford University where she helped lead the Cardinal to NCAA Championships in 2015 and 2017.[ 3] In 2018 Raney was 1st Team All-American and 1st Team All-MPSF.[ 4]
International career [ edit ]
Raney made her Senior National Team debut in 2017,[ 1] winning the FINA World League Super Final .[ 5] A standout defender, she made her professional debut competing for NC Vouliagmeni in Greece alongside Team USA teammates Ashleigh Johnson and Stephania Haralabidis .[ 1] [ 4] She currently plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos Piraeus , with whom she won the 2021–22 LEN Euro League .
She trained full-time with the U.S. team for two years with the goal of competing at the 2020 Summer Olympics ,[ 6] but she didn't make the final roster.[ 7] [ 8]
In 2022, Raney led Team USA with 12 goals as well as being named the Media All-Star Team at the 2022 FINA World League Super Final in Santa Cruz de Tenerife . At the 2022 FINA Championships in Budapest, Raney scored 5 goals for Team USA.[ 4]
International Competition Highlights [ edit ]
2022 FINA World League Super Final, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain , 3rd Place
2022 FINA World Championships, Budapest, Hungary , 1st Place
2021 FINA World League Super Final, Athens, Greece , 1st Place
2019 Holiday Cup, Princeton, NJ , 1st Place
2019 Canada Cup, Montreal, Canada , 1st Place
2019 FINA World Championships, Budapest, Hungary , 1st Place
2019 FINA International Tournament, Perth, Australia , 1st Place
2018 FINA World Cup, Surgut, Russia , 1st Place
2018 FINA World League Super Final, Kunshan , China, 1st Place
2017 FINA World Championships, Budapest, Hungary , 1st Place
2017 FINA World League Super Final, Shanghai, China , 1st Place
2015 FINA Junior World Championships, Volos, Greece , 1st Place
2015 World University Games, Gwangju, South Korea , 5th Place
2014 FINA Youth World Championships, Madrid, Spain , 1st Place
2014 UANA Youth Pan American Championship, Riverside, California , 1st Place
2011 UANA Youth Pan American Championships, Puerto Rico , 1st
^ a b c "Jordan Raney - Women's Senior National Team" . USA Water Polo . Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown" . Official FINA website . Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ "Stanford wins NCAA women's water-polo title" . San Francisco Chronicle . May 14, 2017. Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ a b c "Jordan Raney - Women's Senior National Team" . USA Water Polo . Retrieved 2023-03-16 .
^ Pimer, Diana (June 12, 2017). "USA Water Polo Wins Fourth-Straight FINA World League Super Final" . Swimming World . Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ Raney, Jordan (January 5, 2021). "Her Olympic dream in flux, Jordan Raney embraces the chaos" . NBC Sports . Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ Raney, Jordan (July 21, 2021). "How it feels to be the last player cut from the US Olympic water polo team" . NBC Sports . Retrieved August 6, 2021 .
^ Leybi, Amaya (August 5, 2021). "Pushing Forward: The Antifragile Identity of Jordan Raney" . Swimming World . Retrieved August 6, 2021 .