| Ashley Grossman | |
| Birth Date: | 27 May 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Monica, California |
| Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
| Weight: | 195 lb |
| Strokes: | water polo |
| Collegeteam: | Stanford Cardinal |
Ashley Grossman (born May 27, 1993) is a water polo player.[1] She has competed as a member of the United States women's national water polo team, for both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Teams, including as Team USA won a gold medal in water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games.
Grossman was born in Santa Monica, California, to Linda and Gerald (Gerry) Grossman.[1] [2] Her father played football for the Tufts Jumbos at Tufts University, and her mother ran track for the Milwaukee Panthers at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[2]
Grossman attended Harvard-Westlake High School (Class of 2011), earning four letters in water polo and captain of the water polo team her final two years.[1] [2] [3] Her senior year she was named All-American, CIF Southern Section Division I Player of the Year, and Mission League MVP.[2] She competed in the 2009 and 2011 Junior World Water Polo Championships, and was named MVP of the 2010 Junior Olympics.[2] [4] In 2011, she and high school baseball player Max Fried won the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame High School Award.[5] [6] [4]
She then attended Stanford University (Class of 2014, majoring in Science, Technology and Society), and with the water polo team winning three NCAA championships.[1] [7] As a freshman in 2012, playing for the Stanford Cardinal water polo team at the 2-meter position, Grossman was Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America Honorable Mention, ACWPC All-Academic - Excellent, All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Honorable Mention, and named to the MPSF All-Newcomer Team.[2] [8] As a sophomore in 2013, she was ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, and MPSF All-Academic.[2] As a junior in 2014, she was ACWPC All-America Honorable Mention, ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, All-MPSF Honorable Mention, and MPSF All-Academic.[2] As a senior in 2015, she was ACWPC First Team All-American, ACWPC All-Academic - Superior, All-NCAA Tournament First Team, All-MPSF Second Team, and MPSF All-Academic.[2] She finished her college career 10th in Stanford history, with 169 goals.[2] [8] She was the co-recipient of the Pam Strathairn Award at the Stanford Athletic Board Awards, for her competitive attitude.[7] In 2016, she was awarded an NCAA postgraduate scholarship for her academic and athletic achievements.[7]
In both 2012 and 2014 Grossman won the NCAA Championship with Stanford University.[1] In 2013 she won a gold medal at the FINA Junior Water Polo World Championships.[1] [2] In 2014, with Team USA she won a silver medal at the FINA Women's Water Polo Intercontinental Tournament.[1] [2]
Grossman competed as a member of the United States women's national water polo team, for both the U.S. Junior and Senior National Teams.[9] [1] [2] [8] She played for Team USA in the 2015 FINA Women's Water Polo World League as it won a gold medal in June 2015, and the 2015 Pan American Games against Argentina, Cuba, and Mexico as Team USA won a gold medal in water polo at the 2015 Pan American Games in July 2015.[10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
In 2016 Grossman was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Northern California.[15] [16] In 2017, she was inducted into the Harvard-Westlake Hall of Fame.[17]