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Miia Anjala ‘27 Recruiting Profile

Southbank International School
London, INTERNATIONAL
Women's Water Polo

Club:: Regional Talent Center East
Height:: 5'11"
Weight:: 165
Age:: 15
Prim. Position:: 2M

Wingspan: 5ft 7.5in
50 Yard Swim Time: 29.7

2024 Spotlight

2024 Spotlight

Miia Spring 2024 Spring Tournament Collage

Personal Statement

Hello! My name is Miia Anjala and I am currently a 15 year old freshman (class of '27) living in London. I have been playing competitively for the West London Penguin swim and waterpolo club for the last 2 years. I have done swimming all my life, and have experience on a swim team before I discovered my passion for water polo. I am proud to have become the starting center forward (2M) for my club's U17 team during our national championship run (we won silver), and to have been the leading scorer for my team in the recent U16 Swim England Talent Center Tournament. I have also competed in U16, U17, and U18 local, county, regional and national tournaments on both girls and mixed teams and have recently been invited to play for my club's women's team alongside other top performing junior players.

I am a hard worker, attending training 5-6 times a week, and take every opportunity I can to gain new knowledge and techniques to further develop myself as a player. I am excited to go on this journey and see myself develop as I gain more experience, and can’t wait to continue growing my skill and mindset. I try to go into every practice and game with a positive attitude, and intend to push myself to accomplish great things in the future. As a Centre Forward I pride myself in not only being strong enough to dominate the pit, but also in having the speed to drop down and defend on every play.

I attend Southbank International School, a highly competitive International Baccalaureate school, where I am considered a top student. I aim to find a university that helps combine academic excellence with a top quality water polo program.

Athletics

Club Information

Seasons of Club Experience:
2 seasons
2023 Regional Talent Center East (GB national program for national team candidates)
2022 West London Penguins

Coach References

Club Coach
Rumen Kurtev
Club Coach
Claudio Palumbo

Events

Camp/Event
Southern Cal Water Polo Camp
6/25/23 to 6/30/23
Camp/Event

National Age Group Championship Girls U15s
12/18/22 to 12/18/22
West London Penguins 8th place out of 11 teams
Camp/Event

U18 Girls Division London League
2/18/24 to 2/18/24
WLPenguins 13-1 Faversham, Miia scored 2 points and assisted 2 points, WLPenguins 15-0 Chelmsford, Miia scored 1 point, WLPenguins 11-4 Croydon
Camp/Event

U17 Girls National Age Group Prelims
3/17/24 to 3/17/24
WLPenguins 8 v 5 Otters, WLPenguins 10 v 5 Sheffield (took silver in 2023), WLPenguins 6 v 10 Manchester (took gold in 2023). First time in WLPenguin Club history for the girls’ team to make the finals
Camp/Event

Talent Games Championship
7/6/24 to 7/7/24
Talent Games Gold Metal as Team East
Camp/Event

BIWPA Florida Camp
7/8/24 to 7/12/24
Named 15 and under MVP of the week. Gator Water Polo in conjunction with BIWPA, and RFLearning. Daily water and land training with scrimmages. Includes European water polo training methodology.
Camp/Event

U16s Girls Inter-County Championship
4/14/24 to 4/14/24
Played as Team Middlesex. Gold Metal Winners. Played each team twice, Middlesex 5 v 5 Kent, Middlesex 7 v 2 Surrey, Middlesex 9 v 1 Kent, Middlesex 8 v 2 Surrey
Camp/Event

U16 Female Talent Games
4/27/24 to 4/28/24
Talent Games - Teams were based on your regional training centers. In this tournament, Miia played for Team East where they were the only group to not have a complete team. With just 8 players and the standard four quarters, her team fought for every point. Despite being down to 5 players plus the goalie for most of the match, they finished in a draw East 13 v 13 NorthWest. Miia was removed from the game for an injury. During that time their opponent managed to take the lead. Once Miia was back in the water, she scored 3 points in a row to take the lead back. Again, for this match they were also playing woman down, yet taking the win for East 12 v 9 London. Miia scored10 points out of 12 and zero personals. Miia was starting 2M position for both matches.
Camp/Event

U17s Female National Age Group Championship
4/20/24 to 4/21/24
Silver Metal Winners: Semi-Finals - WLPenguin 11 v 5 Worthing, Finals - WL Penguin 8 v 10 City of Manchester, First time in club history for a female team to make it to the finals. Miia rose to starter position in the tournament. She was the second highest scorer against Worthing. It was a very tight match against Manchester, who are often recognised as one of the toughest teams in the nation.
Camp/Event

U16 Girls’ London League Championship
3/24/24 to 3/24/24
Undefeated League Cup Champions. WLP 11 v 2 Croydon, WLP 13 v 1 Kingston, WLP 5 v 4 Beckenham
Camp/Event

U18 Girls London League Championship
3/10/24 to 3/10/24
Penguins 5 v 4 Croydon, Penguins 14 v 1 Chelmsford - Miia scored 1, Penguins 14 v 1 Faversham, Penguins undefeated Champions
Camp/Event

Mixed U16 Inter-County Championship
3/9/24 to 3/9/24
Team Middlesex, Undefeated Champions.
Camp/Event

U16 Mixed North Division
2/4/24 to 2/4/24
WLPenguins 5-5 Hillingdon, WLPenguins 3-13 Otters
Camp/Event

U16 Girls Division London League
1/14/24 to 1/14/24
WLPenguins 14-0 Kingston, WLPenguins 10-6 Beckenham, WLPenguins 12-1 Croydon

Academics

Grades

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High School Information

High School:: Southbank International School
State:: International

Academic Accomplishments

Honors Classes:

Yes. IB Extended Mathematics

AP Classes:

Yes. IB English IB Spanish Phase 3 IB Individuals & Societies IB Sciences IB Extended Mathematics IB Visual Arts IB Physical and health Education IB Design

Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?

Awards, Achievements and Activities

Activity
- Stage Production
Activity
- Student Mentor
Activity
- Violin
Activity
- Piano

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