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Maya Mohebbizadeh '20 Recruiting Profile
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Maya Mohebbizadeh...Personal Statement
My name is Maya Mohebbizadeh, I am 16 years old and going into my senior year at
West High School, in Salt Lake City, Utah.
My mother is from Venezuela and my father is from Iran, resulting in my exposure to diversity. From a very young age I would travel to Spain and Venezuela to attend the last month of school. As I began to invest myself into learning Mandarin Chinese, I had the opportunity to go to China for several months a few summers and stay with host families. Having the opportunity to travel to these places has shaped who I am today and provided me with an extremely open perspective towards different cultures and helps me further appreciate the world we live in today.
I am very academically devoted, having maintained a 4.0 GPA, and am taking several AP and IB courses (transcript attached). I am fluent in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. I am very interested in International Relations programs, Political Science, and aspire to attend law school.
I have been playing water polo for over 8 years and would love to have the opportunity to play in college. I have attended ODP the past three years as part of the Mountain Zone Team, as well as JO’s with Utah/ Mountain Premier. I also trained at the Barcelona International Water polo Academy with Quim Colet, practiced with the Singapore National Team, and played with Cascais Water polo Club in
Portugal’s national tournament for 2 summers being National Champions both years in one of the categories. On a more recent note, I traveled to Hungary to train with the club team KSI and was invited to play with the Miami Riptides at the Sunshine State Tournament in Florida in U18 and Open categories.
I thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 2 years
- Varsity Starter
- 2 years
- 2019 Varsity Team
- Starter- Jersey: #18
Team Awards
- State 2nd Place
- 2019 Club/Travel Team
- Starter- Jersey: #9
- 2018 Varsity Team
- Starter- Jersey: #18
Team Awards
- State Champs, Regional Champs
- 2018 Club/Travel Team
- Starter
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 7 seasons
- 2019 Cascais Water Polo Club, Portugal (National CHampions)
- National Champions U18 - Second Place in National rankings U20
- 2019 Miami Riptides Waterpolo Club
- Sunshine State Tournament - U18 and Open category
- 2019 Utah Premier Water Polo Team
- 2018 Cascais Water Polo Club, Portugal (National CHampions)
- National champions U16
- 2018 Utah Premier (W Utah Premier)
- 2018 Utah Premier Water Polo Team (Travel team)
- 2017 Utah Premier Water Polo Team
Coach References
- Travel/Club Coach
- Jeff Whipple
- High School Head Coach
- Gary Horton
Events
- Camp/Event
- Portuguese National Tournament U20
- 7/19/19 to 7/21/19
- 2nd Place - National Championship
- Camp/Event
- Portuguese National tournament U18
- 7/12/19 to 7/14/19
- 1st Place - National Champions
- Camp/Event
- US Club Championships
- 6/28/19 to 6/30/19
- Camp/Event
- Sunshine State Tournament
- 6/20/19 to 6/23/19
- played in U18 - Place and OPEN - 1st Place
- Camp/Event
- 2018-2019 Women’s 5/6A All-State 1st Team/Utah HS Water Polo/Park City WP
- 5/16/19 to 5/18/19
- Personal - All STate 1st Team - 3rd Place Park City team in State
- Camp/Event
- Crimson Clinic - Harvard
- 8/03/18 to 8/05/18
- Water polo Crimson Clinic at Harvard
- Camp/Event
- Brown University Water polo Camp
- 7/31/18 to 8/03/18
- Elite Water polo Camp
- Camp/Event
- Junior Olympics
- 7/26/18 to 7/29/18
- Junior Olympics - Played with Utah Premier U16
- Camp/Event
- Portuguese National Tournament U20
- 7/14/18 to 7/15/18
- Portuguese Nationals U20 playing with the Cascais Water Polo Club
- Camp/Event
- Portuguese National Tournament U18
- 7/06/18 to 7/08/18
- Portuguese Nationals U18 playing with the Cascais Water Polo Club
- Camp/Event
- Portuguese National Tournament U16
- 6/29/18 to 7/01/18
- National Champions - Portuguese Nationals U16 playing with the Cascais Water Polo Club
- Camp/Event
- BIWPA
- 6/11/18 to 6/30/18
- Barcelona International Water polo Academy - Training in the acacemy during the day and playing with European and Barcelona teams in the evenings
- Camp/Event
- Singapore Women's National Team
- 5/21/18 to 6/05/18
- Trained with the Singapore Women's National Team
- Camp/Event
- KAP7
- 4/20/18 to 4/22/18
- Kap7 Tournament under Utah Premier Waterpolo
- Camp/Event
- ODP Nationals
- 3/09/18 to 3/11/18
- ODP Mountain Zone Team
- Camp/Event
- Azevedo Combine
- 2/16/18 to 2/16/18
- Combine
- Camp/Event
- Junior Olympics
- 7/27/17 to 7/30/17
- Water polo Junior Olympics
- Camp/Event
- BIWPA Academy
- 6/10/17 to 6/25/17
- waterpolo academy with Quim Colet
- Camp/Event
- ODP Nationals
- 3/10/17 to 3/11/17
- ODP Mountain Zone Team
Training
- KSI club - Budapest, Hungary
- 1 year
- trained with the team for 10 days - April 2019
- Singapore Women's National Team
- 1 year
- Trained with the team for 2 weeks in 2018
Additional Sports
- Soccer
- 5 years
- Sophomore Team
- Swimming
- 7 years
- Varsity Team
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. 2015 to 2017 Chemistry, Secondary Math (1, 2, 3), Language Arts (10,11), Geography, Biology – Honors classes through middle schoolAre you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. 2017-2018-2019 AP United States History, AP Mandarin, AP Calculus, AP Spanish, AP English, AP Art, IB Mandarin, IB Math, IB Theory of Knowledge IB studentRegistered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- Awards2013 and 2016 Presidential Academic Award 2016 SL Valley Science & Engineering Fair/Behavioral & Social Sciences State 1st 2016 Utah National History State Fluency in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese Traveling to Venezuela, Spain, China (alternatively) since first grade every year to attend full time regular school in the grade which he was that year in the country’s native language, with native students and teachers.
- Activities2017-2018 Scholastic Publishing – Poem Published “Freedom Bound” in the book “Rising Stars” 2017-2018 MUN - Model United Nations – Latvia position Paper Award 2017-2018 Future Business Leaders of America 2017-2018 Animator for Junior Youth Program (early teen empowerment program) 2017-2018 Advanced Speech & Debate 2016-2017 MUN - Model United Nations – Vietnam – Distinguished Delegation 2016-2017 Speech & Debate 2014-2015 ESL Class Service Project – Published book on each story refugee for their college funds 2014-2015 Student Council President – Odyssey House Service Project (recovering addicts) Fluency in English, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese Traveling to Venezuela, Spain, China (alternatively) since first grade every year to attend full time regular school in the grade which he was that year in the country’s native language, with native students and teachers. Some sports I have been practicing for at least 4 years but not at competitive level - tennis & equestrian Scuba certified - Open water since 2016