2021 USC Women's Water Polo Roster
Roster
Denise Mammolito
- Position:
- Driver
- Height:
- 6-1
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Rancho Cucamonga HS
- Hometown:
- Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
2021: A 2021 NCAA Champion and co-captain, Mammolito was the team’s top scorer with 51 goals in her fifth and final season at USC, granted following the midseason cancellation of competition in 2020... Selected as a First Team All-American and to the All-MPSF First Team... Also named to the NCAA All-Tournament First Team and MPSF All-Tournament Team... Scored in 19 games with a team-high 13 multiple-goal outings... Set a career high with seven goals scored in a 12-11 overtime win over Stanford on April 10, matching the third most goals ever scored in a single game by a Trojan... Finished her USC career ranked No. 10 all-time in career scoring with 174 goals.
2020: In a season cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic, Mammolito scored 23 goals in her fourth season as USC was 12-1 overall when competition was cancelled... Selected as a First Team All-American and to the All-MPSF First Team.
2019: Mammolito earned All-America Honorable Mention and All-MPSF Honorable Mention as a junior... Named to the NCAA All-Tournament Second Team... Scored 29 goals... Scored in 20 different games with five multiple-goal outings... Set career high with five goals scored vs. Azusa Pacific on Jan. 18... Scored her 100th career goal in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
2018: Mammolito earned All-America Honorable Mention as a sophomore... Scored three goals in the NCAA Championship game to help USC win the 2018 title... Was USC’s second leading scorer with 43 goals on the year... Scored in 22 games with 13 multiple-goal outings... Set new career high with four goals vs. Pacific on March 25... Scored seven goals at the NCAA Tournament.
2017: Mammolito scored 28 goals as a true freshman. Scored in 19 games with eight multiple-goal outings… Set career high with a hat trick against Whittier on Jan. 28… Named to the MPSF All-Newcomer Team.
NATIONAL TEAMS: Mammolito is a member of the U.S. National Team... Competed for the United States at the 2019 World University Games... As a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, recently competed at the 2017 FINA Junior World Championships... Also was a member of the U.S. Youth National Team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Mammolito was a two-time all-county selection and three-time all-league selection at Rancho Cucamonga HS… Also spent four years on the varsity swim team… An honor student… Played for CHAWP Water Polo Club.
PERSONAL: Mammolito earned her USC degree in health and human sciences with hopes of becoming a physical therapist in the future... Parents are Louis and Kym Mammolito… Has four siblings, Dominick, Katy, Jerome and Lyndsey… Lists watching the USC women’s water polo team win the 2016 NCAA Championship as her most thrilling moment in sports… Enjoys spending time with family and friends, playing with her dogs and watching movies in her free time… Favorite foods include spaghetti and mashed potatoes… Favorite TV shows include Grey’s Anatomy and Criminal Minds… Has always wanted to pet a giraffe... Hopes to travel Italy and Greece… Born on Sept. 12, 1998.
