American water polo player (born 1996)
Jordan Raney Personal information Born (1996-06-02 ) June 2, 1996 (age 29) Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) Position 2-Meter Defender Club information Current team Olympiacos Piraeus College Stanford University National team Years Team 2017—
United States Last updated: February 16, 2024
Jordan Raney (born June 2, 1996) is an Americanwater polo player who is a member of theUnited States women's national water polo team .[ 1] She was part of the gold medal-winning American team at the2017 World Aquatics Championships inBudapest .[ 2]
Raney played water polo atStanford University where she helped lead theCardinal 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 theFINA World League Super Final .[ 5] A standout defender, she made her professional debut competing forNC Vouliagmeni in Greece alongside Team USA teammatesAshleigh Johnson andStephania Haralabidis .[ 1] [ 4] She currently plays forGreek powerhouseOlympiacos Piraeus , with whom she won the2021–22 LEN Euro League .
She trained full-time with the U.S. team for two years with the goal of competing at the2020 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 inSanta 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 . RetrievedAugust 6, 2021 .^ "Day 7 Women's Water Polo: USA rolls Spain for fifth world crown" .Official FINA website . RetrievedAugust 6, 2021 .^ "Stanford wins NCAA women's water-polo title" .San Francisco Chronicle . May 14, 2017. RetrievedAugust 6, 2021 .^a b c "Jordan Raney - Women's Senior National Team" .USA Water Polo . Retrieved2023-03-16 .^ Pimer, Diana (June 12, 2017)."USA Water Polo Wins Fourth-Straight FINA World League Super Final" .Swimming World . RetrievedAugust 6, 2021 . ^ Raney, Jordan (January 5, 2021)."Her Olympic dream in flux, Jordan Raney embraces the chaos" .NBC Sports . RetrievedAugust 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 . RetrievedAugust 6, 2021 . ^ Leybi, Amaya (August 5, 2021)."Pushing Forward: The Antifragile Identity of Jordan Raney" .Swimming World . RetrievedAugust 6, 2021 .