User:Kasakid/Rhonda Marable

Rhonda Marable (born December, 22 1984 on Clark Air Base, Philippines) is an American NCAA water polo player.

Marable started swimming with a club team,, at the age of fourteen, and discovered water polo at the age of fifteen. She swam for and played water polo for three years in high school El Camino High School, making Varsity each year and ran cross country for one year.

After taking a year off post Palomar College, Marable was recruited by the Mercyhurst Lakers for the 2006-2007 season. During her career at Mercyhurst she quickly became the teams top defensive player contributing to the Lakers most successful season since the programs beginning.

High School
Marable began playing water polo her sophomore year for the Wildcats in the highly competitive CIF Avacado-League. Becoming a Varsity starter, Marable made second team All-League, was awarded "Most Outstanding Defensive Player" award and broke her school record for steals and assists in a season. By her senior year she became team "MVP", breaking her previous school records and creating a new record for All-Time steals and assists leader.

Junior College
In 2004, Marable joined the Palomar College Comets under head coach, Patty Waterman. The team placed third behind Grossmont College and San Diego Mesa College. Continuing to be an impact, Marable earned a starting position as a Driver and won Freshman Player of the Year. By her sophomore year she helped lead the Comets, under new head coach, Kelly Falcone, to a Pacific Coast Athletic Conference  Championship in 2005.

Mercyhurst College
In 2006 Marable joined the Mercyhurst Lakers team as a transfer student and was recruited as a driver/utility player. Early in the season Head Coach Curtis Robinette began starting Marable in the a Hole Defender/Point position. Marable began to ice the competition, recording multi-game team high statslink title in steals and assists, earning Athlete of the Week awards for her team best 10-steals against the Grove City College Wolverines.

Marable started in 24 of 26 games played and earned 37 points on 18 goals and 19 assists. She placed third on the team in points, while tying for third in both goals and assists. Marable contributed a team-high 81 steals, posting three multi-assist games, two goal-leading games and 15 steals-leading games.

Marable made the 2007 CWPA Academic All-American list.

Car Accident
In the summer of 2007, Marable and four friends were in a high-speed car accident. Marable sustained numerous injuries to her spinal discs and back muscles, undergoing months of rehabilitation continuing into her senior season.

2008 Season
Marable appeared in all 23 games her senior season and started only 10 of them due to injury. She recorded a team-leading 62 saves, 19 less than her previous season. She again tied for third on the team with assists, totaling 28 and made a mere seven goals on the year. Marable contributed the season high record for steals in a game with 6 against Indiana University.

The Lakers went 14-9 on the year and 5-2 in the CWPA Western Division, the most successful finish to-date. The team made a program-first visit to the Eastern Championships, being the only Division II invited after winning the wild-card bid over Harvard and Princeton University. They dropped the weekend 0-3 against #11 Michigan, Bucknell, and #20 Indiana.

Marable made the CWPA Academic All-American list for the season.

Personal
Marable is a multi-racial American, having Cherokee and African American from her father, Charles Marable, and Filipino from her mother, Concordia Bonneville(nee.Evarle). She is an outspoken activist in race politics and was a controversial opinion writer for the Mercyhurst College student newspaper the Merciad.

Marable graduated Mercyhurst with a B.A. in Communications concentrating in Public Relations and was a member of the Lambda Pi Eta communications honor society. Marable served as President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee her Senior year.

NCAA Competitions

 * 2007 CWPA Western Division Championship (Ann Arbor, Mi.) (1-2) Sixth Place
 * 2008 ECAC Championship (Lewisburg, Pa.)(2-1) Fifth Place
 * 2008 University of Michigan Invitational (2-1)
 * 2008 CWPA Western Division Championship (Grove City, Pa.) (2-1) Third Place
 * 2008 Eastern Championship (0-3) Seventh Place