Beginning her third year as an assistant coach with the Falcons women’s water polo program, Brenda Villa continues to be a huge asset to the program. Not only does she offer a tremendous amount of knowledge and credibility to the program with her credentials, she is still a very active member of the water polo community. In addition to being a four-time 1^st Team All-American playing on the Bell Gardens High boys water polo team, she spent three seasons on the Stanford University water polo team and played internationally from 1996-2003 and has competed all over the world. In March of 2007, Villa led the USA Women's National Water Polo Team in Melbourne Australia at the 2007 FINA World Water Polo Championships. Villa scored a total of 11 goals throughout the whole tournament helping Team USA achieve first place naming them the 2007 FINA World Champions. She also helped lead the team to the 2007 Pan Am Games that qualified them for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

Last year, Villa played with the international club team Orizzonte “Geymonat” Catania (Italy); before returning to rejoining the National Team. 

As an attacker in international competition, Villa was one of most experienced members of the Team USA squad, as she helped lead them to 1^st Place in the Holiday Cup, Pan American Games and FINA World Championships in 2003. Villa led the team with 10 goals at the 2003 Pan American Games, including two in the gold medal win over Canada, which qualified them for the Athens Olympics. Additionally, she was named to the Media All-World Team at the 2002 World Cup and was a member of the 2002 Sydney Olympic team that won a silver medal.