Schurr HS: Voted the water polo team’s Most Valuable Player as a senior and junior… Spent two seasons on the water polo and swimming teams… Selected as the swim team’s captain her sophomore year… Specialized in the 500-yard freestyle (6:04) and swam a leg of the 4x400-yard freestyle…..

Personal: Most memorable moment was when she scored goals on three of four shots in a loss against Montebello High her senior year… Would like to transfer to either USC or UCLA and aspires to be a clinical psychologist… Is the cousin of Patty Cardenas, who played on the US water polo team that earned a silver medal at the 2008 Olympics and also played at USC… Likes to eat in her spare time… Nicknamed “Serena Williams”… Has two siblings – Christian (14) and Jonathan (7)… Is the daughter of Amado Vela and Nancy Solorzano… Born in Huntington Park, CA on July 13, 1993…..