Hawaii women’s water polo player Bia Mantellato Dias was named the Big West Conference Women’s Water Polo Player of the Week on Wednesday.
The sophomore center had a big weekend as the Rainbow Wahine made history at the season-opening Polo- Palooza in Fresno, Calif. Mantellato Dias scored a total of six goals with two assists in two matches at the tournament as she helped the Rainbow Wahine take down defending national champion and No. 1-ranked Stanford for the first time in program history.
Mantellato Dias, the reigning Big West Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, has been named Player of the Week four times in her career.