birth_place weight nationality height sport birth_date residence article_title name collegeteam
san ramon , california 154 lb kg 0 american 5 ft 8 in cm on water polo 4 june 1993 danville , california maggie steffens
 maggie steffens stanford university
maggie steffens

margaret steffens -lrb- born june 4 , 1993 -rrb- is an american water polo player .
she won the gold medal with the united states in the 2012 summer olympics .
<h3> career career .
steffens played on the united states national water polo team which won the 2010 fina world league super final and the 2010 fina world cup .
she scored the winning goal against australia in the final match of the fina world league super final .
in 2011 , steffens helped the u.s. win the 2011 fina world league super final again .
in the pan american games , she scored the winning goal in the shootout of the final match , as the u.s. defeated canada .
the u.s. won the fina world league super final for the third straight year in 2012 , and steffens led the team with 11 goals .
in the first match of the summer olympics , steffens scored seven goals to tie the olympic single-game record .
she scored 21 total goals in the olympic games to lead all scorers , as the u.s. won the gold medal .
she was named the best female water polo player of 2012 by fina and the 2012 female water polo player of the year by `` swimming world magazine '' .
steffens played water polo at monte vista high school and helped the team win their league championship in 2007 , 2008 , and 2009 .
she also plays for diablo water polo in alamo , california .
