Johanna Rebelo '22 Recruiting Profile

I am a LEFT-HANDED attacker and versatile utility player.  I may not be the tallest player, but I am strong and agressive, with endurance.

Growing up, I was very active on a downhill ski team, as a figure skater, and playing soccer in the summer.  Most of all I loved the water and swimming.  I won the award for top 8U racer on my swim team.  But then I discovered water polo.

I’ve been lucky to train with some amazing coaches who played on the Canadian National Team, from the beginning. They inspired me and I moved with them to a new club.  We don’t always win, but I have learned so much for the long term.  I have trained in California and participated in the Junior Olympics for 2 summers, playing for OC Riptide.  I had an amazing experience and look forward to getting back there again this summer.

In my free time, I like art as well as skiing and kayaking.  I had a great 3 years at a school for the ARTS.  Now I am at a sports school.  I finish school at noon and go to the gym every afternoon.

COVID has changed many things for all of us.  I haven't been able to play water polo since March 2020, but I am making the best of it--spending last summer at the lake and the rest of the year swimming regularly at the local pool.  I have been making the best of the time to improve on academics and SAT study, as well as a lot of dryland training (I workout 5 afternoons a week) and yoga.

Because COVID has affected us all, I have taken the initiative to join a program that prepares baked goods for local homeless shelters.  

As the COVID situation is now improving, I am excited to take every opportunity to get back to waterpolo, including summer clinics, Junior Olympics, Team Quebec training, and much more.

I love math and am looking forward to doing a degree in business, as well as looking at MBA options.  There are so many great schools and options, but I have decided that I am particularly interested in a small liberal arts school.