Verica Bakoc

Sport

Water Polo

Country

Canada

USC Affiliation

Lettered 2018-21

Olympic Experience

First Olympics

AT USC:

• 2018 & 2021 NCAA Champion

• 2021 All-America Honorable Mention

• 2021 All-MPSF Honorable Mention

• Major: Real Estate Development

FAST FACTS:

• Scored career-high seven goals in 12-9 win at Cal in 2021 — third most in a game by a Trojan

• USC’s third leading scorer in 2021 with 43 goals — more than in her first three seasons combined

• Canada is making its fourth appearance in the Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2020, 2024)

• Bakoc joins fellow USC grad Hayley McKelvey (2021) on this year’s Canadian Olympic Team — the two were also teammates on USC’s 2018 NCAA Championship Team