Carissa Perez

Class:
Junior
Position:
Attacker
Height:
5-2
Hometown:
Pico Rivera, Calif.
High School:
La Serna

2021: Season canceled due to COVID-19.

2020: Earned Honorable Mention ACWPC All-America accolades … Totaled 16 goals, 39 assists, 19 steals, 13 ejections drawn, and six field blocks on the year; led the team in assists and steals … Distributed three or more assists in each of 10 games … Posted two goals and four assists vs. Iona (Jan. 25) … Dished out five assists vs. Villanova (Jan. 25) … Tallied two goals and three assists vs. Austin (Jan. 31) … Registered three goals and two assists vs. La Salle (Feb. 22) … Compiled two goals and three assists vs. Siena (Jan. 31) … Contributed four assists and two goals vs. Iona (Mar. 8) … Recorded five assists and one goal vs. LIU (Mar. 8) … Distributed four assists vs. Salem (Mar. 7) … Tallied three assists and six steals vs. LIU (Feb. 1) … Handed out three assists vs. Whittier (Feb. 2) … Dished out three assists vs. Wagner (Feb. 2) … Season shortened due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) … Earned ACWPC All-Academic and CWPA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2019: Gained Honorable Mention ACWPC All-America accolades … Earned Second Team CWPA All-Tournament honors … Gained CWPA Player of the Week on Feb. 27 … Led the team in assists (59) … Ranked third on the team in goals (33) and steals (32) … Tallied 29 ejections drawn and six field blocks on the year … Scored two or more goals in each of seven games … Dished out two or more assists in each of 17 games … Came up with two or more steals in each of nine games … Scored a season-high four goals vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Feb. 2) … Posted a season-best five assists in each of two games – vs. Cal Lutheran (Feb. 2) and vs. Harvard (Apr. 26) … Tallied three goals and four assists vs. St. Francis (Pa.) at the CWPA Championship, earning Player of the Game honors … Registered three goals and three assists vs. Iona (Feb. 23) … Notched two goals and four assists vs. George Washington (Apr. 13) … Earned ACWPC All-Academic and CWPA Scholar-Athlete honors.

2018: Led the team with 41 assists … Tallied 24 goals, 51 steals, 27 ejections drawn, and 16 field blocks on the year … Scored two goals in each of seven games … Posted two goals and three assists in an overtime win vs. Harvard (Apr. 11) … Dished out a season-high four assists twice – at Whittier (Mar. 24) and at Cal Lutheran (Mar. 31) … Came up with a season-high five steals vs. NYAC (Apr. 21) … Earned ACWPC All-Academic and CWPA Scholar-Athlete honors.

Before Brown: Earned Division 3 First Team All-CIF as a junior and senior and Division 4 First Team All-CIF as a freshman and sophomore … Gained Whittier Daily First Team All-Area four times … Garnered Del Rio League MVP honors three times … Won the 2014 Division 4 CIF Championship, scoring the game-winning goal in overtime … Led team to four Del Rio League titles … Scored a school record 463 career goals … Netted over 100 goals in each of four seasons … Captained team for three years … Played for head coach Erin Verstegen … Competed on the club level for Commerce Water Polo Club … Earned Junior Olympics All-America Honorable Mention twice … Also competed in swimming.

Personal: Carissa is the daughter of Silvia and Ricardo Perez … Has one older brother, Diego … Born on May 14, 1999 … Psychology concentrator.

Why Brown? “The open curriculum was very appealing to me, along with the prestigious education I would receive.”

Career Stats:
Year	G	A	PTS	STL	EJD	SW	FB
2018	24	41	65	51	27	1	16
2019	33	59	92	32	29	1	6
2020	16	39	55	19	13	0	6
2021	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Totals	73	139	212	102	69	2	28