University of Pennsylvania Athletics

CAREER HONORS
- 2x All-Ivy (Second Team: '19; Honorable Mention: '21)
- Team Captain

2022: Team captain ... Played in 12 game, starting in 11, missing five contests due to injury ... Finished fourth on team in points (10) off three goals and four assists ... Had one game-winning goal in a 4-1 victory over Delaware on October 30 ... Had a season-high three points against #1 Northwestern on September 16, scoring a goal and adding an assist ... Scored her lone penalty stroke opportunity at #7 Princeton on September 23.

2021: Honorable Mention All-Ivy … Played in 14 games with 11 starts … Competed for the full game against four different opponents including against No. 5 Louisville and No. 1 North Carolina … Registered three assists for three points … First collegiate assist was against nationally ranked Princeton on September 24 … Had back-to-back games with assists in October against Brown and Yale.

2020: All 2020 Ivy League fall sports were canceled on July 8 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.

2019: Second-Team All-Ivy selection … Led the team with seven goals and 14 points … Ranked sixth in the Ivy League with 12 points in conference play … Appeared in all 17 games and made 13 starts as a key member of the Penn defense … Tallied a defensive save against Yale (Oct. 26) … Led the team with two game-winning goals … Converted a stroke in overtime to seal a 2-1 win over Drexel (Oct. 13) … Scored a pair of goals in Ivy League contests against Cornell (Sept. 27), Columbia (Oct. 18), and Yale (Oct. 26) … Led the team with 18 shots on goal.

High School: Four-year team captain (2014-16, 2018) … Two-time South African National Champions (2016 & 2018) … Five-time league champions, regional champions, and Northern Provincial champions (2014-18) … Member of the South Africa Junior National Women's U-16 and U-18 teams … Top 12 Tournament champion (2018) … Five-year letter winner in track & field (2014-18) … Five-time National relay (4x100m) champion (2014-18) … Regional champion in 400m hurdles (2015) …  Representative of Student Body Council (2014-18) … Student Body Vice President (2017-18) … Representative Student on Governing Body (2017-18) … Seventh place at National Debate (2015) … Fourth place at Provincial Debate (2016) … Sixth place at Provincial Debate (2017).

Personal: Daughter of Maleni and Kobus van Staden … Father played professional rugby for the Vodacom Bulls … Mother was a five-time Northern Provincial champion in field hockey … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.