The first five years of Brianna Daboub's water polo career explain quite a bit about how she emerged as a three-year team captain for USC's powerhouse program.
"I played coed until I went to high school," Daboub said. "And when I say coed, I was pretty much the only girl on the team."
At 9 years old, Daboub, a native of Newport Beach, walked three houses down the block to join the Newport Hills pool's club program with her brothers Anthony and Evan. It didn't faze her that she was the lone girl on the team, and she never felt as if her teammates or opponents let up against her.