Tanya Gandy (born August 20, 1987) played water polo for UCLA on four of the five-consecutive NCAA National Champion Women's Water Polo teams and was named to the All-Tournament first team.

[1] In June 2009, Gandy was named to the USA Water Polo Women’s Senior National Team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.

In her senior year, Gandy scored 79 goals, the highest single-season goal total in program history (eclipsing Coralie Simmons' 74-goal total from 1998).

She is one of three finalist for the female Peter J. Cutino Award, the highest honor for a college water polo player.

She was also named NCAA Division I Player of the Year and first-team All-America accolades by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) in 2009.