Kami Craig
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Kameryn "Kami" Craig (born July 21, 1987, in San Luis Obispo, California) is an American water polo player. She was a member of the US water polo team that won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a gold medal in London in 2012.
Craig attended Santa Barbara High School, graduating in 2005 and the University of Southern California, graduating in 2010. She played water polo for the Trojans.[1]
Career
Craig played on the women's varsity team in high school as well as playing on the Youth National Team from 2003 to 2006. She played for four years at USC.[2]
In June 2009, Kami was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.[3]
In 2011, she played her first professional season in Greece, playing for the Greek giants Olympiacos.[4]
Awards and honors
She, UCLA women's water polo senior Tanya Gandy, and her teammate Michelle Stein have been selected as the three finalists for the 2009 Peter J. Cutino Award, an accolade presented annually to the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players in the United States. The winners were announced at the 10th annual Peter J. Cutino Awards Night Dinner on Saturday, June 6, at The Olympic Club's City Clubhouse in San Francisco.
She was the 2009 Peter J. Cutino Award female winner.[5]
Craig won the Peter J. Cutino Award again in 2010, making her the only female player to have won it twice.[6]
Personal life
While at USC, Craig majored in sociology and minored in occupational therapy.[4]
References
- ^ USC OLYMPIANS: 1904-2008, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008.
- ^ USC Player Bio.
- ^ Roster Announced For 2009 FINA Women's World Championships, June 24, 2009.
- ^ a b USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig
- ^ Kami Craig and J.W. Krumpholz Win Cutino Award
- ^ Kami wins Peter J. Cutino Award Second Year in a Row
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- 1987 births
- Living people
- American water polo players
- Olympic water polo players of the United States
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- USC Trojans athletes
- College women's water polo players in the United States
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Female water polo players
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics