Courtney Lynn Kaiulani Mathewson (born September 14, 1986) is an American

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player, part of the US team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She played

for the

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(UCLA) Bruins during their four-consecutive NCAA National Champion Women's Water Polo championships, and was named to the All-Tournament first team. At UCLA, she majored in sociology.

College career

During the 2008 season, Mathewson scored 54 goals in 33 matches. The Anaheim Hills, Calif., resident scored four goals in the final two NCAA Tournament matches – including three in an 11–4 semifinal win over

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– to earn all-tournament team accolades.

Honors

Mathewson has earned prestigious honors after leading the Bruins to the undefeated season. Courtney was named to the Pac-12 All-Century Team. She also won the 2008 Peter J. Cutino Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players in the United States. The award is named in honor of the late Peter J. Cutino, a former University of California and The Olympic Club coach, who died in September 2004. Cutino, who is enshrined in the U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame, earned National Water Polo Coach of the Year honors 17 times and led California to eight NCAA titles. Mathewson and teammate

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captured

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(MPSF) Co-Player of the Year honors after having led UCLA to the MPSF Tournament title for the second consecutive year. In the MPSF Tournament, Mathewson was named the tournament

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after having combined for seven goals in the final two matches. She joins other Bruins, Sean Kern, Coralie Simmons,

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, and

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as Peter J. Cutino Award winners.Cutino Award winners
/ref> Mathewson has also been named Division I Player of the Year by the Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC). Mathewson currently trains with the USA Water Polo National Team and in October 2011 helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the Pan American games. On November 10, 2021, she was inducted into

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College career

Honors

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