Kami Craig

Kami Craig

Craig in 2007
Personal information
Full name Kameryn Louise Craig
Nationality American
Born (1987-07-21) July 21, 1987
San Luis Obispo, California, U.S
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Water polo
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 London Team
2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
2008 Beijing Team
World Championships
2007 Melbourne Team
2009 Rome Team
2015 Kazan Team
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team

Kameryn Louise "Kami" Craig (born July 21, 1987) 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 and Rio in 2016.

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

  1. ↑ USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2008, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008.
  2. ↑ USC Player Bio.
  3. ↑ Roster Announced For 2009 FINA Women's World Championships, June 24, 2009.
  4. 1 2 USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig
  5. ↑ Kami Craig and J.W. Krumpholz Win Cutino Award
  6. ↑ Kami wins Peter J. Cutino Award Second Year in a Row
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