Kami Craig

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.

Kami Craig
Kami Craig
Personal information
Full nameKameryn Louise Craig
NationalityAmerican
Born (1987-07-21) July 21, 1987
Camarillo, California, U.S
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight95 kg (209 lb)
Website
Sport
Country United States
SportWater polo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeam
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2007 MelbourneTeam
Gold medal – first place2009 RomeTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 KazanTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2011 GuadalajaraTeam

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]

In 2021, Craig was inducted into the USA Waterpolo Hall of Fame.[5]

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.[6]

Craig won the Peter J. Cutino Award again in 2010, making her the only female player to have won it twice in a row.[7]

Personal life

While at USC, Craig majored in sociology and minored in occupational therapy.[4]

See also

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 Archived 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, June 24, 2009.
  4. USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig
  5. "Kami Craig (2021) - Hall of Fame". USA Water Polo. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
  6. "Kami Craig and J.W. Krumpholz Win Cutino Award". Archived from the original on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  7. "Kami wins Peter J. Cutino Award Second Year in a Row". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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