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By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

With his brilliant career in Berkeley ended earlier this month by a 12-11 NCAA semifinal loss <\/a>to USC, Luca Cupido<\/strong> is ready for new experiences. The Italian native still has one more semester before graduating with the University of California\u2019s class of 2018. But he\u2019s already preparing for a future playing professionally in Europe and will continue to represent the United States in international competition including\u2014he hopes\u2014a second Olympic appearance as a member of Team USA, at the 2020 Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n

In his final season, Cupido is racking up accolades as the best collegiate player in America. He collected 58 goals\u2014part of a career total of 173\u2014which earned him recognition<\/a> as the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation\u2019s 2017 Player of the Year. He has also been nominated<\/a> for the 2018 Peter J. Cutino award\u2014given annually to the outstanding female and male U.S. collegiate water polo players\u2014 and was just named<\/a> the 2017 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Player of the Year.<\/p>\n

Swimming World<\/em> spoke recently with Cupido about about his current and future plans.<\/p>\n

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Cupido at 2016 Rio Olympics. Photo Courtesy: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n

– What’s next for your career? Is Pro Recco or another European professional club in your future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

My plan is to practice here until I finish school and then evaluate the different options and see what\u2019s the best fit. The idea is to play and try to get an internship if I go back [to Italy]. Whichever team\u2019s going to give me the opportunity to combine those two things is going to have a higher chance of signing me to play for them.<\/p>\n

– Reflect on your four years playing for the Golden Bears, including winning a national title in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When you first get here you don\u2019t realize how important it is to win, especially for this program. In my second year, once I realized that Cal wasn\u2019t going to NCAAs for five or six years, that was my goal, especially then. I want to achieve something personally, like going to the Olympics, and something as a team here.<\/p>\n

It was a great experience. Ending with the [Golden Bear] banquet and knowing these guys\u2014who I played with coming in as a freshman\u2014are probably going to be done with water polo. That\u2019s weird for me especially because I\u2019m going to keep playing. I intend to be involved with all the guys but for some of my friends to be done, that’s an interesting scenario.<\/p>\n

– You were nominated for a Peter J. Cutino award, given annually to the nation’s top player. How important is this honor to you and as recognition for what Cal accomplished this year?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a team we unfortunately came up short. That\u2019s now two NCAA [tournaments] where we struggled to finish a game with our full roster and this year we weren\u2019t able to finish up with a win. Individually it\u2019s great. It\u2019s awesome to be recognized even if you didn\u2019t win. All the other guys on the team they put in hard work.<\/p>\n

In sports you may not always win but that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re not one of the best. Sometimes people recognize players when they score, and this year I scored a bit more than usual.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think my game changed. I was always a distributor, a very smart passer and defender. Perhaps a couple of goal more made a difference. It\u2019s great that [the selectors] recognize that but it\u2019s also limited.<\/p>\n

– What are your plans for the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team? It’s always an honor to represent your country but you have two nations\u2014America and Italy\u2014that you might represent.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Once I made my decision I\u2019m happy where I\u2019m at and I\u2019m going to stay with it. I\u2019ll pursue the next Olympics and [to] play for the United States. We need to qualify first in 2019, and then go from there. I\u2019m very happy with my first decision; I have no reason to go back now.<\/p>\n

– I’m sure winning a national championship is one of the biggest thrills of your time at Cal but what other memories will you cherish from playing polo in Berkeley.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Stanford game [a 10-9 Cal win <\/a>last month in the MPSF tournament] was meaningful, especially coming back from those two-three weeks when I was out and didn\u2019t know if I would compete again for the rest of the year. It was almost like a movie; I came back and I scored two important goals. It\u2019s a great memory; unfortunately we couldn\u2019t finish with NCAAs but I\u2019m still proud of how we came together and tried our best. That\u2019s all you can ask.<\/p>\n

For sure, the Stanford game was important for me. Also the USC one, even though I didn\u2019t play [a 6-3 Cal win<\/a>]. To have my family there and try to impact a game without playing was interesting.<\/p>\n

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