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A Look at the Cutino Finalists For College Water Polo Players of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2023-24 Cutino Award finalists for the top collegiate men and women water polo athletes in America are in. Like the NCAA men\u2019s and women\u2019s finals, this year\u2019s Cutino prospects are a replay of Cal versus UCLA matchups with the winners likely mirroring the national championship results: a Golden Bear winning on the men\u2019s side and a Bruin winning on the women\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winners will be crowned on Saturday, June 1 at The Olympic Club in downtown San Francisco.<\/span><\/p>\n

25th Annual Cutino Awards at The Olympic Club<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: USA Water Polo<\/p><\/div>\n

The men\u2019s finalists, announced in April, present no surprises. Cal\u2019s <\/span>Nikolaos Papanikolaou<\/b> and UCLA\u2019s <\/span>Rafael Real Vergara<\/b> were joined by Princeton\u2019s <\/span>Roko Pozaric<\/b>. Papanikolaou is a two-time Cutino winner (2022, 2023) and\u2014despite a season interrupted by injury\u2014was dynamic when it counted most, helping the Golden Bears to a 13-11 NCAA finals win over the Bruins. He notched 95 drawn exclusions\u2014a career high\u2014and 43 goals, which pushed his Cal career total to 253, good for second all-time behind <\/span>Chris Humbert<\/b>. In leading Cal to a 17th NCAA title, most in men\u2019s water polo, he capped his time in Berkeley with a third straight finals MVP and a third consecutive finals win.<\/span><\/p>\n

Real Vergara, who last year transferred to UCLA after three years at Long Beach State, scored a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation-high 71 goals for a Bruins squad that opened the season with 24 straight wins before stumbling late, including losses to USC and Stanford in the MPSF tournament and then Cal in the final.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pozaric put up big numbers for a Tiger side that won more games (28) and finished ranked higher (fifth) than any Princeton team ever has. In his final season in New Jersey, the Croatian native notched 76 goals\u2014fourth best in program history\u2014and 47 assists to become the program\u2019s first-ever finalist.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ashleigh Johnson <\/span>won a Cutino in 2017<\/span><\/a> for Princeton\u2019s women, becoming the first and only non-West Coast winner.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will not be surprising if Papanikolaou is named a three-time Cutino winner\u2014which will put him second only to <\/span>Tony Azevado<\/b> (four wins) as the most decorated collegian in NCAA history.<\/span><\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side there is a surprise. UCLA freshman <\/span>Lauren Steele<\/b>, who before this season was not considered a likely starter, let alone one of three finalists for best collegiate female in the country, made the Cutino cut, along with <\/span>Isabel Williams<\/b> of Cal and <\/span>Bia Mantellato Dias<\/b> of Hawai\u2019i.<\/span><\/p>\n

What makes it interesting? Steele was not included among the 22 athletes on the Cutino Watch List released in March.<\/span><\/p>\n

Water Polo: Women\u2019s Watch List for 25th Peter J. Cutino Award \u2013 Heisman Equivalent<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

The appraisal of Steele has certainly changed, so much so that the Cutino women\u2019s race pits an unheralded newcomer against a career-long standout who led her team to its first national championship match in more than a decade. Before backstopping UCLA to an undefeated season and a first women\u2019s title since 2009, Steele beat out senior <\/span>Sydney Chiang<\/b> to replace <\/span>Georgia Phillips<\/b>, last season\u2019s starter lost to graduation. The freshman phenom has been stalwart in goal, registering 268 saves, a 6.82 GAA and outplaying the All-American Williams in all three matchups this season, including in the NCAA final when she registered 17 saves while her team smothered Cal 7-4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Williams, who recorded 885 saves for her Cal career\u2014good for tops all-time in the Cal record books\u2014led the Golden Bears to their first NCAA final since 2011. With 326 saves and a .653 save percentage, the Maryland native was the stopper for a Cal defense that held opponents to 6.8 goals per game and allowed only three opponents to register double-digits in goals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mantellato Dias had a strong sophomore season in Honolulu, registering 64 goals and 60 drawn exclusions to become Hawai\u2019i\u2019s first-ever Cutino finalist. It was a banner year for the Wahine, who in addition to taking the Big West title, advanced to an NCAA semifinal and attained their <\/span>highest-ever ranking<\/span><\/a> (third) in the CWPA Women\u2019s Varsity Poll. But 2024 has also been bittersweet; the Wahine said goodbye to longtime head coach <\/span>Maureen Cole<\/b>, who <\/span>leaves after 17 seasons<\/span><\/a> including 13 as head coach.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lock that a netminder will win on the women\u2019s side; meaning either Steele or Williams will join the seven previous Cutino winners who were goalies\u2014including four on the women\u2019s side. If Steele cops a Cutino she will be the first female freshman; the only other freshman winner: Azevedo. It\u2019s hard to compare her to one of the greatest players in US polo history, but Steele already has one thing in common with the five-time Olympian; both won an NCAA title their freshman year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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