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Williams, who was born in Severna Park, Maryland and came to prominence as a member of the Navy Aquatics Club in Annapolis, thanked her mother Kari in her acceptance speech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;My mom earns the spot as the No. 1 supporter,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Williams said. \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She&#8217;s been with me through every step of the journey and I&#8217;m so grateful that I&#8217;ve had her for everything in and out of the pool.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This season, the fifth-year senior goalie set the all-time Cal mark of 885 saves in leading the Golden Bears to their first NCAA finals appearance since 2011, a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/uclabruins.com\/news\/2024\/5\/12\/womens-water-polo-wins-ncaa-title-completing-perfect-season\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7-4 loss to UCLA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;[Isabel] really took hold of the group in terms of appreciating the moments we have together, getting better from week to week and having fun with it,&#8221; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cal Head Coach <\/span><b>Coralie Simmons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, herself a 2002 Cutino winner, said of her netminder\u2019s impact on teammates<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &#8220;Without her leadership and voice in all that, as well as others, knowing that Isabel was going to champion them and that they were going to champion her, we wouldn&#8217;t have had the outcomes we had this season.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Papanikolaou, who finished his Cal career with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">253 goals, good for second all-time behind <\/span><b>Chris Humbert<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, was not on hand to accept his hardware Saturday night at The Olympic Club\u2019s lavish awards ceremony. He is fighting for a spot on the squad that will represent Greece this summer at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Not only is he a three-time Cutino award winner, but Papanikolaou is also a three time NCAA Finals MVP\u2014leading Cal to three straight national championships\u2014and only the second-ever water polo athlete to be named a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">five-time ACWPC All-American.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweeping the Cutino Awards\u2014named for <strong>Peter<\/strong><\/span><b> J. Cutino<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, former University of California Berkeley and The Olympic Club coach who won 17 Water Polo Coach of the Year awards in leading the Cal men to eight NCAA National Championships\u2014is a first for the Berkeley-based institution. A sweep is also a repeat of the 2018 ceremony, when Stanford\u2014the Golden Bears\u2019 bitterest rivals\u2014won twice with <\/span><b>Ben Hallock<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Mackenzie Fischer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> taking top honors. Hallock will be in Paris in July with the American men while Fischer, whose sister Aria won a Cutino last year for Stanford, has moved on from national team play after winning gold with USA in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In all, six programs have won male and female Cutino awards in the same year, with Stanford and USC each sweeping three times. 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