{{short description|American water polo player (born 1986)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Courtney Mathewson | image = File:Courtney Mathewson.jpg | caption = Mathewson at the Olympic Closing Ceremonies in London, UK. | fullname = Courtney Lynn Kaiulani Mathewson | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|14}} | birth_place = Orange, California, U.S. | collegeteam = University of California Los Angeles | coach = Guy Baker (UCLA) | spouse = Chris Morinello | height = 5 ft 7 in<ref name="teamusa">{{cite web|title=Courtney Mathewson|url=https://www.teamusa.org/usa-water-polo/athletes/courtney-mathewson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319091544/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-water-polo/athletes/Courtney-Mathewson|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2015|website=teamusa.org|publisher=United States Olympic Committee|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref> | weight = 154 lb<ref name="teamusa"/> | country = {{USA}} | sport = Water polo | position = Attacker | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2015 Kazan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|Team}} {{MedalGold|2015 Toronto|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FINA World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2010 New Zealand|}} {{MedalGold|2014 Khanty-Mansiysk|}} {{MedalCompetition|FINA World League}} {{MedalGold|2010 La Jolla|}} {{MedalGold|2011 Tianjin|}} {{MedalGold|2012 Changshu|}} {{MedalGold|2015 Shanghai|}} {{MedalGold|2016 Shanghai|}} {{MedalBronze|2013 Beijing|}} }} '''Courtney Lynn Kaiulani Mathewson'''<ref name=":0">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/courtney-mathewson-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235557/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/courtney-mathewson-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17}}</ref> (born September 14, 1986) is an American water polo player, part of the US team that won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.<ref name=":0" /> She played water polo for the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins during their four-consecutive NCAA National Champion Women's Water Polo championships, and was named to the All-Tournament first team. At UCLA, she majored in sociology.
==College career== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=April 2019}} During the 2008 season,{{where|date=December 2017}} Mathewson scored 54 goals in 33 matches. The Anaheim Hills, Calif., resident scored four goals in the final two NCAA Tournament matches – including three in an 11–4 semifinal win over UC Davis – to earn all-tournament team accolades.
==Honors== Mathewson has earned prestigious honors after leading the Bruins to the undefeated season. Courtney was named to the Pac-12 All-Century Team.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}} She also won the 2008 Peter J. Cutino Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players in the United States.<ref>[http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/060908aaa.html Wins] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612124444/http://uclabruins.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/060908aaa.html |date=2008-06-12 }}</ref> The award is named in honor of the late Peter J. Cutino, a former University of California and The Olympic Club coach, who died in September 2004. Cutino, who is enshrined in the U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame, earned National Water Polo Coach of the Year honors 17 times and led California to eight NCAA titles.
thumb|100 px |right|Peter J. Cutino Award trophy to the Player-of-the-Year Mathewson and teammate Jillian Kraus captured Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) Co-Player of the Year honors after having led UCLA to the MPSF Tournament title for the second consecutive year. In the MPSF Tournament, Mathewson was named the tournament MVP after having combined for seven goals in the final two matches.
She joins other Bruins, Sean Kern, Coralie Simmons, Natalie Golda, and Kelly Rulon as Peter J. Cutino Award winners.<ref>[https://www.ncaa.com/waterpolo-womens/article.aspx?id=261324 Cutino Award winners]{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Mathewson has also been named Division I Player of the Year by the Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC).
Mathewson currently trains with the USA Water Polo National Team and in October 2011 helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the Pan American games. On November 10, 2021, she was inducted into USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.
==See also== * United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in women's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) * List of world champions in women's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
==References== {{wikinews|Australian women to meet USA in water polo's FINA Women's World League Super Finals gold medal game}} {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Sports links}} *[http://www.usawaterpolo.org/sports/w-senior/mtt/courtney_mathewson_833881.html USA Water Polo Profile] *[http://www.facebook.com/clkmathewson Facebook Profile] *{{Instagram|clkmathewson}} *[https://twitter.com/clkmathewson Twitter profile]
{{United States women's water polo squad 2012 Summer Olympics}} {{United States women's water polo squad 2016 Summer Olympics}}
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