{{short description|American water polo player (born 1987)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kami Craig | image = Kami Craig.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Craig in 2016 | fullname = Kameryn Louise Craig | nationality = American | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|7|21}} | birth_place = Camarillo, California, U.S | height = 1.80 m | weight = 95 kg | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20150919175645/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-water-polo/athletes/Kami-Craig] | country = {{USA}} | sport = Water polo | medaltemplates = {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|2012 London|Team}} {{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2008 Beijing|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|2007 Melbourne|Team}} {{MedalGold|2009 Rome|Team}} {{MedalGold|2015 Kazan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalGold|2011 Guadalajara|Team}} }} '''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.
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.<ref name="USColympians">[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916190511/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf |date=2018-09-16 }}, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008.</ref>
==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.<ref>[http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-wpolo/mtt/craig_kami00.htmlReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx USC Player Bio]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}.</ref>
In June 2009, Kami was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the 2009 FINA World Championships.<ref>[http://www.usawaterpolo.org/SingleNews/09-06-24/Roster_Announced_For_2009_FINA_Women_s_World_Championships.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx Roster Announced For 2009 FINA Women's World Championships] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220101519/http://www.usawaterpolo.org/SingleNews/09-06-24/Roster_Announced_For_2009_FINA_Women_s_World_Championships.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx |date=2012-02-20 }}, June 24, 2009.</ref>
In 2011, she played her first professional season in Greece, playing for the Greek giants Olympiacos.<ref name="USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig">[http://www.usawaterpolo.org/NationalTeams/PlayerBio.aspx?ID=22.html USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig]{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
In 2021, Craig was inducted into the USA Waterpolo Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kami Craig (2021) - Hall of Fame |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/honors/hall-of-fame/kami-craig/233 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=USA Water Polo |language=en}}</ref> thumb
==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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/060709aaa.html |title=Kami Craig and J.W. Krumpholz Win Cutino Award |access-date=2009-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709213608/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/060709aaa.html |archive-date=2009-07-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Craig won the Peter J. Cutino Award again in 2010, making her the only female player to have won it twice in a row.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kamicraig.com/2011/04/kami-wins-peter-j-cutino-award-second.html |title=Kami wins Peter J. Cutino Award Second Year in a Row |access-date=2012-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215622/http://www.kamicraig.com/2011/04/kami-wins-peter-j-cutino-award-second.html |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== While at USC, Craig majored in sociology and minored in occupational therapy.<ref name="USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig" />
==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 players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments * List of world champions in women's water polo * List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{wikinews|Australian women to meet USA in water polo's FINA Women's World League Super Finals gold medal game}} * {{Sports links}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090526032539/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/mtt/craig_kami00.html USC player bio]
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