# Kami Craig > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kami_Craig > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kami_Craig.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami_Craig > Source revision: 1300747889 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Kameryn Louise "Kami" Craig** (born July 21, 1987) is an American [water polo](/source/Water_polo) player. She was a member of the [US water polo team](/source/United_States_women's_national_water_polo_team) that won a silver medal at the [2008 Beijing Olympics](/source/Water_polo_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics) and a gold medal in London in 2012 and Rio in 2016. Craig attended [Santa Barbara High School](/source/Santa_Barbara_High_School), graduating in 2005 and the [University of Southern California](/source/University_of_Southern_California), graduating in 2010. She played water polo for the Trojans.[1] ## 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.[2] In June 2009, Kami was named to the [USA water polo women's senior national team](/source/United_States_women's_national_water_polo_team) for the [2009 FINA World Championships](/source/2009_FINA_World_Championships).[3] In 2011, she played her first professional season in [Greece](/source/Greece), playing for the Greek giants [Olympiacos](/source/Olympiacos_Women's_Water_Polo_Team).[4] In 2021, Craig was inducted into the [USA Waterpolo Hall of Fame](/source/USA_Water_Polo_Hall_of_Fame).[5] ## Awards and honors She, [UCLA](/source/UCLA) women's water polo senior [Tanya Gandy](/source/Tanya_Gandy), and her teammate Michelle Stein have been selected as the three finalists for the 2009 [Peter J. Cutino Award](/source/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](/source/Olympic_Club)'s City Clubhouse in [San Francisco](/source/San_Francisco). She was the 2009 [Peter J. Cutino Award](/source/Peter_J._Cutino_Award) female winner.[6] Craig won the Peter J. Cutino Award again in 2010, making her the only female player to have won it twice in a row.[7] ## Personal life While at USC, Craig majored in sociology and minored in [occupational therapy](/source/Occupational_therapy).[4] ## See also - [United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics](/source/United_States_women's_Olympic_water_polo_team_records_and_statistics) - [List of Olympic champions in women's water polo](/source/List_of_Olympic_champions_in_women's_water_polo) - [List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women)](/source/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_water_polo_(women)) - [List of players who have appeared in multiple women's Olympic water polo tournaments](/source/List_of_players_who_have_appeared_in_multiple_women's_Olympic_water_polo_tournaments) - [List of world champions in women's water polo](/source/List_of_world_champions_in_women's_water_polo) - [List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo](/source/List_of_World_Aquatics_Championships_medalists_in_water_polo) ## References 1. [USC OLYMPIANS: 1904–2008](http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180916190511/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/usc/genrel/auto_pdf/uscolympians.pdf) 2018-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, USC Trojans Athletic Department, accessed August 26, 2008. 1. [USC Player Bio](http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/w-wpolo/mtt/craig_kami00.htmlReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx)[dead link]. 1. [Roster Announced For 2009 FINA Women's World Championships](http://www.usawaterpolo.org/SingleNews/09-06-24/Roster_Announced_For_2009_FINA_Women_s_World_Championships.aspx?ReturnURL=%2fNationalTeams%2fWomensNationalTeam.aspx) [Archived](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) 2012-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, June 24, 2009. 1. [USA Water Polo Bio of Kami Craig](http://www.usawaterpolo.org/NationalTeams/PlayerBio.aspx?ID=22.html)[dead link] 1. ["Kami Craig (2021) - Hall of Fame"](https://usawaterpolo.org/honors/hall-of-fame/kami-craig/233). *USA Water Polo*. Retrieved 2023-05-11. 1. ["Kami Craig and J.W. Krumpholz Win Cutino Award"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090709213608/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/060709aaa.html). Archived from [the original](http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/060709aaa.html) on 2009-07-09. Retrieved 2009-06-11. 1. ["Kami wins Peter J. Cutino Award Second Year in a Row"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215622/http://www.kamicraig.com/2011/04/kami-wins-peter-j-cutino-award-second.html). Archived from [the original](http://www.kamicraig.com/2011/04/kami-wins-peter-j-cutino-award-second.html) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-23. ## External links - [USC player bio](https://web.archive.org/web/20090526032539/http://usctrojans.cstv.com/sports/w-wpolo/mtt/craig_kami00.html) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kami Craig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami_Craig) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kami_Craig?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.