LOS ANGELES, Calif. — USA Water Polo and The Olympic Club collaborated with the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) to compile, select and release the 2025 Women’s Water Polo Cutino Award Watch List.
The Peter J. Cutino Award, named in honor of the late Hall of Fame coach, recognizes the best player in men’s and women’s college water polo. This watch list was created in 2022 in an effort to help promote the college game, awareness of the honor, and the excellent play of athletes around the country.
20 athletes, as submitted by varsity college coaches around the country, are recognized for their outstanding play. The top 20 athletes are represented below with the University of Michigan’s Ari Karampetsou (Fr., Athens, Greece/), Harvard University’s Maya O’Dea (So., Long Beach, Calif./Woodrow Wilson) and Princeton’s Kayla Yelensky (Sr., Stamford, Conn./Greenwich Academy) garnering recognition from the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA).
This list of honorees is completely independent from the nomination and voting process of the Cutino Award as that honor will acknowledge the full impact of the 2025 season.
2025 Cutino Award Watch List
Listed in alphabetical order (CWPA athletes bolded)
- Carlota Alonso | Wagner College | Senior | Attacker
- Hailey Andress | Fresno State | Junior | Attacker
- Ruth Arino Ruiz | Loyola Marymount University | Senior | Attacker
- Emily Ausmus | University of Southern California | Freshman | Attacker
- Martina Cardona | Long Beach State University | Senior | Attacker
- Bernadette Doyle | University of Hawai’i | Senior | Attacker
- Jenna Flynn | Stanford University | R-Sophomore | Attacker
- Lauren Hett | University of California, Irvine | Sophomore | Attacker
- Ari Karampetsou | University of Michigan | Freshman | Attacker
- Tilly Kearns | University of Southern California | Graduate | Center
- Skylar Kidd | Indiana University | Senior | Attacker
- Emma Lineback | University of California, Los Angeles | R-Junior | Attacker
- Ryann Neushul | Stanford University | R-Senior | Attacker
- Maya O’Dea | Harvard University | Sophomore | Attacker
- Jewel Roemer | Stanford University | R-Senior | Attacker
- Darcy Spark | San Jose State University | Sophomore | Attacker
- Lauren Steele | University of California, Los Angeles | Sophomore | Goalkeeper
- Ruby Swadling | University of California, Berkeley | Senior | Attacker
- Dorottya Telek | California State University, Northridge | Senior | Center
- Kayla Yelensky | Princeton University | Senior | Utility
