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/ Women's Water PoloUSC’s Amanda Longan Wins 2018 Peter J. Cutino Award
June 02, 2018 | Women's Water Polo, Features
Junior goalie anchored her second NCAA Championship as a Trojan and has collected collegiate water polo’s top honor.
Junior goalie Amanda Longan has become the seventh USC female to win collegiate water polo's highest honor — the Peter J. Cutino Award. In a ceremony tonight (June 2) at the Olympic Club in San Francisco, Longan was listed alongside teammate Paige Hauschild and Stanford's Makenzie Fischer as finalists for what is considered the Heisman Trophy of water polo. As Longan's name was read as this year's winner, the junior adds her name to a star-studded list of USC names adorning the Cutino Award trophy.
Five of Longan's Cutino Award-winning Women of Troy predecessors are Olympians — Bernice Orwig (1998 winner), Aniko Pelle (2001), Moriah Van Norman (2004), Lauren Wenger (2006) and Kami Craig (2009 & 2010). The sixth honoree — Stephania Haralabidis — won it in 2016 when she and Longan were teammates on USC's national championship squad.
In all, the USC water polo program has now collected 14 Cutino Awards — eight on the women's side and six on the men's — all under the supervision of head coach Jovan Vavic.
Her elite company aside, Longan has made some history of her own in standing tall as the only female USC goalie to have been in the cage for two NCAA Championship victories (2016 & 2018). She is the second USC female goalie to win the Cutino Award, following in the footsteps of 2000 Olympian and 1999 winner Orwig. Orwig anchored her team to a national championship 20 years ago to make history with USC's first-ever women's title and in winning the inaugural Cutino Award in 1999.
This prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award and recent crowning as the ACWPC National Player of the Year reflect the relentless effort that Longan put forth on all counts in helping her Trojans in their run to the 2018 NCAA Championship. Also the MPSF Player of the Year and standing as USC's No. 3 all-time saves leader with 590 saves collected in three seasons of work as a Trojan, Longan ran her career count of double-digit save effort to 33 after making 10 stops in the 2018 national championship game. Named the NCAA Tournament MVP, she'd finish the season with 214 saves, averaging 11.03 per game and allowing just 5.24 goals-against per game to back up a stingy USC defense. Along the way, Longan set a new career high with 18 saves made in a win over Cal, marking the second most single-game saves made by a Trojan.
In her decorated 2018 campaign, Longan had 11 games with double-digit saves and became the first USC goalie ever to record two complete-game shutouts. With Longan's stellar work anchoring the USC defense throughout, the 2018 Trojans dropped just one game all year en route to capping the season with the 2018 NCAA Championship for a 26-1 final record.
Longan and freshman teammate Hauschild's Cutino finalist status — which made it 17 total for the USC women — also marked the fifth time in program history that USC has had two female finalists for the Cutino Award. On each previous occasion, a Trojan ended up winning the award. Previously, USC also doubled up on female finalists in 2006 (Lauren Wenger & Brittany Hayes), 2009 (Kami Craig & Michelle Stein), 2010 (Kami Craig & Tumua Anae) and 2016 (Stephania Haralabidis & Brigitta Games).
All-time Peter J. Cutino Award winners:
1998-99 - Bernice Orwig (USC)
1999-2000 - Sean Kern (UCLA) & Aniko Pelle (USC)
2000-01 - Sean Kern (UCLA) & Coralie Simmons (UCLA)
2001-02 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Brenda Villa (Stanford)
2002-03 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Jackie Frank (Stanford)
2003-04 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Moriah Van Norman (USC)
2004-05 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Natalie Golda (UCLA)
2005-06 - Juraj Zatovic (USC) & Lauren Wenger (USC)
2006-07 - John Mann (Cal) & Kelly Rulon (UCLA)
2007-08 - Tim Hutten (UC Irvine) & Courtney Mathewson (UCLA)
2008-09 - J.W. Krumpholz (USC) & Kami Craig (USC)
2009-10 - J.W. Krumpholz (USC) & Kami Craig (USC)
2010-11 - Ivan Rackov (California) & Annika Dries (Stanford)
2011-12 - Joel Dennerley (USC) & Kiley Neushel (Stanford)
2012-13 - Balazs Erdelyi (Pacific) & Melissa Seidemann (Stanford)
2013-14 - Balazs Erdelyi (Pacific) & Annika Dries (Stanford)
2014-15 - Kostas Genidounias (USC) & Kiley Neushel (Stanford)
2015-16 - Garrett Danner (UCLA) & Stephania Haralabidis (USC)
2016-17 - McQuin Baron (USC) & Ashleigh Johnson (Princeton)
2017-18 - Luca Cupido (Cal) & Amanda Longan (USC)
Five of Longan's Cutino Award-winning Women of Troy predecessors are Olympians — Bernice Orwig (1998 winner), Aniko Pelle (2001), Moriah Van Norman (2004), Lauren Wenger (2006) and Kami Craig (2009 & 2010). The sixth honoree — Stephania Haralabidis — won it in 2016 when she and Longan were teammates on USC's national championship squad.
In all, the USC water polo program has now collected 14 Cutino Awards — eight on the women's side and six on the men's — all under the supervision of head coach Jovan Vavic.
Her elite company aside, Longan has made some history of her own in standing tall as the only female USC goalie to have been in the cage for two NCAA Championship victories (2016 & 2018). She is the second USC female goalie to win the Cutino Award, following in the footsteps of 2000 Olympian and 1999 winner Orwig. Orwig anchored her team to a national championship 20 years ago to make history with USC's first-ever women's title and in winning the inaugural Cutino Award in 1999.
This prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award and recent crowning as the ACWPC National Player of the Year reflect the relentless effort that Longan put forth on all counts in helping her Trojans in their run to the 2018 NCAA Championship. Also the MPSF Player of the Year and standing as USC's No. 3 all-time saves leader with 590 saves collected in three seasons of work as a Trojan, Longan ran her career count of double-digit save effort to 33 after making 10 stops in the 2018 national championship game. Named the NCAA Tournament MVP, she'd finish the season with 214 saves, averaging 11.03 per game and allowing just 5.24 goals-against per game to back up a stingy USC defense. Along the way, Longan set a new career high with 18 saves made in a win over Cal, marking the second most single-game saves made by a Trojan.
In her decorated 2018 campaign, Longan had 11 games with double-digit saves and became the first USC goalie ever to record two complete-game shutouts. With Longan's stellar work anchoring the USC defense throughout, the 2018 Trojans dropped just one game all year en route to capping the season with the 2018 NCAA Championship for a 26-1 final record.
Longan and freshman teammate Hauschild's Cutino finalist status — which made it 17 total for the USC women — also marked the fifth time in program history that USC has had two female finalists for the Cutino Award. On each previous occasion, a Trojan ended up winning the award. Previously, USC also doubled up on female finalists in 2006 (Lauren Wenger & Brittany Hayes), 2009 (Kami Craig & Michelle Stein), 2010 (Kami Craig & Tumua Anae) and 2016 (Stephania Haralabidis & Brigitta Games).
The award is given annually in honor of the late Peter J. Cutino, the former University of California Berkeley and The Olympic Club coach, who passed away in September 2004. Mr. Cutino is in the U.S. Water Polo Hall of Fame. He won "Water Polo Coach of the Year" 17 times. He led UC Berkeley to eight NCAA National Championships. In his career Mr. Cutino also coached in the Pan American Games, the Water Polo World Championships and the World University Games.
All-time Peter J. Cutino Award winners:
1998-99 - Bernice Orwig (USC)
1999-2000 - Sean Kern (UCLA) & Aniko Pelle (USC)
2000-01 - Sean Kern (UCLA) & Coralie Simmons (UCLA)
2001-02 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Brenda Villa (Stanford)
2002-03 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Jackie Frank (Stanford)
2003-04 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Moriah Van Norman (USC)
2004-05 - Tony Azevedo (Stanford) & Natalie Golda (UCLA)
2005-06 - Juraj Zatovic (USC) & Lauren Wenger (USC)
2006-07 - John Mann (Cal) & Kelly Rulon (UCLA)
2007-08 - Tim Hutten (UC Irvine) & Courtney Mathewson (UCLA)
2008-09 - J.W. Krumpholz (USC) & Kami Craig (USC)
2009-10 - J.W. Krumpholz (USC) & Kami Craig (USC)
2010-11 - Ivan Rackov (California) & Annika Dries (Stanford)
2011-12 - Joel Dennerley (USC) & Kiley Neushel (Stanford)
2012-13 - Balazs Erdelyi (Pacific) & Melissa Seidemann (Stanford)
2013-14 - Balazs Erdelyi (Pacific) & Annika Dries (Stanford)
2014-15 - Kostas Genidounias (USC) & Kiley Neushel (Stanford)
2015-16 - Garrett Danner (UCLA) & Stephania Haralabidis (USC)
2016-17 - McQuin Baron (USC) & Ashleigh Johnson (Princeton)
2017-18 - Luca Cupido (Cal) & Amanda Longan (USC)
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