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Ashleigh Johnson Honored As Cutino Award Winner
June 03, 2017 | Women's Water Polo
SAN FRANCISCO - Ashleigh Johnson's wonderful career at Princeton University added another honor as she was named the Peter J. Cutino Award winner, the Olympic Club of San Francisco announced tonight. She is the first Princeton Tiger ever to win the prestigious accolade.
Johnson will go down as one of the greatest athletes in Princeton history as she also picked up the C. Otto von Kienbusch Award as Princeton's top senior female athlete earlier this week. The senior, who has twice been named the top women's water polo player in the world, is one of two Princeton athletes ever to win an Olympic gold medal and then return to compete as a Tiger, along with Bill Bradley '65. Johnson was the goalie on the United States team that won gold at last summer's Rio Olympics.
Internationally, she allowed just 28 goals, made 51 saves and was named the tournament's top goalkeeper in Rio. The fabulous goalie also helped the national squad to the 2016 FINA (International Swimming Federation) World League Super Final prior to the Olympics. Johnson was also the first-ever African-American to make the U.S. national team.
During her senior season, Johnson went 22-4, had 300 saves and a .693 save percentage for the Tigers. She led the team with 54 steals and added 16 assists. The goalie earned honors such as Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Championships All-Tournament First Team, CWPA All-Conference First Team, four-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week. She finished her career as the Princeton's all-time leader in saves (1,362), earned 100 career victories and was a 19-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
A finalist for the 2017 AAU Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete, Johnson was also named an espnW IMPACT25 honoree for the Woman of the Year and the Swimming World Magazine's Female Water Polo Player of the Year for the second straight season. She became the first water polo player to ever win the Women's Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year award.
The Cutino 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 U.C. 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.
Johnson will go down as one of the greatest athletes in Princeton history as she also picked up the C. Otto von Kienbusch Award as Princeton's top senior female athlete earlier this week. The senior, who has twice been named the top women's water polo player in the world, is one of two Princeton athletes ever to win an Olympic gold medal and then return to compete as a Tiger, along with Bill Bradley '65. Johnson was the goalie on the United States team that won gold at last summer's Rio Olympics.
Internationally, she allowed just 28 goals, made 51 saves and was named the tournament's top goalkeeper in Rio. The fabulous goalie also helped the national squad to the 2016 FINA (International Swimming Federation) World League Super Final prior to the Olympics. Johnson was also the first-ever African-American to make the U.S. national team.
During her senior season, Johnson went 22-4, had 300 saves and a .693 save percentage for the Tigers. She led the team with 54 steals and added 16 assists. The goalie earned honors such as Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Championships All-Tournament First Team, CWPA All-Conference First Team, four-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week. She finished her career as the Princeton's all-time leader in saves (1,362), earned 100 career victories and was a 19-time CWPA Defensive Player of the Week accolades.
A finalist for the 2017 AAU Sullivan Award as the nation's top amateur athlete, Johnson was also named an espnW IMPACT25 honoree for the Woman of the Year and the Swimming World Magazine's Female Water Polo Player of the Year for the second straight season. She became the first water polo player to ever win the Women's Sports Foundation SportsWoman of the Year award.
The Cutino 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 U.C. 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.
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