USA Water Polo/The Olympic Club/Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Release 2024 Men’s Water Polo Cutino Award Watch List
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 2024 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.
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 2024 season. A women’s Cutino Award Watch List will be shared in Spring 2025.
Athletes are listed in alphabetical order
* Gabi Acosta | Long Beach State | Freshman | Center
* Aleix Aznar Beltran | UC-Davis | Graduate | Utility
* Kiefer Black | Navy | Sophomore | Attacker
* Max Casabella | California | Senior | Attacker
* Reuel D’Souza | Pacific | Senior | Attacker
* Chase Dodd | UCLA | R-Junior | Attacker
* Ryder Dodd | UCLA | Freshman | Attacker
* Zach Fales | Santa Clara | Senior | Attacker
* Brendon Gyapjas | San Jose State | Sophomore | Goalkeeper
* Christian Hosea | Pepperdine | Fifth Year | Attacker
* Makoto Kenney | UCLA | Graduate | Attacker
* Kristóf Kovács | Princeton | Sophomore | Goalkeeper
* Thomas Lercari | Fordham | Senior | Goalkeeper
* Robert López Duart | USC | Sophomore | Attacker
* Max Miller | USC | Graduate | 2M Defender
* George Papanikolaou | Fordham | Senior | Attacker
* Riley Pittman | Stanford | R-Senior | Attacker
* Roko Pozaric | Princeton| Senior | Utility
* James Rozolis-Hill | Harvard | Junior | Utility
* Ilias Stothart | Brown | Junior | Center
