The Anaheim Hills, Calif., resident scored four goals in the final two NCAA Tournament matches – including three in an 11–4 semifinal win over UC Davis – to earn all-tournament team accolades.

[citation needed] She also won the 2008 Peter J. Cutino Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding female and male collegiate water polo players in the United States.

[3] The award is named in honor of the late Peter J. Cutino, a former University of California and The Olympic Club coach, who died in September 2004.

She joins other Bruins, Sean Kern, Coralie Simmons, Natalie Golda, and Kelly Rulon as Peter J. Cutino Award winners.

[4] Mathewson has also been named Division I Player of the Year by the Association of College Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC).