Peter J. Cutino Award

The Peter J. Cutino Award, named after former college water polo player and UC Berkeley coach Peter J. Cutino, is considered the most prestigious individual award in American collegiate water polo.

It is given annually to the top male and female player in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

Former major league baseball commissioner and US Olympic Committee chair Peter Ueberroth, himself once a water polo player at San Jose State, presented the first awards on January 22, 2000.

Thus in June 2002, Simmons won the 2001 award, while Brenda Villa received the 2002 women's Cutino at the same ceremony.

The award ceremony is held at an Olympic Club facility in San Francisco, shortly after the Women's NCAA Championship is decided.