SAN FRANCISCO – Ryann Neushul has been named one of three finalists for the prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award, established in 1999 and presented annually to the most outstanding female collegiate water polo player in the nation as voted by NCAA Division I coaches.
Neushul is joined by finalists Emily Ausmus and Tilly Kearns from USC. The winner will be announced at the annual Cutino Awards Dinner to be held Saturday, June 7, at The Olympic Club in San Francisco. The ceremony will be live streamed at Overnght.com.
Seven Cardinal players have combined to win the award 10 times: Aria Fischer (2023), Makenzie Fischer (2019, 2022), Kiley Neushul (2012, 2015), Annika Dries (2011, 2014), Melissa Seidemann (2013), Jackie Frank (2003) and Brenda Villa (2002).
Neushul, who recently closed out a unique seven-year career which began as a freshman in 2019, became Stanford’s first four-time NCAA champion in school history (2019, 2022-23, 2025) following the Cardinal’s 11-7 victory over USC in the NCAA final on May 11.
One year after taking a leave of absence and redshirt year to train and compete with Team USA at the Paris Summer Olympics, Neushul returned for a seventh season and fueled the Cardinal’s 10th NCAA championship in school history and third over the last four years.
Named to both the NCAA All-Tournament Team and MPSF All-Tournament Team, Neushul started all 26 games in 2025. She led the Cardinal in multi-goal games (20) while ranking second in goals (60), assists (39) and shot attempts (105). Neushul departed The Farm with 228 career goals, ranking fifth all-time in school history.
Following in the footsteps of older sisters, Kiley and Jamie, Neushul was recognized as Stanford’s eighth MPSF Player of the Year while also earning all-conference accolades for the fourth time in her career. Neushul was also the second student-athlete in MPSF history to earn both a player of the year and newcomer of the year honor (2019), joining UCLA’s Maddie Musselman.
A three-time ACWPC All-American (2019, 2022-23), Neushul is likely to earn a fourth honor in the coming weeks in addition to being a strong contender for ACWPC National Player of the Year.
A three-time ACWPC All-Academic honoree and three-time MPSF All-Academic selection, Neushul is once again on track for more scholastic honors as she boasts a 3.78 GPA in human biology. Neushul serves as a teaching assistant for an on-campus Spanish service learning course and participates in the Bridge Peer Counseling Center, Stanford’s student-run peer counseling center.
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