Coralie Simmons
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Coralie Denise Simmons (born March 1, 1977) is an American
2000 Summer Olympics. In 2001, she won the Peter J. Cutino Award, presented annually to the top American collegiate water polo player. Simmons is currently in her third season as the women's water polo coach at the University of California, Berkeley, after nine seasons as the head coach at Sonoma State University.[1] She was born in Hemet, California
.
Simmons joined other
2009 FINA World Championships
.
National
At Hemet High School, Simmons was girls' water polo team captain and Outstanding Defensive Player for her senior year in 1994. She also
soccer
under coach and mother Debbie Simmons.
Coralie Simmons was a two-time National Player of the Year at
UCLA. In her final season with the Bruins in 2001, UCLA captured its fourth national title in the inaugural NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship. Simmons scored with just 1:28 remaining in the final period to give the Bruins a 5-4 win, and was named the tournament MVP
. She owns three of UCLA’s four offensive records in women's water polo, including career and season goals.
In June 2001, Simmons graduated from UCLA with a degree in geography and environmental studies. She was voted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012.[3]
- UCLA Career Scoring
| Year | Goals | Attempts | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 60 | 68 | 88 |
| 1997 | 60 | 91 | 66 |
| 1998 | 74* | 115 | 64 |
| 2001 | 41 | 62 | 66 |
| Totals | 235* | 336 | 70 |
(*school record)
Olympics and international
While still in high school, Simmons was chosen to join the U.S. Senior National team. She
redshirted
the 1999 and 2000 seasons at UCLA to play on the U.S. Women's National Team, helping the team qualify for the Olympic Games in the qualification tournament in Sicily by scoring a team-leading eight goals. The US women won silver medals at both the Pan-American Games in 1999 and then the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, where Simmons tied for the team lead in scoring with nine goals. In 2001, she took home silver at the 2001 FINA World Water Polo Cup and led the team in scoring.
From 2001–2005, Simmons played for two different professional water polo teams in
University of Hawaii
water polo staff.
See also
References
- ^ Head Coach
- ^ Peter J. Cutino Award winners Archived 2008-06-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ UCLA Athletics Announces 2012 Hall of Fame Class Archived 2012-09-19 at archive.today, UCLABruins.com, May 4, 2012
External links
- Coralie Simmons at World Aquatics
- Coralie Simmons at Olympics.com
- Coralie Simmons at Olympedia
- UCLA Team bio
- Hawaii coach bio
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