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Moriah van Norman (born May 30, 1984) is an American
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player who has played for the
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and the National team, who won the Peter J. Cutino Award in 2004, recognized as the best female collegiate player in the nation. Her position is two-meter offense (center forward).


High school and USC

Van Norman was born in
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. She earned four-time high school
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n honors at
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in San Diego. She was named
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player of the year and league most valuable player in her
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season. Van Norman earned All-America honors in her 2003
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season after leading her
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team in scoring with 65 goals. She scored three or more goals in five matches including five against
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and three against
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. As a 2004
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, van Norman finished second on the team in scoring with 58 goals, leading her team to win the NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship. She became the third player in USC women's water polo history to win the Peter J. Cutino Award as the nation's top collegiate women's player and the last person to receive the award from legendary former
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coach Pete Cutino, who died in September 2004. In 2005, van Norman was third on the team in scoring with 40 goals in her junior season. In her final season, USC, with a season record of 27–3, was top-seeded at the NCAA championships, but van Norman's six goals in the 3 tournament matches were not enough. She picked up her third ejection with 5:15 left in the final game, and sat out the remainder of the game on the bench as UCLA won, 9–8. Van Norman racked up 215 goals in her four years with USC, third all-time in Trojan history.


Career

Van Norman was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, won gold at the 2005 FINA Junior World Championships and silver at the 2003 FINA Junior World Championships. She also played with the 2002 Pan-American Games championship team. van Norman is a member of the U.S. national team, which won silver at the 2005
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World Water Polo Championships. At the 2008 China Summer Olympic games, she and the American team lost 8–9 in the Championship game to the Netherlands and took home the silver medal. In June 2009, van Norman was named to the USA water polo women's senior national team for the
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.


See also

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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) Women's water polo became an Olympic sport at the 2000 Olympics. Since then, the United States women's team has won six consecutive medals. There are thirty-five female athletes who have won two or more Olympic medals in water polo. Heather Petr ...
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List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo This is a list of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo. Men Medalists by tournament ;Abbreviation and legend * * – Host team * † – ''Defunct team'' Multiple gold medalists Multiple medalists Women Medalists by tour ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Norman, Moriah 1984 births American female water polo players Living people Water polo players from San Diego American people of Dutch descent Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics USC Trojans women's water polo players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo University of San Diego High School alumni 21st-century American sportswomen