Princeton University Athletics
All-American Adele
May 31, 2001 | Women's Water Polo
May 31, 2001
Princeton, N.J. - Adele McCarthy-Beauvais, a standout athlete on the Princeton women's water polo team, has been named second team All-America for the second consecutive year in her career by the American Water Polo Coaches Association. Only a sophomore, McCarthy-Beauvais will return for two more seasons to compete with the Tiger squad. This season she led the team to their third consecutive ECAC championship and their second consecutive Southern Divisional championship.
McCarthy-Beauvais, who scored 93 goals as a freshman and 83 as a sophomore has already broken the career goal scoring record at Princeton,159, held by graduating senior Katherine Kixmiller. McCarthy-Beauvais total currently stands at 176.
On the three all-America teams named, not including honorable mention honors, McCarthy-Beauvais is the only athlete from a school not situated in California to receive all-America recognition.
Currently, Adele McCarthy-Beauvais is one of five finalists for the 2001 Peter J. Cutino Women's National Player of the Year Award. The award is presented by The Olympic Club and is presented annually to the selected top male and female water polo athlete in the nation.
Adele McCarthy-Beauvais led the Tigers with 83 goals this season. She was named MVP of the ECAC Tournament and the Southern Divisional Tournament. So far this year, she has earned first-team All-Tournament ECAC, first-team All-Southern, first-team All-Southern and Player of the Year of the Southern Division honors.
The American Water Polo Coaches Association all-America 2001
Division I Brenda Villa, Player of the Year Stanford University Adam Krikorian, Coach of the Year University of California Los AngelesFirst Team Sofia Konoukh University of Southern California Brenda Villa Stanford University Coralie Simmons University of California, Los Angeles Robin Beauregard University of California, Los Angeles Erika Lorenz University of California, Berkeley Inna Fedoseyeva San Jose State University Jackie Frank, Goalie Stanford University
Second Team Ellen Estes Stanford University Aniko Pelle University of Southern California Lucy Windes Loyola Marymount University Margie Dingledein Stanford University Holly Hartzell San Diego State University Adele McCarthy-Beauvais Princeton University Fauna Fuqua, Goalie University of California, Berkeley
Third Team Kelly Heuchan University of California, Los Angeles Katrin Dierolf University of Southern California Brenna Fleener University of California, Berkeley Kelly Tiffany University of California, Santa Barbara Tiffany Hodgens University of California, Davis Angelica Garcia Long Beach State University Jamie Hipp, Goalie University of California, Los Angeles
Honorable Mention
Christi Bardecki University of Hawaii Anne-Marie Keenan Stanford University Neva West San Jose State University Megan Thomson Hartwick College Julie Gardner Stanford University Kristen Stanford Indiana University Kelly Chassy University of Massachusetts Keira Heggie, Goalie Brown University