While at Stanford, Ryann was a three-time NCAA D1 champion (2019, 2022, 2023). Certainly, there were high expectations, given that her parents, Cathy and Peter, both played water polo at UC Santa Barbara, and that her mother was a high level coach.
Remarkably, both of Ryann’s two sisters are Olympic water polo gold medalists (and NYAC players), Kiley having been part of the team that prevailed in Rio in 2016 and Jamie reaching the same heights in Tokyo in 2021. Were the US women to claim the gold medals in Paris (their fourth consecutive), the Neushul family would have accomplished a unique Olympic feat: three different sisters winning the same event in three consecutive Games.
The portents are promising. At this year’s World Aquatics Championships, Ryann notched seven goals en route to the gold medal, establishing the US women as the team to beat once the Games begin.
Paris Result:
4th place; Eliminated in the bronze medal match.