the Netherlands and took home the silver medal from China. Coaching Golda was the head coach of the Huntington Beach Water Polo Club until August 2013 when she accepted the women's coach job at Division I Marist College in New York. She has since guided the Red Foxes to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Water polo regular season championships in 2015, and second-place finishes in the MAAC Conference Championships. Golda was named Anaconda Sports Coach of the Year in 2014, and has had five players named All-MAAC First team, six on All-MAAC Second Team, One MAAC Rookie of the Year and 10 All-MAAC Academic Team Honors over the course of two seasons. Benson (Golda) was then named the first head women's water polo coach at Fresno State, who began competition during the spring of 2018 []. Personal Currently resides in Fresno, California, with her husband Eric Benson and her two daughters. Hobbies include writing, listening to music Favorite quote: "Life is too important to be taken seriously." – Oscar Wilde See also United States women's Olympic water polo team records and statistics List of Olympic medalists in water polo (women) List of world champions in women's water polo List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo References External links Natalie Golda's 2008 NBC Olympics blog UCLA team bio Natalie Golda's U.S. Olympic team bio Feature in 6/3/04 Daily Bruin Golda (and others) interviewed at 2004 Olympics USA Water Polo: Water Polo Olympic Medalists to be inducted into NYAC Hall of Fame. 1981 births Living people American female water polo players Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in water polo UCLA Bruins women's water polo players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics American water polo coaches 21st-century American women