Kelly Rulon arrived on the world water polo stage as a teenager joining the USA Senior National Team during her freshman year at UCLA. The 19-year old Rulon arrived in Athens, Greece, for the 2004 Olympic Games on the heels of helping UCLA win the 2003 NCAA Championships, the first of four she would earn. In 2004, Rulon and Team USA battled back from a heartbreaking semifinal loss to claim Bronze in just the second Olympic Games to offer women's water polo. The following year Rulon was a medal winner again, taking Silver at the FINA World Championships while adding another collegiate title with UCLA. She stepped away from the National Team in 2006, but not from water polo; she soon became one of the most dominant players in the game. In 2007 Rulon capped her star-studded career in Westwood with another title and Cutino Award honors as the best player in the college game. She was the first Bruin to win four NCAA team titles and holds the record for most goals scored. Rulon embarked on an international club career in Italy that saw Len Cup, Italian league titles, and being named the best international water polo player in the world in 2010. The year before she was lured back to the National Team ranks by her former collegiate coach Adam Krikorian, and the two picked up where they left off, claiming Gold at the FINA World Championships. After World Cup and Pan American Games crowns, Rulon found redemption from Athens with Olympic gold in 2012 in London. She's remained involved in the sport coaching age-group water polo with Corona del Mar Aquatics in southern California.