UCLA Athletics Hall of Famer Adam Krikorian will be awarded the first-ever "Extraordinary Achievement in Olympic Sport" Award by the Los Angeles Sports Council during the 12th Annual LA Sports Awards on Monday, Feb. 27 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Krikorian coached the USA Women's Water Polo team to an undefeated record and Olympic gold for the second consecutive Games. He was named the USOC's Coach of the Games for 2016.

With a total of 15 national championships as a player, assistant coach and head coach, Krikorian is one of the most successful Bruins in history. As a student-athlete, he earned All-America honors as a senior and helped lead the Bruins to the 1995 NCAA Championship, scoring two goals in the title game. As an assistant coach, he helped guide the men's team to a repeat championship in 1996 and the women's team to back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998. He became co-head coach of both programs in 1999 and went on to win three more NCAA titles with the men (1999, 2000, 2004) and eight national titles with the women (2000, 2001, 2003, and a five-peat from 2005-09).

Krikorian became head coach of the U.S. Women's National Team following the 2009 season, and he has been near perfect, leading Team USA to gold medals in 14 of 17 major FINA Championships, including two consecutive Olympic gold medals and three consecutive World League Championships. In 2016, he was named the Pac-12's Women's Water Polo Coach of the Century and was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame.

The LA Sports Awards are presented annually by the L.A. Sports Council to celebrate the greatest moments of the year in sports in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. The awards ceremony will be televised by Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket.