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Achieve, Serve, Lead: Abby Finkelston
November 23, 2016 | General, Women's Lacrosse
Name Abby Finkelston
Team Women's Lacrosse
Year Junior
Major Neuroscience
High School Leonardtown
Hometown Leonardtown, Md.
Athletic Accomplishments:
A midfielder on the Princeton women's lacrosse team, Finkelston has helped the Tigers to two Ivy League titles and two NCAA appearances in two years.
Off the Field:
Abby is active in a number of groups on campus besides being a member of the Princeton women's lacrosse team. She is the vice president of the Best Buddies chapter at Princeton, president of Wounded Tigers Network, a council member of Student-Athlete Service Council and is a Student-Athlete Wellness Leader. As VP of Best Buddies, Abby helps
set up events and opportunities for Princeton students to develop friendships with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities from around the community. They have monthly events in which Princeton students are welcome to hang out with the buddies and participate in activities such as game night, arts and crafts, singing/dancing and more. As the president of the Wounded Tigers Network, she works to coordinate a support group, composed of Princeton student-athletes, that offers guidance, help, advice, and encouragement for injured athletes on campus. As a council member of the Student-Athlete Service Council she helps organize service opportunities around the community for fellow student-athletes. As a Student-Athlete Wellness Leader (SAWL) she is trained to promote healthy lifestyles among student-athletes, aids athletes in need of support, and refers them to appropriate resources.
During Abby's junior year of high school she was in a car accident. It left her with a constant headache and chronic neck pain to this day. She struggled with the injury through the rest of high school and into college and felt that a support group for injured athletes was missing from the Princeton campus. She reached out to SAWL and gathered a group to start the Wounded Tigers Network. They had the goal of creating a support network outside of their respective teams, trainers, and psychologists of fellow Princeton student-athletes who understand what it is like to be injured on this campus. It is their hope that this group can offer an additional and beneficial resource for injured Princeton athletes.
As a member of the Best Buddies chapter at Leonardtown High School, Abby spent four years with the program as a peer aid in an adapted physical education class for special needs children. She quickly discovered that this is her passion and continued to surround herself with the special needs community. When she got to Princeton she joined the Best Buddies chapter and applied to be vice president this year because she wanted to take a larger role in the organization. She also has a one-on-one buddy named Vinny and the highlights of her week are the times she gets to talk and hang out with him. She hopes to pursue a career in this field.
Abby on Abby:
"Being a part of these groups on Princeton's campus has given my time here much more meaning and value. I have an incredible support network around me and the ability to give that back to others is something I cherish and strive to make a priority. Making a meaningful impact on someone else's life is a feeling that does not compare to anything else."
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