Princeton University Athletics
Beaver, Perry Honored As ECAC Scholar-Athletes
July 26, 2001 | General
July 26, 2001
Julia Beaver and Craig Perry have been selected as the 2000-01 ECAC Robbins Scholar Athlete award winners for Division I.
The Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), together with Robbins Sports and Surfaces, honors the outstanding student-athletes representing member schools in Divisions I, II and III.
One male and one female athlete from each division was selected by three committees comprised of athletic administrators. Votes are based on extraordinary achievements in academics, athletics and community service.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Beaver is arguably the greatest collegiate women's squash player of all-time. A three-time individual national champion, Beaver led the Tigers to two Howe Cup national championships and one Ivy League championship. She was a four-time first-team All-America and four-time Ivy League Player of the Year. As a freshman she became the first Ivy female athlete ever to be named Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season. She also served as the backup goalie for the Final Four women's lacrosse team as a senior.
Beaver received the 2001 Betty Richie Award, which recognizes the outstanding women's squash player in terms of academics, athletics and sportsmanship. She was named the Women's Intercollegiate Squash Association Scholar-Athlete in 2000 and 2001 and was a three-time Academic All-Ivy selection. A molecular biology major, she was the recipient of the 2000 New Jersey Cancer Fellowship for her senior thesis work on DNA Mismatch Repair. In addition, Beaver served as a Peer Advisor and as an advising and feedback assistant in the molecular biology department.
Perry, a native of South Natick, Massachusetts, was a four-year member of the Princeton heavyweight crew, rowing in the varsity eight boat his last three years. He was a first-team All-Ivy selection in 1999 and 2001 and a second-team selection in 2000 after helping the Tigers to two Eastern Sprints titles and one runner-up finish.
A three-time academic all-Ivy selection, Perry graduated in May with a degree in economics. He was an alternate for the Marshall Scholarship, as well as a semifinalist for the Rhodes Scholarship. He also earned the President's Award for Academic Excellence in 1999 and was a U.S. Rowing Academic All-America in 1999 and 2000. In addition to his academic and athletic endeavors, Perry was active in community service as a volunteer in the emergency room at the Princeton Medical Center, a Eucharistic Minister for the University's Catholic Ministry and as a dormitory representative.
Beaver and Perry, as well as the winners from Division II and III, will be presented with the ECAC Robbins Scholar Athlete Awards during the ECAC Fall Convention Awards Banquet in October.