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Princeton University Athletics
Kroshus, Miller, Sherry Share von Kienbusch Award for 2004
May 27, 2004 | Women's Lacrosse
May 27, 2004
Three Princeton senior female student-athletes who led their teams to national success and each finished their careers among the top athletes in school history in their respective sports share the C. Otto von Kienbusch Award for 2004.
Emily Kroshus, the 2003 Heptagonal women's cross country champion, Claire Miller, the 2003 Ivy League Field Hockey Player of the Year, and Theresa Sherry, the 2004 Ivy League Women's Lacrosse Player of the Year, are the award winners for 2004.
The C. Otto Von Kienbusch Award, presented in memory of a member of the Class of 1906, goes annually to "a senior woman of high scholastic rank who has demonstrated a general proficiency in athletics and the qualities of a true sportswoman."
Kroshus, a native of Calgary, Alberta, fashioned an outstanding senior season both in cross country and on the track to conclude a fabulous career. She won the Ivy League Heptagonal championship in cross country in the fifth-fastest time in race history, then finished an impressive eighth in the NCAA championship race in Waterloo, Iowa, earning All-America status. Kroshus paced the Tigers to a ninth-place finish in the event as a team. A school record holder on the track as well, she won the 2004 Indoor Heps 5,000 meters and then finished seventh in the NCAA championships in that event, again earning All-America status. During the outdoor season, she won both the 5,000- and 10,000-meter events at Ivy League Heptagonals and finished second in the 3,000-meter race.
Kroshus has also been an Academic All-Ivy selection during her career and competed in the NCAA cross country championship three times.
Miller, from Scarsdale, N.Y., was a team captain for the Tigers in 2003, helping Princeton to its 10th straight Ivy League title and fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance. A three-time first-team All-Ivy League selection, she finished her career with 26 assists, seventh all-time at Princeton, and 72 points, among the top 15 in program history.
A three-time All-America, including selection to the first team in 2002, Miller was a four-year starter for teams that finished with a 55-18 overall record and a perfect 28-0 mark in Ivy League play. A second-team All-America in 2003 and a third-team pick her sophomore season, she helped the Tigers to an appearance in the NCAA semifinals in 2001 and second-round NCAA appearances in 2002 and 2000.
Also an Academic All-Ivy honoree, Miller was the 2000 Ivy Rookie of the Year. She started all 75 games during her four-year career.
Sherry, a Baltimore native, was a two-sport athlete at Princeton, playing both lacrosse and soccer and helping those teams to a combined eight NCAA tournaments. It was in lacrosse, however, where she made her mark as one of the finest players in team history.
A three-time first-team All-America pick, she finished her career at Princeton third on the school's all-time list with 161 goals and fourth in program history with 197 career points. She scored 40 or more goals in each of her last three seasons, earning unanimous first-team All-Ivy League honors in each of those years.
The leading scorer on the 2003 NCAA championship team and the second-leading scorer on the 2002 NCAA champions, she also scored 48 goals this season in leading the Tigers to their third straight NCAA title game. She was twice named to the NCAA All-Tournament team for the Tigers, who had an impressive 68-11 record during her career.
Sherry finished her soccer career with 18 goals, ninth-best in team history, and helped the Tigers to a 51-14-6 four-year record and four trips to the NCAA tournament.
The winners of the C. Otto von Kienbusch Awards were honored at Princeton's Senior Awards Banquet Thursday night.