Princeton University Athletics
Three Share Lane Award For Service
May 31, 2005 | General
May 31, 2005
Alex Brown, Chanel Lattimer and Joe Robinson are the 2005 winners of the Art Lane '34 Award, presented by the athletic department and the Princeton Varsity Club to senior athletes for outstanding contribution to sport and society by an undergraduate.
Joe Robinson
Joe Robinson was a three-sport standout in high school and had every intention of making his mark at Princeton on the football team. He did that in more ways than he likely could have imagined, and he didn't limit his good works to simply Princeton. The sociology major from Mahwah, N.J., was introduced to the "Taking Kids Out" program (TKO) after his freshman year, and he became an integral member of the group during his final three years of college. Whether it was taking children from low-income families to baseball games, providing academic mentoring or simply driving the kids to campus each Monday night, Robinson's contributions to TKO were immense.
Robinson also gave 500 hours in the last two years to the Princeton Justice Project, and he helped bring in speakers for the Reconciliation Committee Conference on Reparations, while he also organized a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision. He has also worked with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Mercer County, coached local youth teams and assisted in exposing children at a multi-cultural summer camp to the Princeton campus and its educational resources.
Alex Brown
Alex Brown has proven to be a leader both on and off the court for the Princeton women's volleyball team. Her leadership as a player pushed Princeton to the 2004 Ivy League championship when Princeton put together three late-season wins in one week, including two on the road. As a middle-hitter, she was a crucial player in both Princeton's offensive and defensive schemes, and her versatility landed her on the All-Ivy first team in both 2003 and 2004. She never let volleyball affect her hard work in the classroom, and she was rewarded with an Academic All-Ivy honor in the fall of 2004.
An Ecology & Evolutionary Biology major from Los Altos, Calif., Brown also positively affected the society around her. She spent four years as a member of "Kid Power," which organizes Princeton students to teach local elementary school students about environmental science. She was the head coordinator of the group as both a sophomore and junior, which meant she needed to organize both the trips and the curriculum. She has volunteered with the local EMT, as well as a local wildlife rescue center. She also traveled to Panama during the spring of 2004 with members of her major to study coral reef preservation.
Chanel Lattimer
Chanel Lattimer is a co-captain of the Princeton women's track & field team. A sociology major from Severn, Md., Lattimer has battled injury throughout her career and remained a leader for the team both on and off the track. She has been a top performer in the sprints for the Tigers, and she currently holds the school record for the 60-meter dash indoors.
Lattimer earned one of the nine prestigious "Spirit of Princeton" Awards for 2005. The award recognizes a select group of undergraduate students who have made positive contributions to the various facets of the University, including the arts, community service, student organizations, residential living, religious life and athletic endeavors. Lattimer was specifically recognized for her participation in community service through both her Christian fellowship and one of two historically black sororities on campus.