Princeton University Athletics
Players Mentioned
Berry, Offorjebe, Milov and Schwab Share the Art Lane Award
May 29, 2009 | Field Hockey, Football, General, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Track and Field
Seniors Adam Berry, Agatha Offorjebe, Joelle Milov and Kristin Schwab were awarded the Art Lane Award on Thursday night at the PVC Senior Student-Athlete Awards Banquet. The Art Lane Award has been given to honor selfless contribution to sport and society by an undergraduate. Art Lane, the very embodiment of the award that now bears his name, won the Pyne Prize and captained the 1933 Princeton football team to the national championship as an undergraduate before going on to a career as a Naval officer, a federal judge and a corporate general counsel.
There are four winners for the Class of 2009:
Adam Berry of the football team
Agatha Offorjebe of the women's track and field team
Joelle Milov of the women's swimming and diving team
Kristin Schwab of the field hockey and women's lacrosse teams
Adam Berry has been actively involved in the Princeton community as a leader in many areas. He has served as a University Big Siblings Mentor, the social chair of the Impact Christian Fellowship Group, sat on the INGNITE Student panel aimed at motivating inner city youth in the Bronx and was selected to be a featured speaker at the “Reflections on Diversity” seminar during the 2008 Freshman Orientation.
Adam's contributions to football program and the Department of Athletics have also been significant, most notably through a recruiting plan that he developed aimed at attracting African-American student-athletes to Princeton. Adam's plan was originally built for football, but was so impressive that it was soon adopted throughout the athletic department.
He was recognized by his coaching staff as the recipient of the Hank Towns Award for mentoring freshman and the Richard Colman Award for academic achievement and was selected by his peers to serve on the team Leadership Council.
Most recently, Adam was selected as a 2009 Spirit of Princeton award winner.
Agatha Offorjebe, in the words of women's track and field coach Pete Farrell, “works hard at making Princeton a better place for all.” Her many contributions to Princeton during the past four years include serving as a peer mentor and a residential college advisor, as the vice-president of the Varsity Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, as a founding member of the student-athlete wellness leaders, as the alcohol collation committee co-chair and as a master at Butler College. In recognition of her tremendous achievements, Agatha was awarded with the prestigious Sprit of Princeton award in 2008 as a junior.
As a walk-on to the track & field team, Agatha quickly demonstrated her leadership ability among her peers and went on to achieve school records in the 400 meters (indoor and outdoor) as well as earning All-America and All-Ivy distinctions.
Following graduation, Agatha will be traveling to Botswana as part of the Princeton in Africa program working in a medical clinic for the next year.
Joelle Milov has been described as a hard-working and determined leader. Her commitment to philanthropic work is unwavering, including serving as a Co-Project Coordinator with Special Olympics Swimming, a leader in the “Learn to Swim” program that offers free lessons to the Princeton community and the “Bowl for Life” program that raises money and awareness for organ donation. She has also traveled to Veracruz, Mexico, on a service trip to build schools for the needy.
Most recently, Joelle co-founded the “Collegians for the Cure Cancer Walk” program in coordination with the Susan G. Komen Foundation. The first event was held in the fall of 2008 and is a program that will continue on at Princeton following her graduation.
She was honored by her teammates with the Friends of Princeton Swimming award ? presented to a team member whose perseverance in practice and effort in competition have led to the greatest overall improvement.
Joelle will be heading to law school this fall.
Kristen Schwab has distinguished herself over her career as a scholar, athlete and tireless volunteer. With a passion for medicine, she has dedicated her time to serve as a legal advocate and hotline counselor at the House of Ruth domestic violence center, volunteered at the Princeton Medical Center Emergency Room and in the Neurosurgery Department at Johns Hopkins Hospital. To conduct research for her senior thesis, Kristen traveled to Ghana, where she worked in hospitals, immunization clinics and laboratories across four different regions. She has also served as a Wilson College fellow, a Wellness Leader for the field hockey team and as an Academic Success Today Tutor for local high school students.
As a stand-out athlete and four-year starter on two nationally-ranked sports, she has maintained exceptional grades in a challenging pre-med curriculum. After Princeton, Kristen will be attending medical school at Penn as the recipient of an NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarship.