Princeton University Athletics
Players Mentioned
Two Student-Athletes Receive 2010 Spirit of Princeton Award
April 29, 2010 | General, Men's Track and Field, Women's Cross Country, Women's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. (4/29/10) - Eric Plummer of the Princeton men's track & field team and Reilly Kiernan of the women's track and cross country teams represented two of the eight students who have been named winners of the 2010 Spirit of Princeton Award.
The award honors undergraduates at Princeton
for their positive contributions to campus life. The award
recognizes eight seniors who have demonstrated a strong commitment to
the undergraduate experience through dedicated efforts with student
organizations, athletics, community service, religious life, residential
life and the arts.
This year's winners were selected from a group of more than 90
nominations and will be honored with a book prize at a dinner on May 5.
The award, which has been given annually since 1995, is sponsored by the
University's Office
of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.
Kiernan serves as co-captain of the cross country team that finished fifth at the NCAA Championship in 2008 and 2009. She was named first-team All-Ivy League both seasons. In addition she is a member of the distance corps on the track & field team. Kiernan won the 3000 and 5000 at the Indoor Heptagonal Championship to help Princeton win the team title. She has been honored with Academic All-District honors by CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine and has been a two-time Academic All-Ivy recipient.
Kiernan has undertaken extensive service work at Princeton: She was the service chair of Forbes College, Tower Club and the Undergraduate Student Government, and she leads the Prospect Alliance for Community Action and the Varsity Athletes Charity initiative. As co-chair of the Pace Council for Civic Values, she worked with the Undergraduate Student Government to allocate funding to the January 2010 Inter-Action program, which took more than 100 students to Trenton for volunteer projects. Kiernan also is the associate editor for news for The Daily Princetonian. She serves on the executive board of the Orange Key Guide Service and is a member of the Alcohol Coalition Committee. Kiernan is majoring in sociology and pursuing certificates in American studies and urban studies. Next year she will work for the Foundation Center in New York City, connecting nonprofits with grants.
Plummer is captain of the men's track & field team. He is a four-time Ivy League champion in the shot put and has earned second place on two other occasions. Plummer qualifed for the NCAA Outdoor Regionals each season. He currently holds one of the top-5 Princeton indoor & outdoor records in the shot put.
An economics major, Plummer has served as a role model not only as a residential college adviser in Butler College, but also in the black community. He has been an intern for the Fields Center, co-president of the Black Men's Awareness Group and treasurer of the Black Student Union and the Princeton chapter of the NAACP. Plummer has volunteered as an intern and project coordinator for Community House, is a family group leader of the Princeton University Mentoring Program and is the co-president of the Ivy Athletic Charity Team. He also has served on the Campus Club Advisory Board and as a trustee of the Hallelujah Worship Service.
The Princeton track & field teams will host the 2010 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships on May 8-9 at Weaver Stadium.