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Anyanwu Wins Spirit of Princeton Award
May 12, 2015 | Women's Track and Field
PRINCETON, N.J. (5/12/15) - Senior Joanna Anyanwu, a sprinter on the Princeton track & field teams, is one of the eight students who was named winner of the 2015 Spirit of Princeton Award, which honors undergraduates at Princeton University for their positive contributions to campus life.
The award recognizes students 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 60 nominees and were honored with a certificate and book prize during a dinner held on May 6. The Spirit of Princeton Award is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and has been given annually since 1995.
Anyanwu is a senior from Frisco, Texas, majoring in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She also is earning certificates in African American studies and gender and sexuality studies. She is a member of the track and field team, an intern at the Women*s Center, a Tom A. and Andrea E. Bernstein '80 Scholar as part of the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative, an activist in the student organization the Black Justice League, a coordinator for the Community Action freshman orientation program and the former co-chair of Princeton Against Sex Trafficking. Anyanwu is a member of Rockefeller College.
Anyanwu holds top-10 program times in the indoor 60; outdoor 4x100, 4x200, sprint medley relay. She is also a five-time Ivy League Heps scorer in the relay events.
Past men's track & field athletes who have won this award include: Reilly Kiernan in 2010 and Chanel Lattimer in 2005.