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Hompe Named IWLCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year
June 19, 2017 | Women's Lacrosse
 Princeton's Olivia Hompe has been named the 2017 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, it was announced by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) this afternoon.
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She is the top student-athlete in NCAA Division I, carrying a cumulative GPA of more than 3.5.
"Olivia personifies the ideal of the scholar-athlete," Princeton head coach Chris Sailer said. "She loves to learn, invests herself fully in both her education and her team, and embraces challenge of all sorts. She's been a wonderful role model to her teammates and a shining example of achievement through passionate work. We are so proud of who Olivia is and all that she's accomplished at Princeton and we're grateful that she'll be pursuing a career in service of our nation."
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Hompe graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs with a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. In February, she was chosen as one of four Princeton seniors for the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI), a graduate program where she will spend two years pursuing a master's degree in the Woodrow Wilson School and two more working in a fellowship with a federal agency. Proficient in Arabic, Hompe spent the summer of 2016 working in the intelligence community in Washington, D.C., embedded in a unit that developed both her language and analytical abilities related to the intersection of intelligence and national security. Her thesis was on U.S. Presidential Peacemaking, examining four historical case studies of attempts by Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Clinton to intervene as a third-party mediators and looking at the implications of these successes and failures for President Trump.
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A finalist for the 2017 Tewaaraton Trophy, Hompe was named both a first-team All-America and the Ivy League Attacker of the Year. A three-time academic all-Ivy League selection, Hompe is a three-time unanimous first-team all-league honoree and three-time all-tournament team pick. This season she lead the nation in goals and was third in points per game, setting the Princeton single-season record for points with 110 and goals with 75. She graduates as Princeton's all-time leading scorer and goal-scorer with 285 points on 198 goals and 87 assists. During her career she helped the Tigers win four Ivy League titles and reach the NCAA Tournament all four seasons.
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Hompe is Princeton's first IWLCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year since 2009 when it was awarded to Kristin Schwab '09. The IWLCA began its academic awards in 2001, with the Tigers now earning two of those honors.
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She is the top student-athlete in NCAA Division I, carrying a cumulative GPA of more than 3.5.
"Olivia personifies the ideal of the scholar-athlete," Princeton head coach Chris Sailer said. "She loves to learn, invests herself fully in both her education and her team, and embraces challenge of all sorts. She's been a wonderful role model to her teammates and a shining example of achievement through passionate work. We are so proud of who Olivia is and all that she's accomplished at Princeton and we're grateful that she'll be pursuing a career in service of our nation."
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Hompe graduated summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs with a certificate in Near Eastern Studies. In February, she was chosen as one of four Princeton seniors for the Scholars in the Nation's Service Initiative (SINSI), a graduate program where she will spend two years pursuing a master's degree in the Woodrow Wilson School and two more working in a fellowship with a federal agency. Proficient in Arabic, Hompe spent the summer of 2016 working in the intelligence community in Washington, D.C., embedded in a unit that developed both her language and analytical abilities related to the intersection of intelligence and national security. Her thesis was on U.S. Presidential Peacemaking, examining four historical case studies of attempts by Presidents Nixon, Carter, and Clinton to intervene as a third-party mediators and looking at the implications of these successes and failures for President Trump.
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A finalist for the 2017 Tewaaraton Trophy, Hompe was named both a first-team All-America and the Ivy League Attacker of the Year. A three-time academic all-Ivy League selection, Hompe is a three-time unanimous first-team all-league honoree and three-time all-tournament team pick. This season she lead the nation in goals and was third in points per game, setting the Princeton single-season record for points with 110 and goals with 75. She graduates as Princeton's all-time leading scorer and goal-scorer with 285 points on 198 goals and 87 assists. During her career she helped the Tigers win four Ivy League titles and reach the NCAA Tournament all four seasons.
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Hompe is Princeton's first IWLCA Scholar-Athlete of the Year since 2009 when it was awarded to Kristin Schwab '09. The IWLCA began its academic awards in 2001, with the Tigers now earning two of those honors.
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