Princeton Names Six Finalists For Von Kienbusch Award For Top Senior Female Athlete

The Princeton University Department of Athletics has named six finalists for the 2019 C. Otto von Kienbusch Award, given annually to the top senior female athlete.

The finalists are: Mimi Asom of the women's soccer team, Claire Collins of the women's open rowing team, Elizabeth George of the women's lacrosse team, Emily Kallfelz of the women's open rowing team, Sophia Tornetta of the field hockey team and Elise Wong, also of the field hockey team.

The winner of the 2019 von Kienbusch Award will be announced at the Gary Walters '67 Princeton Varsity Club Banquet on May 30.

Mimi Asom
Mimi Asom finished her career third on Princeton's career lists for goals with 43 and points with 95. A four-time All-Ivy League selection, she helped lead Princeton to three Ivy League championships and three NCAA tournaments, including a first-round win in 2015 and a run to the NCAA quarterfinals in 2017.

Asom was the 2015 Ivy Rookie of the Year after scoring 12 goals, tying the program record for a freshman, and this past fall, she led the Ivy League with 12 goals and 25 points while earning the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year award, becoming the 12^th player in Ivy League history to win both awards.

She capped her career as a United Soccer Coaches second-team All-America in 2018.

Asom is a Woodrow Wilson School major from Dallas, Texas.

Claire Collins
Claire Collins is a four-time Ivy League champion from the women's open first varsity 8.
She is also a two-time All-American and All-Region rower (those honors have not yet been announced for this year).

In 2018, she was a first-team All-American as the Tigers had their best finish (fifth) in six years at the NCAA Championships Grand Final. Collins has rowed with the Varsity Eight in each of her four seasons with Princeton, having lost just three regular season meets, and none as a senior. At the most recent Ivy League championships, she helped Princeton clinch a win by nearly four full seconds.

Collins also participated with the United States at the U-23 World Championships in each of the last three years, picking up a silver medal in 2018.

She is an economics major from McLean, Va.

Elizabeth George
Elizabeth George was a unanimous selection as the 2019 Ivy League Attacker of the Year and a top-25 finalist for the 2019 Tewaaraton Trophy. She has been named to the Ivy League All-Tournament team three times and was the MVP in 2018.

George helped Princeton win the Ivy League championship all four years, as well as winning three Ivy League Tournament titles and advancing to the NCAA tournament all four years, including quarterfinal appearances in 2017 and 2019.

Her name can be found all over the Princeton record book, including the all-time record for draw controls with 189. She also has the record for draws in a game (11) and a season (88 this season). She also ranks third in points in a season with 87, fourth in goals in a season with 62 and 10^th in goals in a career with 142.

A two-time first-team All-Ivy selection and first-team All-Region selection this year (All-American teams have not yet been announced) who was drafted by the New York Fight in the 2019 WPLL Draft, she is a Woodrow Wilson School major from Lutherville, Md.

Emily Kallfelz
Emily Kallfelz is a four-time Ivy League champion and two-time All-Region rower who has been the first varsity 8 boat her entire career.

As a junior she was a CRCA first-team All-American and helped Princeton to its best finish (fifth) at the NCAA Championships Grand Final since 2013. During her time in the first varsity boat, Princeton has lost just three meets in the regular season, none of which were the 2019 season.

She and her teammates qualified for the 2019 NCAA championships by virtue of their nearly four-second win at the Ivy League championships.

Kallfelz has also represented the United States internationally three times, earning a silver in the U-23 World Championships in 2018.

She is an operations research and financial engineering major from Jamestown, R.I.

Sophia Tornetta
Sophia Tornetta was a four-time All-Ivy League selection and three-time All-Region selection as she helped Princeton to two NCAA Final Fours. The Tigers also reached the NCAA Tournament in each of her four seasons and won two Ivy League championships.

The signature moment of her career was scoring the game-winning goal as time expired against No. 7 Virginia in the 2016 NCAA quarterfinals. She finished her career with 27 goals and 26 assists, making her one of eight Princeton players ever with at least 25 career goals and 25 career assists.

She began her career as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first-team All-Ivy selection, and she ended her career with another first-team All-Ivy League honor.

She is a politics major from Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

Elise Wong
Elise Wong is one of the most decorated field hockey players in Princeton history.

As a senior alone, she was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist, first-team All-American, All-Region, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-Ivy. For her career she was a four-time All-Ivy and four-time All-Region selection.

With Wong as an anchor on the defensive end, Princeton won two Ivy League championships and played in the NCAA Tournament every year of her career. She also led the Tigers to two NCAA Final Fours, as a sophomore and senior, and she was named to the All-Tournament Team both times.

Wong was named to the NFHCA Division I National Academic Squad in each of her four seasons.

She is a Woodrow Wilson School major from Lake Forest, Ill.

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