'50 Years' Alumna Spotlight: Rachael (Becker) DeCecco '03

At Princeton:

• Won the Tewaarton Award, college women's lacrosse's top honor, becoming the first and still only (though 2020) defensive player to do so

• Part of two NCAA championship teams while also reaching another final and another semifinal

• 2019 US Lacrosse Hall of Fame inductee

• Named to the NCAA's 25th Anniversary Team in 2006

• Won the NCAA's Honda Award for women's lacrosse in 2003

• Three-time IWLCA All-America

• Three-time NCAA all-tournament team, including the 2003 MVP

• Inside Lacrosse's 2002 Defender of the Year

• 2003 Ivy League Player of the Year and 2003 winner of Princeton's von Kienbusch Award for top senior female athlete

• Three-time All-Ivy League honoree

• Remains Princeton's career record holder in career caused turnovers (171) and graduated as Princeton's career record holder in games played (78), now sharing the honor

After Princeton:

• Earned a master's degree in healthcare administration from George Washington

• Helped found the Women's Professional Lacrosse League, serving as a Senior Vice President and COO of the WPLL's Foundation

• Serving as the director of the Premier Lacrosse League's PLL Academy, which directs youth lacrosse camps

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