Student-Athletes Recognized at Peer to Peer Leadership Celebration

For their work in the campus community, three Princeton student-athletes were among those recognized at the Peer to Peer Collective's fifth-annual Leadership Celebration on May 1.

Volleyball senior Alexander Mrkalj, hockey junior Kate Monihan, and rugby senior Kathryn-Alexa Kennedy were among 20 honorees.

Mrkalj, who played in 14 matches during the 2023 season as the men's volleyball team made the EIVA championship final, was a team captain, a member of the Student-Athlete Wellness Leaders (SAWL) Executive Leadership team, a steering committee member for the campus group Men's Allied Voices for a Respectful and Inclusive Community, and a leader in Princeton's Strength in Coaching on Relationships, Respect and Equality program.

Monihan, a defender on the women's hockey team, played in all 31 of the Tigers' games as the team pushed its ECAC quarterfinal series against eventual NCAA quarterfinalist Colgate to a third game. Off the ice, Monihan has served as a peer at Princeton's Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education (SHARE) office and leads the group's external development team, and serves as SHARE's liaison to the SAWL program to train SAWL members on using SHARE resources.

Kennedy was a team captain for the women's rugby team's first varsity season in 2022-23 and was a three-year Peer Academic Advisor at Forbes College, one of Princeton's residential colleges, and a Bachelor of Science and Engineering Interactor for first-year students.

Princeton's SAWL program is one of 17 peer leader groups on campus and provides support, knowledge, and leadership around issues that affect student-athlete performance and wellbeing. SAWLs complete virtual training related to mental health, diversity and inclusion, athletic medicine, SHARE, sleep, and nutrition. They attend at least one in-person event each semester, building connections with each other and across teams.

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