Mollie Marcoux Samaan ’91 To Be Honored With Class Of 1967 PVC Citizen-Athlete Award
5/14/2026
Mollie Marcoux Samaan ’91 left a lasting imprint on Princeton Athletics as both a standout student-athlete and administrator. She has dedicated her professional career to growing and impacting sport at so many levels and will be honored with this year’s Class of 1967 PVC Citizen-Athlete Award. Presented at the Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 21st, the annual award recognizes selfless and noble contributions to sport and society.
“Mollie’s name is synonymous with Princeton Athletics. So much of our current success and culture is a byproduct of Mollie’s vision and efforts during her seven years leading the department. She is a genuine and values-based leader who truly views sport as a vehicle to success in life,” says Ford Family Director of Athletics John Mack ’00. “She has positively impacted so many different corners of sport throughout her illustrious career – including the recreation, collegiate and professional ranks – and continues to inspire, empower and “grow the game” with each of her professional stops. I could not be more excited to bring Mollie back to Jadwin and recognize her alongside our senior student-athletes as part of this year’s PVC Banquet.”
Marcoux Samaan was a two-sport All-Ivy athlete in ice hockey and soccer for the Tigers, graduating cum laude in 1991 with a degree in history. On the ice, she was a four-time first-team All-Ivy forward, a three-time team MVP and still ranks top-3 all-time in career points, goals, and assists for the program. As a senior, she earned the Otto von Kienbusch Award given to the University’s top female athlete.
After launching her career as an assistant athletic director and coach at the Lawrenceville School (N.J.), she spent nearly two decades in senior leadership roles at Chelsea Piers, where she was responsible for overseeing sports operations and youth programming across two world-class sports complexes, Chelsea Piers New York and Chelsea Piers Connecticut.
Marcoux Samaan returned to Old Nassau in 2014, where she served as Princeton's Ford Family Director of Athletics from 2014-2021. During her tenure, Princeton teams won a league leading 70 conference championships and achieved annual top-50 finishes in the prestigious Learfield Directors' Cup.
Among her many achievements and areas of impact, Marcoux Samaan launched Tiger Athletics Give Day (TAGD), which has engaged the Princeton Athletics community and raised more than $42 million across 80,000 gifts since its inception in 2014. She emphasized a commitment to fostering a holistic performance environment in support of student-athletes, coaches and the broader campus community, and helped lead the development of over $200 million in facility renovations and new construction, including Athletics’ expansion to the new Meadows campus. In 2020-21, Marcoux Samaan received the NACDA (National Association of College Directors of Athletics) Athletics Director of the Year Award.
After leaving Princeton, Marcoux Samaan served as Commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), where she oversaw the largest period of growth in the organization’s 75-year history. She helped increase tournament purses and player income by over 90% while overseeing record revenue performance and fan engagement. She also helped implement a comprehensive performance model to better prioritize athlete performance and wellbeing, which spearheaded increased travel expense subsidies, improved access to mental health, nutrition and performance resources and fully-subsidized healthcare insurance for the athletes. Marcoux Samaan’s time as commissioner saw record numbers of girls and women playing golf and learning the game across the LPGA ecosystem.
In January 2026, Marcoux Samaan was named Chief Executive Officer of US Squash, the national governing body for squash in the United States. In her role, Marcoux Samaan will oversee national programs spanning grassroots participation, elite competition, and organizational governance. She will also help usher the sport into the Olympic scene, with Squash set to make its official Olympic debut at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, featuring both men’s and women’s individual events.
She and her husband, Andrew Samaan, reside in Florida and are the parents of Maddie, Catie and Drew.
