Six Finalists Named For C. Otto Von Kienbusch Award

Six Princeton student-athletes have been named finalists for the C. Otto von Kienbusch award which is awarded annually to a Princeton senior woman of high scholastic rank who has demonstrated general proficiency in athletics and the qualities of a true sportswoman. Presented in memory of C. Otto v. Kienbusch '06, friend and benefactor of women's athletics at Princeton.

The von Kienbusch Award will be presented at the Gary Walters '67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 21st starting at 5:00 p.m. ET. For more information on the 2026 banquet, click here.

Meet the 2026 finalists!

Alexandra Kelly | Women's Track & Field
One of the most decorated horizontal jumpers in program history, Alexandra Kelly is a six-time Ivy League Champion, claiming four long jump titles and two triple jump titles across indoor and outdoor track and field.

A two-year captain and ecology & evolutionary biology major from Long Island, N.Y., Kelly claimed bronze in the long jump at this year's indoor NCAA Championships, marking the highest finish by an Ivy League woman since 2009 as she earned First Team All-America honors. She currently holds the school record in the long jump in both the indoor and outdoor record books after setting both this year. Kelly also ranks second in program history in both the indoor and outdoor triple jump.

After becoming the first Princeton woman to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the long jump her sophomore year, Kelly's career has seen her and the Tigers reach new heights, as she played an integral role in leading the jumps squad during the Tigers' 2024-25 Ivy League Triple Crown campaign. Again dominating this year with an Indoor Heps team championship, Kelly will lead the Tigers as they look to complete the trifecta again for historic back-to-back Triple Crowns at this year's outdoor Heps, something no Ivy women's program has accomplished to-date.

Alexandra Kelly 2026 Von Kienbusch Award

Jami MacDonald | Women's Lacrosse
A two-time All-Ivy selection with the women's lacrosse program, Jami MacDonald has put the finishing touches on one of the finest offensive careers in the team's storied history. MacDonald's 274 career points are No. 3 all-time by a Princeton women's lacrosse player which puts her No. 5 all-time by an Ivy Leaguer and No. 6 among active Division I player. She ranks No. 6 all-time in goals by a Tiger with 165 and No. 2 all-time in assists with 109 which is also among the Ivy League's all-time Top-10.

MacDonald's elite scoring and playmaking set her apart as the only player in Princeton Women's Lacrosse history with 150+ career goals and 100+ career assists. As a captain this past season, MacDonald led the Ivy League with 85 points, tallying 49 goals and 36 assists en route to being named Ivy League Attacker of the Year and a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, while helping the Tigers to the Ivy Tournament title. One of the country's top attacking threats, her 4.9 points-per-game in 2026 led the Ivy League and ranked No. 16 in the country.

A two-time USA Lacrosse All-American and a two-time IWLCA All-Region selection, MacDonald was twice named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List for national player of the year. A native of Georgetown, Ontario, MacDonald has represented her country in international competition, winning a silver medal at the U-20 World Championships in Hong Kong in 2024. Enrolled in the School of Public & International Affairs, MacDonald was an IWLCA Academic Honor roll selection in 2025.

Madison St. Rose | Women's Basketball
A two-time All-Ivy performer, Madison St. Rose has been at the forefront during the best stretch in Princeton Women's Basketball history. In her four years, the Tigers won three Ivy League titles, three Ivy League Tournament titles and reached four NCAA Tournaments. Princeton has consistently found themselves ranked in the Top-25 throughout St. Rose's career, peaking as high as No. 19 this past season in which the Tigers posted a 26-4 overall mark.

St. Rose, a psychology major from Old Bridge, N.J., helped the Tigers to an NCAA Tournament victory in her freshman campaign while also earning Ivy Rookie of the Year and never looked back. The two-time captain led the Tigers to a 96-23 mark including a 49-7 record in Ivy League action. During her senior year, St. Rose was first-team All-Ivy and named to the Wooden Watch List, finishing a career high in shooting percentage and assists. She graduates with 1,215 points, good for 15th all-time in program history, despite missing all but four games her junior season with injury.

Maia Weintraub | Women's Fencing
Maia Weintraub is a two-time All-American and made the All-Ivy League team in all four of her seasons with the program, beginning her Tiger career with an NCAA foil championship as a rookie in 2022. She was just the second Princeton woman to win a NCAA Foil National Title and the first in 22 years. Weintraub followed the NCAA win with a second All-American honor, finishing third at NCAAs in 2023, while earning first-team All-Ivy in each of her first two seasons and second team honors as a junior and senior.

Midway through her Tiger career, Weintraub took the year off from Princeton to train for the Olympic Games, a gap from Old Nassau that paid off with the first team women's foil gold medal in U.S. fencing history and making Weintraub the first Princetonian to win Olympic gold in fencing. An ecology and evolutionary biology major from Philadelphia, Pa., Weintraub was the women's fencing team's selection for Academic All-Ivy League honors in 2026.

Issy Wunder | Women's Ice Hockey
Issy Wunder, a team captain and psychology major from Toronto, Ontario, capped off her career by helping Princeton to its first ever ECAC conference title and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2020. A two-time Ivy League Player of the Year, Wunder also became a two-time top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award, a two-time ECAC Player of the Year finalist, and earned consecutive first-team All-Ivy and first-team All-ECAC honors.

A three-time All-Ivy selection, Wunder added Academic All-Ivy honors in 2025 after earning second-team recognition in 2024. She was named ECAC Forward of the Year in 2025, while also earning ECAC Forward of the Week and Month honors and a place on the ECAC All-Academic Team. Wunder was additionally recognized as a 2025 USCHO Third Team All-American and received the 2026 ECAC Hockey Mandi Schwartz Award for excellence in athletics, academics, leadership, and community impact.

She finishes her career tied for Princeton single-season goals and goals in a game records, while helping the team to a 23-11 overall record, the most wins since the 2019 campaign.

Issy Wunder 2026 Von Kienbusch Award Finalist

Beth Yeager | Field Hockey
Beth Yeager, an economics major from Greenwich, Conn., is one of the most decorated players in the history of Division I field hockey. Her Princeton career saw her become the first Ivy League field hockey player and eighth in Division I history to be a four-time first-team All-American, as well as the first in her sport to be a four-time Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year. A four-time unanimous first-team All-Ivy League selection, Yeager began her career as the league's Rookie of the Year and followed that by winning Mid-Atlantic Region Player of the Year and honors and becoming a Honda Award finalist as a sophomore.

After taking a year off from Princeton to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where she started every game for the United States, she returned to school to lead Princeton to the NCAA quarterfinals as a junior and to overtime in the NCAA championship game as a senior, captaining both teams. She won another Mid-Atlantic Player of the Year Award and was a Honda Award finalist again as a senior, when she also was named the Most Outstanding Player at the Ivy League tournament and to the NCAA tournament All-Tournament Team.

A member of the full U.S. national team since she was 17, Yeager finished her Princeton career with 59 goals and 35 assists, making her the second player in program history ever to achieve those numbers.

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