The First 50 Podcast
Celebrating the 50-year anniversary of the dawn of women's athletics at Princeton, the First 50 podcast will visit with figures who were influential in bringing the women's athletic program to life, and with those who helped it become the outfit that has won more than 200 Ivy League championships, 22 individual national championships and 33 team national championships. The podcast is hosted by Ford Family Director of Athletics Mollie Marcoux Samaan and Jerry Price.
New episodes will be added every 2-3 weeks as the celebration of 50 years of Princeton women's athletics runs through the fall of 2021.
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Episode 10, featuring Sabrina King ’01, a nine-time Ivy League women's volleyball champion as a player and coach, and Kelsey Koelzer ’17, the first Princeton women’s hockey player to be named first-team All-American and the first black NCAA head hockey coach
Episode 9, featuring Dr. Deborah Saint-Phard ’87, an Olympic shot putter, and Dr. Tiana Woolridge ’15, a three-time All-Ivy volleyball player.
Episode 8, featuring Jen Babik ’95 and Tara Christie Kinsey ’97, teammates at Princeton who helped the softball team to the Women’s College World Series.
Episode 7, featuring Jackie Jackson ’78 and Heidi Nolte ’79, two of the keystone members of the 1970s women’s basketball program.
Episode 6, featuring Kelly Shon ’14 (golf) and Tyler Lussi ’17 (soccer), who discuss their Princeton careers and how being a Tiger prepared them for success as professional athletes.
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Episode 5, featuring NCAA lacrosse champions and two-sport athletes Lisa Rebane Ewanchyna ’96 and Theresa Sherry ’04.
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Episode 4, featuring Podie Lynch, the only woman in the Class of 1971 to win a varsity letter, and Carol Brown, a national champion swimmer and Olympic bronze medal rower from the Class of 1975.
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Episode 3, featuring Kat Sharkey – a member of the 2012 NCAA champion field hockey team, the all-time leading scorer in program history, and a member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic field hockey team, and Kat Holmes – part of the 2013 NCAA fencing championship team, a four-time All-American, and a 2016 Olympian.
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Episode 2, featuring Merrily Dean Baker and Amy Campbell.
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Episode 1, featuring Margie Gengler Smith '73 and Helena Novakova '72, who became the first two women to compete in an athletic event for Princeton when they ventured to New Paltz, N.Y., for what became a successful weekend at the Eastern Intercollegiate championships.
New episodes will be added every 2-3 weeks as the celebration of 50 years of Princeton women's athletics runs through the fall of 2021.
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Episode 10, featuring Sabrina King ’01, a nine-time Ivy League women's volleyball champion as a player and coach, and Kelsey Koelzer ’17, the first Princeton women’s hockey player to be named first-team All-American and the first black NCAA head hockey coach
Episode 9, featuring Dr. Deborah Saint-Phard ’87, an Olympic shot putter, and Dr. Tiana Woolridge ’15, a three-time All-Ivy volleyball player.
Episode 8, featuring Jen Babik ’95 and Tara Christie Kinsey ’97, teammates at Princeton who helped the softball team to the Women’s College World Series.
Episode 7, featuring Jackie Jackson ’78 and Heidi Nolte ’79, two of the keystone members of the 1970s women’s basketball program.
Episode 6, featuring Kelly Shon ’14 (golf) and Tyler Lussi ’17 (soccer), who discuss their Princeton careers and how being a Tiger prepared them for success as professional athletes.
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Episode 5, featuring NCAA lacrosse champions and two-sport athletes Lisa Rebane Ewanchyna ’96 and Theresa Sherry ’04.
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Episode 4, featuring Podie Lynch, the only woman in the Class of 1971 to win a varsity letter, and Carol Brown, a national champion swimmer and Olympic bronze medal rower from the Class of 1975.
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Episode 3, featuring Kat Sharkey – a member of the 2012 NCAA champion field hockey team, the all-time leading scorer in program history, and a member of the 2016 U.S. Olympic field hockey team, and Kat Holmes – part of the 2013 NCAA fencing championship team, a four-time All-American, and a 2016 Olympian.
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Episode 2, featuring Merrily Dean Baker and Amy Campbell.
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Episode 1, featuring Margie Gengler Smith '73 and Helena Novakova '72, who became the first two women to compete in an athletic event for Princeton when they ventured to New Paltz, N.Y., for what became a successful weekend at the Eastern Intercollegiate championships.