Sophie Bollyky Purcell

Class:
Freshman
High School:
The Chapin School
Hometown:
New York, N.Y.

Before Princeton:
The Chapin School: FRC Robotics Team … School Chorus … "La Familia", Hispanic Affinity Group … Earned a black belt in karate … National Merit Scholar Finalist … Four-time USA Water Polo Outstanding Academic All-American

Water Polo: Captain of the Asphalt Green Water Polo Team twice … Member of the U.S. Water Polo Development (2021), Cadet (2023) and Youth (2024) teams … U.S. Water Polo Junior Olympics Session II Honorable Mention All-America … Helped the team to a top-10 finish at the U.S. Water Polo Junior Olympic Session II Platinum Division II in 2025 and top 20 in 2024 … 2025 Junior Olympic Session III Team MVP.

Personal: Daughter of Andrea Bollyky and John Purcell … Has a sister, Margaux and two brothers, Mattias and Luc … Uncle, Tom Bollyky rowed for the Columbia heavyweight rowing team … Uncle, Paul Bollyky, rowed for the Columbia lightweight rowing team … Grandfather, Lazlo Bollyky, played water polo for the Hungarian National Team.