Female Sport Finalists

Aundeah Kearney

Aundeah Kearney, a senior English major, recorded the eighth-best long jump (18’ 4.5”) in Princeton University history at the 2008 Larry Ellis Invitational. Kearney has published an article, “The Emancipation of Approximation: The Social Work of Kara Walker’s Imagery” in the Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Journal. For three consecutive summers, the Paterson, N.J., native has […]

April 6, 2011

Aundeah Kearney

Windy Santa Cruz

Windy Santa Cruz, a senior chemistry major, ranked as one of Valparaiso’s top middle-distance runners throughout the 2009 outdoor season. Cruz received the Lumina Award, which VU’s College of Arts and Sciences presents to junior students whose accumulated GPA for the five preceding semesters is 3.60 or above, in the fall 2009 semester. As a […]

April 6, 2011

Windy Santa Cruz

Nana Bulaba Sang-Bender

Nana Sang-Bender, an international relations graduate student, competed on Syracuse University’s 3,200-meter relay team that earned an Eastern College Athletic Conference-qualifying time at the 2009 Big East Indoor Championships. Sang-Bender has twice earned Big East All-Academic selections. Last summer, the Syracuse native served as research intern for the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Africa […]

April 6, 2011

Nana Bulaba Sang-Bender

Katrina Gaudier

Katrina Gaudier, a senior English major, pitched the 15th no-hitter in Drexel University (Pa.) softball history against St. Francis University on March 15, 2009. Gaudier has remained a fixture on Drexel’s College of Arts and Sciences dean’s list since 2006. The Irvine, Calif., native has volunteered for Drexel’s Inspire a Child to Dream Day, an […]

April 6, 2011

Katrina Gaudier

Bree Thornton

Bree Thornton, a senior psychology major, ranked among the top-five team leaders in goals and points for the University of Missouri women’s soccer team in 2009. Thornton last fall also earned Academic All-Big 12 first team honors for the second straight season. The Lake View Terrace, Calif., native has collected soccer balls for the Kick […]

April 6, 2011

Danielle Stallings

Danielle Stallings, a junior history/pre-law major, led Spelman College’s women’s soccer team in shots on goal and earned her third consecutive Great South Athletic Conference All-Conference selection in 2009. Stallings has made the dean’s list in each of her semesters at Spelman. The Plano, Texas, native volunteers for Hands on Atlanta, a nonprofit organization that helps […]

April 6, 2011

Danielle Stallings

Maranda Smith

Maranda Smith, a senior anthropology major, earned All-America honors in all-around, floor exercise and vault for the University of Florida women’s gymnastics team in 2009. Smith also made the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll last year. The Placerville, Calif., native has volunteered for the March of Dimes by visiting the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at […]

April 6, 2011

Kirin Mushtaq Khan

Kirin Khan, a senior political, legal and economic analysis major, is a starboard-side sweep rower in the varsity four and eight for Mills College (Calif.) women’s crew. Khan, an Academic Honors student, has encouraged academic excellence as a peer tutor and a teaching assistant at Mills since 2008. The Albuquerque, N.M., native volunteers as an […]

April 6, 2011

Kirin Mushtaq Khan

Margaret Antwinette Smith

Margaret Smith, a senior psychology major, ranked among Dartmouth College’s (N.H.) leaders in blocks, rebounds and steals as a starting guard/forward in the 2009-10 season. During her sophomore spring semester, Smith participated in a 10-week language study abroad program in Puebla, Mexico, where she studied Mexican language and culture. The Fort Worth, Texas, native has […]

April 6, 2011

Margaret Antwinette Smith

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