PRINCETON UNIVERSITY SQUASH PLAYERS PROFILES

Princeton University Women's Squash 1999-2000

Seniors

Hometown: Rochester, NY
Record: 25-0 overall, 17-0 Ivy
Did you know Blair Irwin is a three-time first-team USWISRA All-America.
At Princeton - owns a career dual-match play record of 25-0...has won 75 of her 77 games played in dual matches...played No. 3 on 1999 national championship team...was 9-0 junior year...played No. 4 on 1998 national championship team...was 8-0 sophomore year...competed at the second, third and fourth positions as a freshman, posting a perfect 8-0 record...a three-time All-Ivy selection...is undefeated in Howe Cup play (10-0)...1999-2000 co-captain...won the consolation bracket of the 1998 USWISRA championships.
At Allendale Columbia School -one of top five squash players nationally throughout high school... a National Merit Scholar...a member of National Honor Society.
Personal: Born Feb 19, 1978...daughter of Will and Ann Irwin...father is a 1970 Princeton graduate; mother is a Yale graduate...has a sister Lydia and a brother Alden...a chemistry major.

Elizabeth Kelly

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Record: 18-1 overall, 13-1 Ivy
Did you know Elizabeth Kelly was a two-time league MVP in softball as a catcher in high school.
At Princeton -a 1999 second-team All-America as No. 5...was 7-0 junior year and 6-0 sophomore year...played No. 5 freshman year and No. 6 sophomore year.
At Chapin School -lettered in squash and softball...ranked nationally in the top five all four years.
Personal: born April 7, 1978...daughter of Denis and Jessie Kelly...father is a graduate of Amherst...father played football and squash at Amherst...brother Peter is No. 3 player on the Princeton men's team...has a younger brother John...a psychology major.

Karen Lorenz Laakmann

Hometown: Haverford, PA

Juniors

Julia Beaver

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Record: 18-0 overall, 12-0 Ivy
Did you know Julia Beaver won both the USWISRA and junior national championships in 1999.
At Princeton - a first-team All-America each of her first two years...became the first woman in Ivy League squash history to win both the Player and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season... repeated as the 1999 Ivy League Player of the Year after a perfect sophomore season (10-0, 6-0 Ivy)... a two-time All-Ivy League selection...undefeated in dual match play at 18-0...won the Constable Invitational in 1998 and again in 1999.
At St. Ann's School - won the open and closed National Junior Championship in every age division (13,15,17,19)...member of the U.S. Junior women's national team and played No. 1 in 1995 and 1997... won the consolation plate at the 1997 World Junior Championships...was an AP scholar with distinction.
Personal: born Jan. 28, 1980...daughter of Jeffrey and Victoria Beaver...father is 1960 graduate of Princeton; mother graduated from Manhattanville...has a younger sister Annabelle... uncle William Beaver '58 and cousin Barrett Williams '99 were Princetonians...a molecular biology major... enjoys photography.

Meredith Quick

Hometown: Lakewood, CO
Record: 15-0 overall, 10-0 Ivy
Did you know Meredith Quick has not lost a singal game in dual-match competition during her first two years at Princeton.
At Princeton - a 1999 first-team All-America...a 1998 second-team All-America...has a perfect 15-0 record...an All-Ivy selection as a sophomore...played primarily at the fourth position sophomore year after competing at No. 5 as a freshman.
At Wheat Ridge High School - was an all-conference tennis player...class valedictorian... member of National Honor Society.
Personal:born Nov. 5, 1979...daughter of Taylor and Jocille Quick...father is a graduate of Davis and Elkin's...mother is a graduate of Southern Illinois...has a brother Preston who is a squash player at Trinity...a history major.

Rebecca Gutner

Hometown:Topsfield, MA

Lauren Martin

Hometown:Andover, MA

Trang Nguyen

Hometown:Andover, MA

Sophomores

Emily Eynon

Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Record: 8-2 overall, 4-2 Ivy
Did you know Emily Eynon has a twin sister on the Penn squash team.
At Princeton - had an 8-2 record, playing primarily at No. 6 freshman year.
At Cincinnati Country Day School - played soccer, gymnastics, squash, softball, and track... was ranked in top 10 nationally in squash...first-team all-city in soccer...was named most improved in track and was a state qualifier in the mile...was an Ohio state scholar-athlete and had high honors throughout high school.
Personal: born Nov. 17, 1979...daughter of Ernest and Angela Eynon...father is a Williams graduate...mother is a Manhattanville graduate...has an older brother Teddy, who graduated from Denison, older sister Mary, who graduated from Colorado, older sister Libby, who graduated from Harvard, older brother Barrett, who graduated from Williams, and twin sister Chrissy who is at Penn...Libby was an All-America in squash and soccer and national individual squash champion...Barrett plays squash and Chrissy runs track and plays squash...is a spinning instructor...a history major.

Anna Minkowski

Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Record: 3-0 overall, 1-0 Ivy
Did you know Anna Minkowski recorded a CD and made a trip to Budapest with a singing group while in high school.
At Princeton - went 3-0 as a freshman, playing No. 5 once and No. 8 twice.
At Bryn Mawr School - played squash, lacrosse, and field hockey.
Personal: born April 28, 1980...daughter of John and Patricia Minkowski...father is a 1973 Princeton graduate who also played squash...mother is a Maryland graduate...has sister Carolynne and brothers Johnathan and Austin...expects to major in art history.

Courtenay Green