The former Brandeis fencer received her masters from Harvard's Chan School of Public Health and Graduate School of Design as she looks to improve the food system.
Jennie Salmon was named Division III Men's and Women's Coach of the Year, while Tony Escueta, Maggie Shealy and Alexander Wicken were honored among the student-athletes.
Mason Newman was honored for his complete-game shutout of Wentworth, while Maggie Shealy was recognized for earning All-America honors at the NCAA Championships.
Junior sabre fencer Maggie Shealy won 10-straight bouts on the opening day of action at nationals to finish with the most wins by a Judge at nationals since 2008.
The Brandeis fencing team will send two fencers to the NCAA Championships at the University of Notre Dame this week. Hear what Maggie, Tony and coach Jennie Salmon had to say about it!
The Judges bested last year's record of 78 honorees from men's and women's basketball, men's and women's fencing, men's and women's swimming and diving and men's and women's track and field.
This is the second NCAA selection for Maggie Shealy and the first for Tony Escueta. Both will represent the Judges in the saber, marking the first time since 2014 the Judges will have a competitor at nationals.
As of February 7, Brandeis home athletics events will be open to all spectators. Waltham mask mandates will still be expected to be followed, requiring all spectators to be masked at all times.
Thanks to many generous contributions from supporters, the Brandeis Athletic department had an unprecedented Giving DEISDay on November 30, with donations exceeding $150,000 from more than 800 donors, with numbers still coming in through the end of 2021.
On November 21st, more than 120 student-athletes and staff members gathering on the indoor track and tennis courts to help sort clothes for the Newtonville, Massachusetts, based non-profit organization Cradles to Crayons.