1976
1976 varsity field hockey team: Barnes is front row, #44.
Hope Barnes
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ope Barnes entered Phillips Academy as a lower in 1973, the first year of coeducation. As an upper, she was varsity field hockey’s starting goalie, and the nascent team achieved an impressive 7–2 record. In 1976, Hope joined the women’s crew at the University of Washington. In 1978, she transferred to the University of Pennsylvania, where she captained the undefeated women’s rowing team. She earned a spot on the 1980 Olympic team but did not compete because of the U.S. boycott of the Moscow games. She won a silver medal in the 1981 World Rowing Championships. In 1984, Hope was captain of the women’s crew in the Los Angeles Olympics. She was a two-time gold medalist in the Head of the Charles Regatta. While attending graduate school at the University of Washington, she was the 1985–1986 chair of the Women’s Olympic Rowing Committee. Hope, an avid extreme skier and mountaineer,
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accomplished many first-female descents, most notably the 20,302-foot Nevado Copa in Peru. On January 28, 1991, Hope died in an ice-climbing accident on Dragontail Peak in Washington’s Cascades. Posthumously, she was given the 1991 Ernestine Bayer Award by USRowing for her remarkable rowing achievements and contributions to women’s crew. She was also awarded a PhD in medicinal chemistry from UW. The Barnes Trophy was first awarded in October 1991 to the winner of the women’s four championship in the Head of the Charles. UPenn’s Hope Barnes Award, established in 1991, is presented to the student-athlete who embodies outstanding commitment, leadership, and achievement as a member of women’s crew. The Hope Barnes Fellowship Fund was established at UW by Hope’s family to support and encourage talented graduate students in medicinal chemistry. 5