PVC AWARDS BANQUET

May 25, 2023

Griffen Rakower shared duties in goal this past season, one that saw Princeton men’s lacrosse capture the Ivy League Tournament Championship and earn their second straight bid to the NCAA Tournament.

In 2022, the Tigers advanced to the NCAA Final Four, their first trip to the national semifinals since 2004. Rakower was honored with the NCAA Elite 90 Award for having the highest GPA among all athletes at the Final Four.

On campus, Rakower is a member of the Princeton Corporate Finance Club and serves as a Student Associate for the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance. He was previously awarded the Shapiro Prize, which recognizes the top three percent of underclassmen for academic excellence. From Pleasantville, N.Y., Rakower is a economics major pursuing a certificate in finance.

Harry Saunders is a two-time IRCA Scholar-Athlete nominee who has rowed in the third varsity, fourth varsity and fifth varsity boats throughout his career with the Princeton men’s heavyweight program. The Tigers recently finished tied for second in the Rowe Cup standings at this Year’s Eastern Sprint Championships.

Saunders is a past recipient of the University’s Shapiro Prize for Academic Achievement. He also serves as an undergraduate research fellow and research assistant in the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, where he recently conducted research on the origins of the United Nations and its Collective Security to analyze a new theory on rules-based military cooperation. Saunders is a native of North Garden, Va. majoring in history.

Olivia Schewe is a captain and Academic All-Ivy honoree for Princeton women’s volleyball. Starting nearly 40 career matches as a middle blocker, Schewe helped the Tigers to Ivy League championships in 2019 and 2022. She received the program’s Bayley S. Dixon Women’s Volleyball Award for outstanding achievement and sportsmanship.

Off the court, she serves as Vice President of Operations of Pi Beta Phi and is a member of the Tiger Investments Club. She is also Director of Content for the Women in Economics and Policy group, and President of the Princeton chapter of Redefine Her Street, an organization dedicated to supporting women interested in careers within the financial services. From Encinitas, Calif., Shewe is majoring in economics with a certificate in finance.