By the Numbers: Where Do Princeton Athletes Come From?
We crunched the numbers for more than 1,000 students listed on the 2014–15 varsity rosters.
California sent 141 varsity athletes to Princeton, the most of any state, including 25 members of the men’s and women’s water polo teams.
Six players on the Ivy League champion field hockey team came from New Jersey. A total of 109 Tigers called the Garden State home.
Connecticut had the highest per-capita number of varsity athletes, with 53 from a state of about 3.5 million people.
Edina, Minn., a Minneapolis suburb of just under 50,000 people, sent six student-athletes to Princeton.
International students from more than 25 countries were represented on last year’s rosters. Canada led the way with 39, including 14 on the men’s and women’s hockey teams.
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