Borleske Trophies - Women

Winners of the Mignon Borleske Trophy

Awarded Annually to the Outstanding Female Athlete
at Whitman College

2011 -- Elise Otto (tennis)

2010 -- Corina Gabbert (soccer)

2009 -- Lindsay Records (Nordic skiing)

2008 -- Erin Pettersen (swimming) 

2007 -- Kate Borsato (volleyball) 

2006 -- Lizzy Washburn (basketball)

2005 -- Katey Schmitz (soccer), Kristyn Vytlacil (swimming)

2004 -- Denise Kirstein (volleyball, basketball), Paola Vizcaino (tennis)

2003 -- Erin Bray (soccer)

2002 -- Eva Cardova (alpine skiing)

2001 -- Jennie Wood (cross country running, soccer)

2000 -- Barby Ream (volleyball)

1999 -- Faye Hutchison (basketball, cross country running)

1998 -- Amanda Bradford (basketball, track & field)

1997 -- Shauna Banks Coleman (swimming)

1996 -- Jessica Bissonnette (track & field, cross country)

1995 -- Stephanie Palmer (alpine skiing, soccer)

1994 -- Brooke Edwards (volleyball); Tobey McDonald (alpine skiing)

1993 -- Heather Denker (basketball); Kris Daughters (swimming)

1992 -- Kelly Tysseling (cross country, track & field)

1991 -- Tina Thompson (soccer, alpine skiing)

1990 -- Lara Chandler (swimming); Julie Slocum (basketball)

1989 -- Ann Brice (swimming)

1988 -- Lynn Greer (tennis); Susan Hubbard (basketball)

1987 -- Kim Flerchinger (basketball)

1986 -- Barb Cunningham (basketball)

1985 -- Kim Nichols (skiing, volleyball)

1984 -- Laurie Silfven (cross country, skiing, track & field)

1983 -- Shawna Koontz (tennis)

1982 -- Suzanne Rosik (swimming)

1981 -- Robin Appleford (soccer); Carrie Nola Schatzel (swimming)

1980 -- Brenda Baumgarten (tennis)

1979 -- Susan Atkinson (basketball)

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Mignon Borleske

As the young spouse of R.V. Borleske, a Whitman sports legend in the making, Mignon Borleske came to campus in the fall of 1915 when her husband was hired to coach the major sports and serve as athletic director at his alma mater. She taught dance and women’s physical education classes at Whitman for nearly four decades.

Born Mignon Kay in San Francisco in 1892, she moved as a child to Seattle, where she graduated from high school and met her future husband. She attended graduate school at the University of California-Berkeley, at least in part to prepare for her role as physical education instructor. She also had a strong interest in languages and could speak Hebrew, Greek, Latin and French. She died in October 1969 at the age of 77.