Indiana University Athletics
IU Athletics Honors Mutembwa with Open House
4/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
April 15, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana Department of Athletics held an open house in the Henke Hall of Champions on Wednesday, April 14, to honor 2010 Rhodes Scholar select Mutsa Mutembwa.
Mutembwa, a defender for IU field hockey, was notified on Monday, Dec. 14 that she is the fourth IU student-athlete in school history to receive the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. A native of Zimbabwe, Mutembwa recently concluded her rigorous interview with Oxford in her hometown of Harare and became the 15th Indiana University student to be named a Rhodes Scholar Select.
Mutembwa, a double major in Economics and Mathematics and a senior academically, completed her junior season with the Hoosiers where she helped lead IU to the first round of the NCAA Tournament and to the Big Ten Tournament championship game. She ended her athletic career at Indiana tied as the Hoosiers career defensive saves leader with seven in 53 games, matching IU All-American and Olympian Kayla Bashore (2001-05). She also ranked second in IU's single-season record book with four defensive saves on the season.
The daughter of Amman and Priscilla, Mutembwa will graduate in May and plans to become a financial economist and return to her native country to help solve Zimbabwe's profoundly tragic struggle with hyperinflation.
