Indiana University Athletics
Mutembwa Honored on Big Ten Network Awards Show
6/24/2010 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
June 24, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana's Rhodes Scholar winner Mutsa Mutembwa, along with her mother Priscilla and IU head field hockey coach Amy Robertson, sat down with Kara Lentz and the Big Ten Network prior to graduating in May to talk about what brought her to IU, her time in Bloomington and what she plans on doing once she gets to Oxford in the fall.
Mutembwa, who was 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 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 at Indiana, 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 graduated 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.
