2018 (Senior): NFHCA National Academic Squad for third straight year ... Earned team''s Amanda Walton Award, given by Yale players and coaching staff to that team member who demonstrates the ability to confront challenges, displaying the courage to overcome them, while inspiring teammates with her work ethic and unselfish attitude ... Made successful recovery from injury, playing first career game Oct. 21 in 5-2 win vs. Lehigh ... Made a pair of saves.
2017 (Junior): NFHCA National Academic Squad for third straight year ... Missed season due to injury.
2016 (Sophomore): NFHCA National Academic Squad for second straight year ... Served as backup goalkeeper.
2015 (First Year): NFHCA National Academic Squad ... Served as backup goalkeeper.
USA Field Hockey: USA Field Hockey Futures Program 2013 … Competed at National Hockey Festival 2012 and 2013 … Competed at Disney Field Hockey Showcase 2013 and 2014.
Glenbard West High School: Played four years of field hockey and four years of lacrosse … Set school record for shutouts in a season (12) … Stopped 84% of shots faced as a senior … Received team’s Sally Goggin Award “in recognition of commitment, leadership, team play and the joy of competition” (awarded to one senior on varsity) … All-State Academic Team, Illinois Girls Field Hockey Association, 2013 and 2014 … Team was pool champions at 2013 Gateway Classic … Captain of Glenbard West Science Olympiad Team … USA Biology Olympiad semifinalist in 2013 and 2015 … President and Oralist, Glenbard West Math Team … Captain of Glenbard West Scholastic Bowl Team.
Windy City Field Hockey Club: Played for two years … Played for Glen Ellyn Field Hockey Club one year (captain of U-19 Indoor Team).
Notes: Played for Puerto Rican National Team in FIH Open Series in Salamanca, Mexico, in June 2018 ... Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalist for biochemistry research at Northwestern (Profiling Phosphatase Activities in Cancer and Stem Cell Lysates Using SAMDI Mass Spectrometry) … Worked two summers performing biochemistry research at the Mrksich Lab at Northwestern … Has traveled through more than 30 countries since 2002 … Father, Kevin Kalinich ’84, played football at Yale and coached football at Michigan … Grandfather also an Ivy Leaguer; played and coached football at Cornell.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because I believe its balance of cutting-edge science and world-renowned humanities courses will help me combine my interests in biology and chemistry with my passion to improve global health. In addition, the opportunity to represent Yale on the field as goalkeeper for the field hockey team made it the perfect choice for me.”
