PRINCETON, N.J. — The Princeton University women’s water polo team has announced its incoming Class of 2029.
Abby Folk (Ashburn, Ontario, Canada/Port Perry)
- Port Perry: Ran track and cross country … Helped the cross-country team to the 4OSSA gold and OFFSA bronze medals in 2025 … Earned the team Most Valuable Player (MVP) award … Honor Roll … Francis Newton Scholarship.
- Mavericks Water Polo Club: Earned the top club award for 2024-25 … Helped the 17U squad to first in Eastern Conference and fourth nationally in 2022-23 while earning All-Star honors … Won 15U Eastern title and was the team Most Valuable Defensive Player in 2021-22 … Led 14U to third at Easterns and 12U to the provincial title.
- Fraser Valley: Helped unit to NCL National Championship after collecting MVP honors in 2025 … Was the Western Conference’s top goal scorer and was an All-Star in 2025 … Nabbed All-Star honors in 2024.
Team Ontario: Provincial Championship All-Star in 2024. - Capital Wave: Paced 14U to second at provincials and third at Easterns.
- Personal: Daughter of Jennifer and Trevor Folk … Has a brother, Noah.
Katie McCullough (Wynnewood, Pa./The Baldwin School)
- The Baldwin School: Senior captain of the swim team, earning All-Main Line Honorable Mention … Member of the Student Newspaper … Photography Head … Peer Tutor … DECA Jr. Sr. Head … Environmental Club Sr. Head … Nick Johnson Inspiration Award … National Merit Finalist … Elizabeth Cobb Prize in chemistry … Rosamond Cross Prize in science … Phi Betta Kappa Award … Rensselaer medal … Four-time USA Water Polo Outstanding All-Academic.
- Club/USA Water Polo: Selected to five Olympic Development Zone Teams … Named to the USA Water Polo Futures Regional All-Star Team … Top 20 finisher at the 2023 16U Junior Olympics … Earned selection to 2021 Development National Team.
- Personal: Daughter of Mary and John McCullough … Has two brothers, Jack and Tommy … Father, John, played water polo at the United States Naval Academy.
Didi Evans (Corona del Mar, Calif./Corona del Mar)
- Corona del Mar: Started every game of her high school career … Was named captain junior and senior year … First-Team All-CIF Division I and First Team L.A. Times/Daily Pilot Dream Team … Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce Award … Team won the CIF Division I title in 2022 and 2024 … Named to the U.S. Youth National Team … Earned Team’s Sea Queen of the Year … Member of the surf and swim teams … Academy of Global Studies … Board of Education Seal of Excellence … Seal of Biliteracy … State Seal of Civic Engagement … Academic Highest Honor … AP Scholar of Distinction … AP Capstone.
- Personal: Daughter of Pamela and Morgan Evans … Has a brother, Nate … Cousin, Nick, played baseball at Indiana University.
Vivian Golub (Woodside, Calif./Sacred Heart Prep)
- Sacred Heart Prep: Senior captain that earned San Mateo Journal Player of the Year … Collected two Central Coast Section MVP honors … Picked up three First-Team All-Section and First-Team All-League selections … Team won three league titles, two sectional crowns and was the NorCal Champions in 2024 … Corralled four Outstanding USA Water Polo All-Academic laurels … Lettered in swimming … Member of the school newspaper, Heartbeat.
- Club/National: Member of the U.S. Water Polo National Team …. Junior Olympics All-American in 2024 … Two-time NISCA Water Polo All-American … Helped the team to first place at the 2024 Australian Youth National Championship.
- Personal: Daughter of Kelly and Gregory Golub … Has two sisters, Sophie and C.C. … Sister, Sophie, played water polo at Brown Universty.
Sophie Bollyky Purcell (New York, N.Y./The Chapin School)
- The Chapin School: FRC Robotics Team … School Chorus … “La Familia”, Hispanic Affinity Group … Earned a black belt in karate … National Merit Scholar Finalist … Four-time USA Water Polo Outstanding All-Academic
- Water Polo: Captain of the Asphalt Green Water Polo Team twice … Member of the U.S. Water Polo Development (2021), Cadet (2023) and Youth (2024) teams … U.S. Water Polo Junior Olympics Session II Honorable Mention All-America … Helped the team to a top-10 finish at the U.S. Water Polo Junior Olympic Session II Platinum Division II in 2025 and top 20 in 2024 … 2025 Junior Olympic Session III Team MVP.
- Personal: Daughter of Andrea Bollyky and John Purcell … Has a sister, Margaux and two brothers, Mattias and Luc … Uncle, Tom Bollyky rowed for the Columbia University heavyweight rowing team … Uncle, Paul Bollyky, rowed for the Columbia lightweight rowing team … Grandfather, Lazlo Bollyky, played water polo for the Hungarian National Team.
Release courtesy Princeton University Athletics Communications
