PRINCETON, N.J. — Men’s water polo athlete Keller Maloney (Sr., Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) is among five Princeton student-athletes named finalists for the 2023 Chris Sailer Leadership Award, which will be awarded for the first time in 2023 in honor of Chris Sailer, Hall-of-Fame women’s lacrosse coach at Princeton from 1987-2022. The award, made possible by Lucy Small DeStefano ’99 S94 and Chris DeStefano ’94 S99, will be awarded annually to senior student-athletes who demonstrate exceptional leadership and a commitment to serving others.
The Chris Sailer Leadership Award will be presented at the Gary Walters ’67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet on Thursday, May 25th starting at 5:00 p.m. ET. For more information on the 2023 banquet, CLICK HERE.
KELLER MALONEY ’23 | MEN’S WATER POLO
Keller Maloney is a two-time All-America selection and four-time Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Scholar-Athlete honoree for Princeton men’s water polo. He led the Tigers to three conference championships and ranks second all-time in program history for points and assists. Maloney helped Princeton set a new single-season record for wins while achieving the program’s highest-ever national ranking (No. 7).
Maloney is only the second two-year team captain in program history. Out of the pool, he serves on the Executive Leadership Team for the Student-Athlete Wellness Leaders program, organizing events to increase awareness and support student-athlete mental health and wellness. As President of Cottage Club, Maloney serves on the Interclub Council and has led committee efforts to increase student-athlete engagement among eating clubs.
An economics major from Los Angeles, Calif., Maloney also coauthored a book titled America: Unite or Die, and served as a field organizer for the Biden-Harris Presidential Campaign in 2020, helping build a team of 400 volunteers in Berks County, Pa.
Information courtesy Princeton University Athletics Communications
