Emily Benatar, a freshman and member of Alpha Phi sorority, passed away in Barnes Hospital Wednesday morning, officials at the University have confirmed. Benatar, who came to Washington University from Palo Alto, Calif., died from complications arising from meningococcal disease with her parents by her side.
We want to congratulate you on your amazing tennis career here at Washington University in St. Louis. You have helped bring our team to a new level in the Division III Collegiate Rankings. We have always marveled at your talent and skill.
Since arriving on the campus in the fall of 2008 you have helped our program grow and have provided tremendous leadership along the way. You have dealt with adversity and grown stronger as young men and women. I would like to thank you for your dedication and commitment to Washington University and the Swimming & Diving team over the past four years.
Freshman year, a professor introduced me to the idea of liminality—the sense of being between things. Such an idea felt pervasive, and for good reason. I was between home and school, high school and college, being a teenager and being an adult. At the end of college, it’s inevitable that liminality shows up again.
On behalf of the team, I would like to thank you for your commitment, dedication, and passion to Washington University Crew. As you know, you are part of a very real and unique program here, at the University. This is something that we couldn’t do without you.
Congratulations on all of your accomplishments while at Washington University. You will be missed and we will strive to carry on the tradition that you all have helped to establish within the baseball program.
Thank you for your tremendous dedication to success. You have come in as seven and leave with 8 AS ONE. You have helped lead us to 60 wins over the past four seasons, won two UAA championships, made four NCAA tournament berths and are a 2009 national runner-up. You have succeeded at the goal of becoming a confident, independent-thinking woman upon graduation.
