We are taking action now to benefit our student-athletes. By adding two best-in-class turf fields to our campus, we're making unprecedented long-term investments in our field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and softball programs.
An Undeniable Win: Student Experience
Athletics are ingrained in every Agnes Irwin education. Here, Owls come to understand more deeply—and live out—our core values.
Athletics complete the student experience and propel into the world graduates who know grit firsthand, apply teamwork, and have agency—because on the field they found and used their voices.
Surface Matters
Four Agnes Irwin sports require turf as a training and competition venue: field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and softball. Our high-achieving athletes at every level—Upper and Middle School, Varsity and JV—deserve facilities commensurate with their talents and commitment.
More than 100 Owls have been recruited to play these sports for Division I, II, and III collegiate programs since 2018. Still, they find themselves competing for use of limited turf facilities, with the only alternative a time-consuming commute to practice at Radnor Memorial Field. The new fields will change this picture.
"When our students go on to play in college, they're playing on turf. Just like academics and life, we want to, and need to, prepare them for the next level."
—Courtney Lubbe, Co-Director of Athletics
The Best Turf Fields—Right Now
Powered by generous philanthropy from parents and alumnae and guided by our campus master plan, outstanding new turf fields are on their way—and will be in play this fall.
This summer, we are reinventing Carter Field as the best independent school facility for field hockey, using Paris GT Zero turf, a revolutionary, carbon zero field hockey product created for the 2024 Paris Olympics. No other school in the state or region uses Paris GT Zero turf, the choice of the U.S. National Team.
Likewise, we are re-turfing Phelps Field with RootZone 3D Series Astroturf, a state-of-the-art playing surface with a groundbreaking composite infill, fiber type, and density all specifically formulated for soccer and lacrosse—backed by independent research.
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FOR THE WIN—and for More Championships
Seeing our Owls in action is believing. Attend any one of their games and you witness iron-fire determination and passion that demands our support on the sidelines and in the FOR THE WIN campaign.
To tally more wins and hoist more banners, like the one the lacrosse team earned last spring, we must field the best teams, a process that calls for Agnes Irwin to put our best foot forward in welcoming future Owls to the fields of their dreams.
Invest in Our Home Field Advantage
We are grateful to a growing number of Agnes Irwin community members for choosing to invest in our athletic facilities and our girls.
But the game isn't over yet. It's crucial to raise the resources needed to stay on track for opening the new turf fields this fall. The action we take today, leveraging years of smart planning, will enable us to reach for the highest level by using the best surfaces and putting Agnes Irwin ahead of all peer schools.
When you join our leadership donors, you're doing more than helping reach a goal. You are tallying an assist on the next goals the Owls score—and the life goals they will soon pursue. We invite you to put on your cleats and take up the challenge of this crucial match.
To discuss making a gift, please click the link below or contact Allison Hough '01, Director of Development, at 610.801.1262 or ahough@agnesirwin.org. THANK YOU!
- Alexandra W. Barker '07
- Lila S. Barker '17
- Robert & Lisa Barker
- Patrick J. & Amanda Scanlan Barton '97
- Joseph S. Botta, Jr. & Nicole Botta
- Chad & Alyssa Burkhardt
- Timothy A. & Kara O. Chisholm
- William & Susan Costin
- Frank L. Coulson III & Lesley Coulson
- Nancy R. Crockett '79
- Emily Cunningham '63
- Jesse & Maura Daniels
- The Anne & David B. Ford Jr. Foundation
- Susan Knorr Gale '71
- David & Caroline C. Grau
- Nat & Shaina Flynn Hamilton '01
- Nicholas & Michelle Karalis
- James & Lauren Lawson
- Elizabeth Coulson Libré '98
- The Lisnoff Family
- William F. & Langdon Manley Mannion '57
- Molly Mayock '78
- Deborah Rammel McKeel '74
- Carlton & Nina Neel
- Elenita Jackson Parker '68
- Lindsey Wilkins Press '01
- K. Donald & The Rev. Judith Harris Proctor
- Andrew & Jill Schardt
- Philip & Sasha Schrode
- Pamela Brewer Smyth '71
- Whitney & Kathryn Stewart
- Christopher J. Topolewski
- Donald & Cynthia Venema
- Jeffrey & Megan Zweiback