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Sidra Bonner

School
Cornell
Position
Defender
Major
Biology and Society
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Classroom

Bonner has a 3.39 grade point average while majoring in Biology and Society with a minor in Global Health. Bonner was an Academic All-Ivy League selection as a junior in 2010 and also earned a spot on the Dean’s List. Bonner is a Jackie Robinson Scholar and a Sachs Foundation Scholar at Cornell. She was part of a team honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a recipient of the 2010 Team Academic Award. The 2010 Big Red women’s soccer team posted a GPA of 3.20 overall. Additionally, the women’s soccer program was honored with an NCAA Public Recognition Award for an APR among the top 10 percent nationally.

Character

A two-year team captain of the Big Red women’s soccer team, Bonner is a three-year member of the team’s Leadership Group. She was unanimously elected team captain by her teammates and coaches as a senior. Bonner is the Managing Editor of the Ivy Journal of Ethics. In high school, she was class president at the prestigious Kent Denver High School.

Community

Bonner traveled to the Dominican Republic with the MHIRT program, focusing on health disparities and tropical disease. She volunteered at Clinica Rural in the town of Veron and learned from medical practitioners who deal with patients with diseases ranging from HIV/AIDS to childhood diarrhea. After returning to the U.S., she and a fellow student started Kominote Batey, a student organization at Cornell focused on improving healthcare and education in underprivileged communities, with a focus on the Dominican Republic. The group has started planning service trips to the Dominican Republic during the 2011-2012 school year. As part of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, Bonner volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House in New York City over a weekend, then spent another weekend with the Central Park Conservancy for Park restoration. She taught Sunday School at Colorado Community Church for 4th-6th graders. Bonner has served as the Managing Editor of the Ivy Journal of Ethics, which is a journal published every year through the Bioethics Society of Cornell that publishes articles by undergraduate students to raise awareness about bioethical issues facing our society at large.

Competition

A three-time All-Ivy selection on the defensive side of the field and a dangerous offensive threat on set pieces, Bonner further established herself as one of the top defensive players in the Ivy League in 2010. She earned second-team all-league honors after anchoring the Big Red back line that allowed nine fewer goals in 2010 than in 2009. She started in all 15 of the team’s games and contributed on the offensive end with a goal. Bonner was an honorable mention All-Ivy League selection as a sophomore, while also leading the team in scoring with six points on three goals from her center back position. She scored a pair of goals in back-to-back games against Niagara and Lehigh. She was an honorable mention All-Ivy League pick as a freshman, anchoring the back line to an improved defensive performance from her center back position. Bonner appeared in 11 games, missing four contests with injury. She started every game she appeared in and picked up an assist in her collegiate debut against Oakland.