WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – A trio of William & Mary student-athletes – Tessa Dobrinski (Women's Cross Country and Track & Field), Sofia Istnick (Women's Cross Country and Track & Field), and Simone Senk (Women's Golf) – were selected as initiates to the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society in the spring.  
 
With their selections, a total of 204 W&M student-athletes have been elected to Phi Beta Kapa.
 
Dobrinski competed for both the Tribe's women's cross country and track & field programs during her career. Academically, she was a three-time W&M Provost Award winner and earned CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll distinction during each of her semesters on campus. Dobrinski earned her Bachelor of Arts in Government from the university in Mary.
 
Istnick was a five-time All-CAA selection between track and cross country and earned CAA Rookie of the Year honors in cross country in 2022. In 2023, Istnick became the first Tribe harrier to earn All-Region honors since 2016, finishing 19th at the NCAA Southeast Cross Country Regional. She earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors for her efforts in competition and the classroom. Istnick graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience in May.
 
Senk became the fourth Tribe women's golfer to be named to PBK. She wrapped up her Tribe career with 694 individual wins and a career scoring average of 79.66, which ranked 18th in program history. Senk, who tallied six career top-20 finishes, was a four-time W&M Provost Award winner during her career and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in May.
 
Phi Beta Kappa was founded Dec. 5, 1776 at W&M as the first Greek-letter fraternity and is now the nation's oldest and most prestigious collegiate honor society with chapters at more than 280 colleges and universities.  According to the organization's website, "Phi Beta Kappa celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences. Its campus chapters invite for induction the most outstanding arts and sciences students at America's leading colleges and universities. The Society sponsors activities to advance these studies — the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences — in higher education and in society at large."