Swarthmore College Athletics

Elizabeth Gilbert Osterman excelled in field hockey, squash and women’s lacrosse at Swarthmore and went on to national success in each sport, playing in the field hockey and lacrosse national intercollegiate tournaments. With the Garnet, Gilbert Osterman went 28-6-6 with the field hockey team and 21-12-2 as a member of the women’s lacrosse team. She earned a spot on the All-College and All-Philadelphia teams each year and won the school’s May E. Perry Award her senior year. In her final two lacrosse seasons, Gilbert Osterman averaged 4.2 goals per game, and in her senior campaign was named the center for the United States Women’s Lacrosse First Team and was the first Swarthmore woman to earn that honor.

Her lacrosse skills took her all the way to Australia with the US Touring Team in 1981 where she starred as the center of the team. The U.S. squad defended its 1980 world title by winning a five-game series against Australia. She continued playing on the US Team through 1982.

Gilbert Osterman went on to law school and eventually became the Deputy Chief Counsel of the Division of Investment Management at the US Securities and Exchange Commission.