sSeveral senior student-athletes were recently inducted into Middlebury College's chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. The organization is the country's oldest honor society for the liberal arts, founded in 1776, with the Middlebury chapter electing up to 10 percent of the senior class each year. One of the traditional symbols most often identified with Phi Beta Kappa is the key, which the society developed in its early days. Middlebury owns one of the oldest keys still in existence – that of the first president, Jeremiah Atwater.

Panthers who earned the distinction this spring, included Nina Cruz (women's swimming and diving), Katherine Glew (women's cross country/track and field), Tate Serletti (women's cross country/track and field), Jack Spiridellis (men's soccer) and Ben Yamron (men's swimming and diving).

Elise Park (women's ice hockey) and Maren Taylor (women's squash) were also members of the class of 2021, but were inducted into the organization last fall.