Priscilla Rollmann has had a lifelong love of sports and even played softball competitively until she was 50.

"Athletics has been a part of my life since the day I came home from the hospital as a baby," said Rollman, who was inducted into the 2000 Lake Forest College Hall of Fame as an outstanding soccer, basketball, and softball athlete. "My older brother dropped a ball in my crib and asked my mom when I could play."

Rollmann learned to balance her studies and athletics at Waukesha South High School, where she was named to the All-State teams in 1986 as a senior soccer and basketball player — and she was also a member of the National Honor Society.

Her athletic career at Lake Forest was also successful.

On the basketball court:  

• In her senior year basketball season of 1989-90, she was named to the Third Team All-American as she captained the team to a successful 18-6 season.  
• The previous season, she was a Second Team All-Conference selection and earned Honorable Mention All-League honors in 1987.   
• Rollmann ended her Basketball career with the second most baskets in school history with 1,126 points and as the school's all-time leader in assists with 372, steals with 257, and three-point field goals made.   
• She finished in the top five for field goals (378), free throws (175), and free throw percentage (72.3%).   

On the soccer pitch: 

• She was named First Team All-Conference all four years and a Second Team All-American in 1987.
• She also captained the team her senior year.  
• At the end of the season, Rollmann was second on the all-time scoring and goals records for Lake Forest Women's Soccer.  

On the softball field: 

• She was part of the program's first conference championship team in 1988.
• She batted .341 and set a school record with 10 triples in 1989.
• Finished tied-for-first in team annals in career triples and among the leaders in sacrifice hits.  

"I am fortunate to have many incredible memories [of athletics] at Lake Forest College," she said. "My favorite memory would be when the softball team won the conference title in 1988!"

But what Rollmann is most proud of from her years at Lake Forest College is what she, her teammates, and her coach left behind.

"Tradition of Excellence began my freshman year in 1986 from Coach Jackie Slaats, and it's still a saying that the current athletes at LFC live by, as well as the alumni," she said 
While balancing her athletic commitments and socializing with friends, Rollmann still maintained top marks in her studies and graduated with a Biology and Psychology degree. She went on to work successfully as a veterinary technician for 20 years.

Her moments off the pitch, court, and field allowed her to be a better athlete, student, and well-rounded person, and gave her diverse "chapters of learning," helping her learn how to communicate with people in different ways, she said. She belonged to the sorority Beta Beta Beta, and also served as a Resident Assistant (1987-88) and a Head Resident (1988-89) at the College.

"As an athlete, your team is your 'family.' The activities outside of athletics give you other areas to blossom and grow," she said. "You learn different life skills, manage ups and downs, and other curveballs that might be thrown at you."

Being a student athlete also taught her the important lessons of time management, she said, especially since she was an in-season athlete year-round.

"Time management is really important throughout your life, but more important as you go to college and start having goals in adult life," she said. "As a student athlete, I had to be very organized with practices, games, schoolwork, and labs. Other extracurricular activities were a bonus, but something that still needed to be factored in with my time management."

Rollmann couldn't get enough of Lake Forest College athletics. She came back a year after graduating to be the head women's soccer and softball coach from 1991-94. When she left the soccer program, she had overseen the most victories in Lake Forest Women's soccer history.

Today, she enjoys life in Wisconsin with her husband Paul, and their daughter Abigail, 17, who has a passion for the arts. And her time in college continues to make a difference in her life.

"LFC prepared me for life after college, how to deal with people, how to navigate through many chapters in my life, and how to grow as a person with ups and downs," Rollmann said. "To this day, I look back at my days at LFC for guidance when some challenges become overwhelming and focus on my experiences at LFC to get me through."