Penn Quakers to be Featured at the Men's and Women's Final Four

Quaker fans might see some familiar faces during the Men's and Women's Final Fours this weekend. Through the NCAA's Final Four Heroes campaign, member schools were given the unique opportunity to recognize impactful alumni and healthcare heroes by placing fan cutouts in the stands. Fans who see the Quakers are encouraged to snap a picture and share them with us on Twitter or Instagram @PennAthletics.

The following cutouts will appear at the Men's Final Four on Saturday, April 3 and Monday, April 5:

Dr. Drew Weissman - an infectious disease expert at Penn Medicine, he created the mRNA vaccine technology that is a critical component of Pfizer-BioNTech's and Moderna's mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines and others being developed globally.
Tony Price, W'79 - he saved his best for last as a Penn basketball player, leading the 1978-79 Quakers to Ivy League and Big 5 championships as a senior. The Quakers then won the NCAA Tournament's Eastern Regional and made the Red and Blue's only NCAA Final Four appearance. In a tournament that featured All-Americans Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and Mark Aguirre, it was Price who was the top scorer in the 1979 NCAA Tournament (142 points). Price was inducted into the Philadelphia Big 5 Hall of Fame in 1985 and was a member of the inaugural class of the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.
Ruthlyn Greenfield-Webster, Nu'92 – Ruthlyn Greenfield-Webster was four-time individual Ivy Heptagonal champion and graduated with Penn Track and Field's indoor and outdoor triple jump records. She turned down an invitation to compete at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials so she could pursue her nursing career. In 2017, Greenfield-Webster was inducted into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame. Greenfield-Webster is currently fighting on the front lines of the battle against Covid-19 as a Registered Nurse at NYU's Langone Hospital.
Dr. Armin Moshyedi, C'89 – Armin Moshyedi was the 1989 recipient of the Penn Football Harry Gamble Football Club Award. Moshyedi is currently a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at National Institutes of Health. Throughout the pandemic he has been a volunteer with Maryland Responds Medical Reserve Corps coronavirus response team.

The following cutouts will represent the Quakers at the Women's Final Four on Friday, April 2 and Sunday, April 4:

Auretha Fleming, EAS'84 - In her senior year, Auretha Fleming was a co-captain and the University's Association of Alumnae Fathers' Trophy recipient, and was honored by being named first-team All-Ivy and second-team All-Big 5. She also was named to the Women's Sports Foundation All-Northeast Region team her senior year. During her career, she also established Penn records for career field-goal percentage and career steals, leading the Quakers to a 28-12 Ivy League record during her four-year career. Fleming was inducted into the Big 5 Hall of Fame in 1991 and into the Penn Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.
Florence "Flo" Crush – The first woman in Penn Athletics history to wear the Varsity P. Flo captained Penn's Field Hockey and Basket Ball team. Upon graduation, she stayed on to replace Marjorie Majer as the athletics instructor and leader of the Women's Athletic Association. Her work increased participation in athletics by female students and increased opportunities for involvement by adding competition in both major and minor sports.
Bridget Waclawik, Nu'11 – A four-year letter winner for Penn Women's Lacrosse, Bridget Waclawik overcame injuries to become an avid goal scorer. Waclawik is currently fighting the Covid-19 pandemic as a Nurse Anesthetist at New York's Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Dr. Michael Russo, C05 M11 – A four-year letter winner for the Penn Sprint Football team, Russo was a force on the defensive side of the ball. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and is fighting on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic as an Attending Physician at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) working in Pediatric Infectious Diseases.

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