Basketball
One of the most accomplished team-sport student-athletes in Carleton history, Megan Vig Barrymore was twice a finalist for the women’s basketball national player-of-the-year award. She led the Knights to three consecutive MIAC regular-season titles and four straight MIAC Playoff title-game appearances, culminating in two trips to the NCAA Championships. Vig Barrymore paced the Knights in scoring and rebounding during each of her four seasons, receiving All-Region distinction following each campaign and was tabbed for All-America recognition three times. She graduated as the school’s all-time leader in three-pointers made (127) and three-point percentage (.367), while ranking second in both scoring (1,668 points) and blocked shots (80). She also ranked third in rebounds (743), finished among the program’s top 10 in assists and steals, and owns three of the top-six single-season scoring totals in team history. As a rookie, Vig Barrymore was the leading scorer on Carleton’s magical 2002-03 squad that won its first 23 games, was nationally ranked, and won the program’s first regular-season MIAC title. She earned the first of her four consecutive All-MIAC awards and was one of only five first-year players nationwide to be named to the All-Region team. She received All-America honorable mention as a sophomore after averaging 16.0 points and 7.1 rebounds. Vig Barrymore averaged 18.0 points and 7.6 rebounds as a junior en route to being voted to the All-America third team. The following season she was tabbed to the All-MIAC All-Defensive Team and earned all-conference, All-Region, and All-America honors once again.
Megan is currently a pre-K teacher in Chicago, IL, where she lives with her wife, Mandolyn Barrymore, and their daughter Elyson.