DID YOU KNOW? At Penn, Karen Saah played three sports while completing a dual major.

Some might feel that a lawyer’s life is too busy. But for Saah, being busy is what she does best.

Originally recruited as a track and field athlete, Saah’s true love was field hockey. But in middle and high school, she made most of her friends through sports, so Saah decided that playing only one in college was not enough.

Saah competed in not one, not two, but three sports while attending the University of Pennsylvania. She was a member of the field hockey, track and field and lacrosse teams.

Playing three sports while keeping up with class work is not easy for a normal schedule, but Saah had nowhere near a normal schedule. She was a dual-major, earning a B.S. in economics from Wharton and a bachelor's degree in international relations from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Saah was never one to do anything half-speed. She achieved success both in athletics and in the classroom, leading the Quakers to the 1992 Ivy League championship in field hockey and earning Academic All-Ivy honors. She was also a two-time second-team All-Ivy selection.

After graduating in 1992, Saah studied in England as a Thouron Scholar, which is an exchange program between Penn and various British universities. Candidates are selected based on their academic and ambassadorial qualities and receive tuition and a living stipend.

Saah earned a post-graduate diploma from the University of Cambridge and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Upon returning to the U.S., she worked as a strategic consultant in New York.

The Columbus, Ohiom native had always wanted to go into business, but she then decided that she wanted to expand her studies. So Saah decided to go into law and completed a J.D. at Stanford University Law School. After graduation, she clerked for Federal Appellate Judge R. Guy Cole.

Now, Saah works as an associate at the law firm Shearman and Sterling in New York, specializing in capital markets. Keeping with her nature, Saah also makes time to assist the less fortunate, including working with Shearman and Sterling’s pro bono team to help Haitians apply for temporary visas to work in the U.S. in the aftermath of the deadly earthquake in 2010.