Julia Dumais joined the Northwestern softball staff as a graduate assistant in Summer 2026 after a standout four-year career at Princeton. A four-time All-Ivy League selection, Dumais earned first-team honors in 2024 and 2025 before receiving second-team recognition in 2026. She was also named to the Ivy League All-Tournament Team in 2023 and 2025 and earned second-team NFCA All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors in 2024.

Dumais finished her Princeton career with 181 hits, 136 runs, 42 doubles, 12 triples, 19 home runs and 119 RBI across 195 games. She hit .365 with 57 hits, 46 runs and 34 RBI as a senior in 2026, ranking among the Ivy League leaders in several offensive categories. In 2025, she led Princeton with a .369 batting average and 39 runs scored while recording a league-leading .527 on-base percentage. She was also named an Easton/NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete.

A native of Newfane, New York, Dumais attended Newfane High School, where she was a five-year varsity starter and earned All-Western New York first-team honors in 2022. She graduated from Princeton with a degree in psychology.