Career
Sometime prior to the 2014 European and World meets (summer and October), Sanborn ranked 25th among 73 living Women World Grand Masters by world masterpoints (Member of Parliament) and 7th by placing points that do not decay over time. In 1990 she was the only woman invited to compete in a special WBF par contest for individuals. In effect, an examination set by experts for experts.
Sanborn was inducted into the ACBL Hall of Fame in 2007.
Sanborn was one of 24 women, six from each of four countries (as for men), invited to participate in the SportAccord World Mind Games, December 2011 in Beijing. Awards and honors Wins Runners-up Venice Cup (2) 1995, 2009 World Mixed Pairs Championship (1) 1986 North American Bridge Championships Rockwell Mixed Pairs (4) 1971, 1974, 1977, 2008 Whitehead Women"s Pairs (1) 2002 Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1987 Smith Life Master Women"s Pairs (2) 1985, 1986 Machlin Women"s Swiss Teams (3) 1983, 2008, 2013 Wagar Women"s Knockout Teams (3) 1974, 1986, 2014 Sternberg Women"s Board-a-Match Teams (2) 2001, 2002 Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match (1) 1994 Reisinger (1) 1989.