Who I am? A multi-talented athlete passionate about understanding the human mind. My current research? On how exercise affects memory. My best trip? To England to play club soccer—SMU won 7-5! Who I want to be? A clinical psychology counselor who makes a difference.
This past weekend I did something that I have never done….I went to a rodeo. Now I am from the big city so rodeo has never really been a part of my vocabulary. I have seen bull riding on tv from time to time but only to kill time between commercials of what I actually … More >
Being a psychology major means needing to do a major project to show everything that I have learned over the past four years. The research project that I am working on is a research project on attention and exercise. I have finally reached the last stretch of my research. The past two semesters were spent … More >
The past weekend was quite a busy one. Saturday I spent in the Psychology Symposium presenting on my Internship Integration. The Psychology Symposium is the major presentation for psychology majors graduating. It is meant to be a culmination of everything that you have learned during your time at St. Mary’s. This past Saturday there were … More >
Thanksgiving break was the first time I was able to go home all semester. Because of soccer I have never had the chance to go home for a weekend. So I was really looking forward to going home for a weekend to see my friends and family that I have not seen for months. It’s … More >
Being in my senior year, it is now time to plan for the future again, just like I had to do senior year of high school. I thought I was done applying for colleges after high school. Unfortunately, that dreaded application season has come around again. Now I have to apply for graduate schools and … More >
With the soccer season ending the past weekend a significant part of my life has past at St. Mary’s. I have spent the past four years working hard to try and improve myself athletically. All the summers spent in the weight room and outside running around the neighborhood now don’t have the purpose they did … More >
Having other students back on campus is a very welcome thing. Now when walking through the plaza there are other students walking bye rather than dead air. When everyone comes back after a break there is an increased energy like everyone was refueled at home for another month of school. Going to the cafeteria means … More >
This weekend everyone got to go home for fall break. Everyone that is, except for the athletics teams. Now there are some positives and negatives to being on our own on campus. One thing that is definitely nice is being able to not have to worry about waiting in line for anything: the cafeteria does … More >
So the schools that I started to look at out of state were University of Wisconsin, University of Missouri, Kentucky, DePauw, and Louisville. I quickly narrowed it down to Wisconsin and Missouri simply due to the setting of the other schools. So I was all set to go and apply at Illinois, Missouri, and Wisconsin. … More >
Choosing the college that you are going to attend is one of the more important decisions of your early life. For me, the road to that decision was not as easy as I expected it to be. Going into my senior year I had to debate whether I was going to pursue playing soccer in … More >

