Just last year, Grove City College announced exciting news that the Men’s Lacrosse team would transition from a club to a varsity sport during the 2017-2018 year. Previously a volunteer assistant coach at Duke University, coach Alec Jernstedt was hired as Grove City’s head coach last spring, along with assistant coaches Zack Jew, Bill Sigmund, […]
Anne Shirley Dassow Class of 2020 Double Major Biology: Health and Spanish Campus Involvement: Varsity Women’s Swim team Pre-Health Society Vice-President of Crown and Sceptre Spanish Club How do you manage to balance academics and a varsity sport? Honestly, the balance comes through really careful planning of how to use my time with clear and […]
Lindsay Hutton Class of 2018 Biology Major, Spanish Minor What has been your favorite soccer team memory? The bus rides that we take, we’ve gotten to travel to Kentucky to Massachusetts to Texas. We spend a lot of time not on the field but in travel. It goes to show that our relationships carry out […]
Megan Van Kirk Biology Secondary Education May 2018 Position: Right-wing defender What has been your favorite women’s soccer memory? Beating Washington and Jefferson on my birthday last November 2nd. We beat them 1-0 in regular time and they are one of our absolute rivals and are a very physical team. We’ve beat them once in […]
A common concern for any college student is how to maintain fitness amidst a busy schedule. I have gone through various fitness phases in my time at Grove City College, and because of this I have made use of almost all of Grove City’s athletic facilities. On your tour you probably heard all of the […]
Hannah Shoemaker Backstroke and IM Class of 2018 What had been your favorite swim team memory? No particular moment has stood out because swim team has been a collection of fun moments. Being a part of a team that really cares about each other is really awesome and the friends that I found through it. […]
Sam Archibald History Major Class of 2018 What is your favorite diving memory? Going to Calvin junior year, it was an adventure because the bus broke down and we explored Lowes for a couple hours. We got to dive against some really great divers, it was a lot about enjoying the experience. I made friends […]
“I’ve never been to Florida, and I’ve been to Portugal.” You can then hear confused laughter for the next 45 seconds. These and countless other memories seem strange to the regular college student. However, as an athlete, those memories are the foundation in which team chemistry is molded. All while on an away team bus […]
Brianna Darnell May 2018 Psychology major w/ Biology and Spanish minors What has been your favorite diving memory? Most recently, it would be the Allegheny, it showed how the diving community is really an open community to be in. The divers are super nice, and it isn’t like the competitiveness gets between you and the […]
John Bini Elementary Education Major Class of 2020 Position: Pitcher What has been your favorite baseball memory? The trip every year in the spring to Florida. It’s a long bus ride, about 15 hours, so being able to hang out with the guys on the bus, watching movies, making jokes, and playing games. When we […]