To celebrate Division III week at Connecticut College Her Campus wanted to highlight and celebrate some camel student athletes!
What is Division III Week?
Division III Week is a positive opportunity for all individuals associated with Division III to observe and celebrate the impact of athletics and of student-athletes on the campus and surrounding community. During the week, every Division III school and conference office is encouraged to conduct a type of outreach activity that falls into one of three categories: academic accomplishment; athletic experience; or leadership/community service/campus involvement.
Name: Abby Fagan
Class year: 2016
Hometown: Westport, CT
Sport: Soccer
Majors/minors: Government and German Studies double major
Other extracurriculars: SAAC, German Language Fellow
Why you chose D3: Wanted a balance between academics and athletics.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: Playing soccer games in the middle of campus on Harkness and Freeman fields.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: Enjoy every minute of playing athletics at college because it will be over before you know it.
Name: Tim Cooney
Class year: 2018
Hometown: Rocky Hill, CT
Sport: Men’s Ice Hockey
Majors: Economics and Architectural Studies
Other extracurriculars: SAAC
Why you chose D3: I chose D3 to be able to continue my athletic career but also have the freedom to discover and prepare for my life after sports.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: Being from Connecticut, my favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn is being able to play an NCAA sport at a high level and still be close to home.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: My advice for an incoming college student athlete would be to simply enjoy the ride. College only lasts four years and after dedicating your life to a sport it is crucial to enjoy it to the very end.
Name: Nicole Adam
Class year: 2016
Hometown: Cheshire, CT
Sport: Cross Country, Track and Field
Majors/minors: Biochemistry, Pre-Med
Other extracurriculars: Pre-Health Club vice-president
Why you chose D3: I wanted to continue to run in college, but needed to focus more on my academics. Conn, being a part of the NESCAC athletic conference, offered me both an extremely competitive athletic atmosphere where I could improve my running as well as an environment that holds academics to the highest standard.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: My favorite part by far about being a student athlete at Conn is the friends that I’ve made throughout my four years. My teammates are like my second family and I look forward to seeing them every day at practice, especially after stressful days.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: Take risks, both in your athletics and academics. You never know how far you can go until you try. However, also make sure to not overload yourself. Being a student athlete is a huge time commitment. There will be days where you just want to quit, but you just have to remind yourself that no good thing comes without hard work.
Name: Ben Bosworth
Class year: 2017
Hometown: Boston, MA
Sport: Cross Country and Track
Majors/minors: Economics
Other extracurriculars: my list isn’t as robust as I’d like it to be
Why you chose D3: Division III gave the high school version of me the best setup to succeed and improve in college running. The focus on academics gives me balance, which is key in our sport. The cool thing about Track and Field is that marks are marks, so we have the opportunity to compete against the best athletes regardless of division.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: I really value the opportunity to take classes all sorts of classes in different disciplines. I really feel I’ve gained a lot from following different interests in taking a diverse array of classes.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: Work hard and always remember what you love about the sport. It’s short, and there’s nothing else like college sports. Dream big and go after it. You’ll never regret that.
Name: Jenna Lovett
Class year: 2016
Hometown: Tolland, CT
Sport: Women’s Basketball
Majors/minors: Cellular and Molecular Biology Major, Psychology Minor
Other extracurriculars: SAAC, Biology SAB, Genetics tutor, Psi Chi, doing Relay for Life with my team this year
Why you chose D3: The main reason is I wanted to be able to focus on my academics while still playing competitively, and I also wanted to be on a smaller campus.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: I really loved being a part of the NESCAC where all of the games we played were very competitive and close. I also love the support from many of the professors that like coming to the games.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: I would say to take advantage of every opportunity and network that being a student athlete provides you. But also to become involved in a variety of areas outside of sports too because just being at Conn can bring you a lot of connections as well.
Name: Trebor Lawton
Class year: 2017
Hometown: Gorham, Maine
Sport: Swimming
Majors/minors: Biology Major; History Minor
Why you chose D3: Having the ability to actively participate in a collegiate sport while still being able to focus on academics was the biggest draw of D3 swimming. I wanted to continue my swimming career while advancing my academic career, and the D3 student-athlete paradigm allowed me to follow that path.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: Professors at Conn are great at recognizing the commitments that student-athletes make and, many of them being former student-athletes themselves, really help to work around the scheduling conflicts that that can arise with athletic participation.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: Harness some concrete time-management skills. They will be a key component in the ability to successfully juggle the dual commitments of collegiate athletics and academics.
Name: Charlotte Marcoux
Class year: 2016
Hometown: Sudbury, MA
Sport: Women’s Varsity Tennis
Majors/minors: Major: Psychology, Minor: Human Development
Other extracurriculars: N/A
Why you chose D3: I chose D3 because I wanted to continue playing tennis while also dedicating my time in college to academics and other activities. I wanted to have a balance. I think being an athlete at a D1 college would be much too demanding.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: My favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn is knowing that my daily schedule always has structure. Having structure makes me a happier and a more productive person.
Advice for incoming college student athletes:My advice for incoming college student athletes is to manage your time wisely because the schedule is rather demanding.
Name: James Losito
Class year: 2017
Hometown: Berkeley, CA
Sport: Soccer
Majors/minors: International Studies
Other extracurriculars: N/A
Why you chose D3: As a walk on I was not actively recruited so I never made the choice for D3 over anything else. However I was excited about the potential possibility of playing in the NESCAC, the strongest D3 soccer conference in the nation.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: Getting to play our home games in the middle of campus!
Advice for incoming college student athletes: Work hard and give everything for your program.
Name: Anna Jorgensen
Class year: 2018
Hometown: Ridgewood, NJ
Sport: Women’s Lacrosse
Majors/minors: Major: Environmental Studies, Minors: Economics and Computer Science
Other extracurriculars: N/A
Why you chose D3: I chose to play at a D3 school primarily, because I wanted the opportunity to study abroad without it impacting my athletic experience. I think that Conn and other D3 schools provide the best combination of both athletic and academic experience.
Favorite thing about being a student athlete at Conn: The team experience as a whole and learning to manage time properly.
Advice for incoming college student athletes: Give it your all, and have fun!