I took a break from looking at pictures of the D3 Dogs to bring you more Seniors! Our next installment of our Senior Series features seniors from the West Coast. I would also at this point like to reiterate that I am only posting profiles of seniors who 1) responded to my survey that I emailed to all the coaches and 2) gave me permission on the survey to publish their profile. If your favorite senior isn’t included then encourage them to fill out the survey here — https://forms.gle/KHQbu5d8mPo42JVs5. Let’s see what this group of smarty pants is up to after graduation.
Senior: Emily Brink
School: George Fox University
Major: Elementary Education
Tennis Career: Held down #4 – #6 singles and #3 doubles during her time with the Bruins.
Future Career: Emily will be shaping young minds as an Elementary Teacher.
Other Cool Plans: In her spare time, Emily is working on building a real estate investment company.
Senior: Kristi Floyd
School: Pacific Lutheran University
Major: Biology (BS) and Environmental Studies (BA)
Tennis Career: Played #3-#4 singles and #2-#3 doubles during her four years as a Lute.
Future Career: Environmental Planner
Senior: Arianna Chen
School: Pomona-Pitzer (Pomona College)
Major: Politics with a minor in computer science
Tennis Career: #3-#6 singles and #1-#2 doubles for the Hens.
Future Career: Lawyer
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Arianna is currently interviewing at a loooot of law firms so hopefully a paralegal position somewhere! We have confidence in you Arianna.
Senior: Caroline Casper
School: Pomona-Pitzer (Pomona College)
Major: Neuroscience
Tennis Career: Decorated. Mostly #1 singles and #1-#3 doubles. All-American in singles. ITA Rookie of the Year as a freshman. Recently awarded SCIAC Athlete of the Year as a senior. Congratulations!
Future Career: Doctor
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Spending her gap year(s?) working in a neuroscience lab at Stanford researching brain circuitry of addiction and reward.
Senior: Grace Hruska
School: Pomona-Pitzer (Pitzer College)
Major: Double major in Geology and Environmental Analysis
Tennis Career: Played #4 singles and #1 doubles. All-American in doubles. Interestingly, her bio includes that she was “Named Division3Tennis.com West Region Player of the Week after her singles win against Amherst and her singles/doubles sweep against Bowdoin” back in 2016. Thanks for the shout out Pomona-Pitzer Athletics website and congratulations to Grace on that singles/doubles sweep.
Future Career: Graduate School in Geology/resource management. I hope you don’t intend to stay in Graduate School forever Grace!
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Pomona College Geology research assistant
Wow! So many awards and honors for these amazing women! May they achieve all of their hopes and dreams. Stay tuned for more fancy Senior Profiles from around the country! And make sure to vote for Pomona-Pitzer women team dog, Wicket!