With all the NCAA coverage going on, why not take a break from being mad at the NCAA to celebrate more of our amazing women’s seniors!! Today I’m going to share with you some of the seniors of the Central Region. If you are a Central Senior, filled out my survey, and don’t see your name below, I apologize because I honestly don’t know which schools belong in which regions still. They didn’t teach me this in blogger school. If you are a Central Senior and did not fill out my survey, fill it out here — https://forms.gle/DBnd5DSBFaBwC8jL6. We’ve got some real ballers today, so I’ll stop my rambling and get to the good stuff.
Senior: Maggie Sweeney
School: Kenyon
Major: Chemistry
Tennis Career: Maggie played #2 – #3 singles and #1 – #2 doubles throughout her time at Kenyon. She still has NCAA regionals coming up and has qualified with Erika Oku for the NCAA Doubles tournament.
Future Career: Physician
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Medical scribe
Senior: Megan Yates
School: Otterbein University
Major: Double majored in Allied Health, Spanish & Latin American Studies, with a minor in Psychology
Tennis Career: Predominantly #6 singles and #3 doubles for Otterbein.
Future Career: Occupational Therapist
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Doctorate of Occupational Therapy at The Ohio State University
Senior: Gabi Kitchell
School: University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Major: Social Work
Tennis Career: #1 singles and #1 doubles, Doubles All-American, recently selected for the NCAA Singles tournament for the third time in her career, still has team NCAA Regionals this weekend
Future Career: Gabi plans to start her own non-profit for young teen mothers.
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Grad school and get a job in child welfare
Other Cool Plans: Gabi will be getting married in October. Congratulations!!
Senior: Annie Reiner
School: Kenyon College
Major: Psychology
Tennis Career: Annie played #4-#6 singles and #3 doubles for Kenyon. She still has NCAA Regionals coming up this weekend.
Future Career: Clinical Psychologist
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Researcher for Vielight Technology
Other Cool Plans: Annie is excited to visit all of her Kenyon College womens tennis friends after she graduates 🙂
Senior: Julie Martin
School: University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Major: Public Relations
Tennis Career: #2 singles and #1 doubles for UWW. Played her first two years of college tennis at Division I Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.
Future Career: Julie plans to work in Public Relations for a company.
Senior: Paige Cooley
School: Principia College
Major: Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Concentration
Tennis Career: #1 singles and #1 doubles for Principia. Paige still has NCAA Regionals with her team this weekend to close out her stellar college tennis career.
Future Career: Systems Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Graduate school – Paige is earning her Masters in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan
Senior: Caitlyn Schaffer
School: Augustana College
Major: Philosophy major with a minor in Ethics
Tennis Career: Schaffer is the winningest player in Augustana history with 197 total wins. She played #1 singles and #1 doubles.
Future Career: Family Lawyer
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Taking a gap year to get more experience in the legal field
Other Cool Plans: Looking into opening a business around the idea of supporting women.
Senior: Ashlee Polena
School: University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
Major: Kinesiology
Tennis Career: #4 – #6 singles and #2 – #3 doubles for UW-Oshkosh
Future Career: Ashlee will be a diagnostic medical sonographer, and plans to continue her education further in the future. For those of us that don’t know what a diagnostic medical sonographer is, they’re the people with the magic hands who take your ultrasound images that are used to diagnose medical problems.
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Graduate school – trade school of sonography.
Other Cool Plans: Before starting grad school, Ashlee will be traveling.
Senior: Hannah Peters
School: University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
Major: Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Tennis Career: #2 – #3 singles and #1 doubles for UW-Oshkosh, she transferred to UWO from The Ohio State University her sophomore year
Future Career: Hannah plans to go back to attend graduate school for her DNP-Nurse Anesthesia
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Hannah was hired as an RN at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee in NeuroICU
Other Cool Plans: Hannah will continue playing Wisconsin USTA state league tennis and potentially coach a high school varsity girls team.
Senior: Ally Thorsen
School: Gustavus Adolphus College
Major: Exercise Physiology with a minor in coaching
Tennis Career: #5 – #6 singles for GAC
Future Career: Ally plans a career in Health Promotion. Gurl please help me with my health all I’ve eaten today is chocolate and coffee.
Immediate Post-grad Plans: Tennis Instructor at Tennis and Life Camps at GAC. Check out the website to learn more — http://tennisandlifecamps.org/
I continue to be so impressed by these seniors. TBH I still don’t know what I want to do so it’s really great to see young women who have goals and are chasing their dreams. You all are an inspiration. I think I’ve done enough blogging for today, so stay tuned for all the NCAA coverage still to come! And of course, more Seniors!
ASW