为什么是联合山?
我在上初中的时候就听说了联合山. 每年夏天，足球队都会举办露天比赛, 哪个会对任何威尼斯人app下载或现役球员开放. 有两名球员是威尼斯人app下载的学生. 他们对学校的学术课程和足球队评价很高. 我的目标是长大后踢大学足球, but I thought this dream may have been over when I tore my ACL for the second time in my senior year. Prior to this, I was being recruited by multiple schools but had not received an offer yet. 然而, the coach at Mount Union invited my family to campus after hearing this news and was the first coach to give me an offer.
对于正在考虑学院/大学的学生, 我想说，改变你的想法，跟随你的直觉是可以的. Personally, deep in my heart I always knew Mount Union was my number one choice for college. At one point, though I was committed to another university due to an athletic scholarship. 我妈妈给我的最好建议是把盖房子比作上大学. When you build a house, you need a strong foundation in order to grow and build upon it. 这个类比可以与大学相比较，因为它是你未来的基础. 我相信每一分钱都是值得的.
第二个家
尤尼恩山总有家的感觉. Being offered a chance to play on Mount’s soccer team gave me hope that my dream to be a collegiate athlete was not over. 尽管Mount Union给了我一个超越学生运动员的机会, too. We like to refer to the University as an “and” school because the faculty and staff here want to see students succeed while being involved in multiple organizations.Mount Union has put in place many resources to help you succeed and value your college experience whether it be through the center of student success, 学术支持, 或者通过我们的第一年体验项目.不过，这个紧密联系的社区也让尤尼恩山感觉像第二个家. 从你踏入校园的第一步，你就能看到并感受到热情的氛围. 我有了长久的友谊和室友，我称他们为兄弟.
为什么是运动科学
I chose 运动科学 as my major because of the engaging faculty and hands-on experiences offered to students. As an undergraduate student you can work with high end equipment such as a metabolic cart, 豆荚Bod, 和Vicon运动分析软件. 另外, you get to test peers, and train community members to help them reach their goals. Being a D3 school and having access to a small class size where professors know your name made it an easy choice for me.
运动科学系对我在UMU的经历产生了很大的影响, 但如果让我选一个人, 我不得不说Dr. 巴雷特. Dr. 巴雷特是我的研究顾问兼教授. Without his guidance and support I would not be where I am today; he has been there for me every step of the way. 作为一名教授，他使课程易于理解和吸引人. As a research advisor he always makes time to answer my questions and help ease my stress. 尤宁山很幸运有. 巴雷特和我都很高兴能继续和他合作.
年轻的研究员
作为芒特大学的学生，我 have had the opportunity to present my research findings at the following conferences: Midwest American College of Sports Medicine (2021), Ohio State’s Injury Biomechanics Symposium (2022) where I was the youngest and only Mount Union student to ever present at this conference, and Midwest American College of Sports Medicine Conference (2022) where I was awarded the Undergraduate Student Scholar Award and was on the Mount Union大学’s Quiz Bowl team.
另外, I hold an internship with T3 Performance and help to develop training plans and conduct performance testing on Mount Union athletes. I have also been hired to be the head sports scientist for Mount Union Men’s soccer program. 此外，去年夏天，我能够帮助博士. 班萨尔对中风患者进行了为期9周的步行研究.
如果让我选择最喜欢的经历, 我觉得应该是俄亥俄州立大学的损伤生物力学研讨会. This opportunity showed me my love for research as it was the first study that I was the lead researcher in. At the conference I was able to connect with many different universities about graduate school and summer internships which I have applied to for this summer.
荣誉的研究
How Does the Secondary Task of Heading a Soccer Ball Impact Jumping Kinematics and Kinetics Between Men’s and Women’s DIII Soccer Players?
我的研究的目的是增加一个特定于运动的次要任务, 在这种情况下头球, and see how it would alter the landing kinetics and kinematics known to increase ACL injury risk and if it would be greater in females than males in common jump assessments.
All of the participants from both the men's and women's soccer teams at Mount Union would go to the Vicon motion capture lab located on campus for all testing. In this they would perform 4 counter movement jumps (CMJs) and 4 drop vertical jumps (DVJs). 这些跳跃中的每两个将执行第二个任务，即头球. 用维康软件和测力板, we were able to analyze jumping asymmetries and differences in kinematic and kinetic results.
综上所述, our data suggest that adding a secondary task to jump assessments may increase the injury prediction values of these tests, 但有一种性别并未受到更大影响, 尽管需要进行前瞻性队列研究来证实这一点.