Throughout the spring semester, we are honoring our senior student-athletes with a "Senior Salute" series. Today's featured senior is Teddi Farson, a neuroscience major from Wadsworth, Ohio. Farson is a member of the women's soccer team.
Q: Why did you choose to attend The College of Wooster?
A: The first thing I noticed when I visited The College of Wooster was how kind everyone was to each other. The people automatically made me feel at home.
Q: What does being a Fighting Scot student-athlete mean to you?
A: I take a lot of pride being a Fighting Scot student-athlete because it takes a lot of dedication, perseverance, and hard work to exceed in both my academics and athletics. Being a student-athlete has taught me a lot about time management. I wouldn't have excelled in either category without the other keeping me in check.
Q: What are some of your favorite memories as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: I needed to gather participants from the men's and women's soccer teams for my Independent Study. I expected to only get about 10 from each team, but every able player chose to participate in my study. It displayed the unconditional support I had from the Wooster soccer community on and off the field.
Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at The College of Wooster?
A: The support I receive from professors and faculty at Wooster. It is an awesome feeling to see how they are invested in the things I care about outside of the classroom.
Q: What else were you involved with on campus besides your sport?
A: I am the president of Alpha Gamma Phisorority, secretary of the Neuroscience Club, and a health coach with the Wooster Community Hospital Health Coach Program.
Q: Which College of Wooster faculty or staff member has made the greatest impact on you and why?
A: My I.S. advisor Dr. (Nick) Brandleyhas always been so supportive of everything I am a part of on campus. He stayed up to date with my soccer career and was there for any kind of academic support I needed. He makes me feel like he truly cares about my success.
Q: What other people or resources impacted your Wooster experience in a positive way and how did these people and resources set you up to be successful at Wooster?
A: APEX(Wooster's center for Advising, Planning, and Experiential Learning) gave me the chance to exercise my passion for healthcare and work towards my future in medicine by providing the opportunity to be an APEX Fellow.
Q: Tell us a bit about your Independent Study project?
A: My Independent Study looks at differences in heart rate recovery between male and female NCAA Div. III athletes throughout the course of the season. My participants are from the men's and women's soccer teams at Wooster.
Q: Tell us a bit about something cool you did as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: Our soccer team made the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship twice. As a first-year, we won the tournamentand made it to the second round of the NCAA Div. III Championships. It was an experience with the team I will never forget. This past summer I had the opportunity to work at Wooster Community Hospital as an APEX Fellow. APEX gave me the chance to exercise my passion for healthcare and work towards my future in medicine.
Q: Reflecting back on your time at Wooster, what advice would you give your first-year (freshman) self?
A: I would tell my first-year self to embrace the moment and not to worry about the future too much. Everything works out how it is supposed to be.
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