Throughout the spring semester we are highlighting our senior Fighting Scots with the Senior Salute series. Today's featured senior is women's basketball's Chloe Pordash. Pordash is a biology major.
Q: Why did you choose to attend The College of Wooster?
A: I chose to attend Wooster because it felt like home as soon as I stepped on campus. I also really liked the idea of Independent Study and researching a topic that has meaning to my degree and future.
Q: What does being a Fighting Scot student-athlete mean to you?
A: It means having the ability to achieve success in the classroom and on the court with my best friends. It also means having the ability to be in such a large supporting community.
Q: What are some of your favorite memories as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: Two of my favorite memories come from my junior year. The first is beating Kenyon College twice. The second is working and watching women's lacrosse participate in and win a NCAA tournament game.
Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at The College of Wooster?
A: Being able to support my friends in other sports.
Q: What else were you involved with on campus besides your sport?
A: I am the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee president. I am also the social media chair for the biology club and work several student positions within the athletics department.
Q: Which College of Wooster faculty or staff member has made the greatest impact on you and why?
A: Jeff Bricker, who was my boss for three years. Bricker always wanted to see me succeed and helped me succeed. He always had an open door and gave great advice even if it was not what I wanted to hear. I would not have stayed levelheaded without Bricker.
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: Courtney Shaffer, who has been women's basketball's athletic trainer for two years. She helped keep my body healthy and allowed me to shadow her at her gym.
Q: Tell us a bit about your Independent Study project?
A: My Independent Study evaluates the impact of prior knee injuries on dynamic knee valgus and kinematic coupling in Div. III collegiate athletes. I am looking at how the knee, ankle, and hip all work together during sport-specific tasks and seeing if athletes demonstrate dynamic knee valgus. Dynamic knee valgus is the inward bend of the knee toward the midline.
Q: Tell us a bit about something cool you did as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: I was able to work with Courtney Shaffer at her gym and shadow physical therapists at Wooster Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center!
Q: Reflecting back on your time at Wooster, what advice would you give your first-year self?
A: Enjoy the time you have because it goes by so fast.
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