Throughout the spring semester we are celebrating our senior student-athletes with a Senior Salute series. Today's featured senior is women's lacrosse's Anna Mapes. Mapes is an environmental studies major.
 
Q: Why did you choose to attend The College of Wooster?
A: I chose Wooster for the strong academics and athletics combined with the lifelong friends I would have from playing a collegiate sport.
 
Q: What does being a Fighting Scot student-athlete mean to you?
A: It means showing up and working your hardest rain or shine. It also means pushing through the difficult things for yourself and your teammates to be better.
 
Q: What are some of your favorite memories as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: The conversations I have with teammates at Lowry after we finish dinner, typically after practices. This is known as "Low sitting."  It starts as procrastination to avoid doing other things and turns into some of the best memories and inside jokes.
 
Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at The College of Wooster?
A: The best part is knowing you can continue to play the sport you love for another four years while being academically supported. The professors are so involved and understanding. This makes you feel like you can have everything you dream of.
 
Q: What else were you involved with on campus besides your sport?
A: I am a member of Green Scots and am employed by the sustainability department and game operations.
 
Q: Which College of Wooster faculty or staff member has made the greatest impact on you and why?
A: Coach Elizabeth Ford. She asked me as a junior if I wanted to coach youth lacrosse because someone from my hometown area asked if any of her players or anyone she knew was interested in coaching. I never thought she saw me in a leadership position, but I knew that she understood my intelligence and love for the game. Coaching has brought me a new level of understanding, perspective, and set of challenges. After college this will be the connection to the sport I have played my entire life. I have met wonderful people because of it and I wouldn't have had this opportunity without her.
 
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: Eva D'Intino and Brian Webb from the sustainability department have made an irreversible change on my life. I never had two people believe in me more than them. They push me to reach for the stars and follow through on my goals.
 
Q: Tell us a bit about your Independent Study project?
A: I am assessing if chickens would be a beneficial option for agrivoltaics by assessing the amount of vegetation they consume in shaded areas versus non-shaded areas.
 
Q: Tell us a bit about something cool you did as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: We traveled and played abroad in Amsterdam my junior year. The international trip was with 20 of my best friends playing my favorite sport.
 
Q: Reflecting back on your time at Wooster, what advice would you give your first-year self?
A: Stop procrastinating. Enjoy the little things because four years flies by quickly
 
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