Throughout the spring semester we are celebrating our senior student-athletes with a Senior Salute series. Today's featured senior is football's Nick Bostic. Bostic is a biochemistry and molecular biology major.
 
Q: Why did you choose to attend The College of Wooster?
A: Wooster gave me the opportunity to continue playing a sport I love. More importantly, Wooster equipped me to pursue my lifelong dream of becoming a doctor.
 
Q: What does being a Fighting Scot student-athlete mean to you?
A: It has been a great journey. It taught me more life lessons than I ever expected.
 
Q: What are some of your favorite memories as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: My favorite memories are grinding in biochemistry and molecular biology classes with my friends, getting up early to fish with Lane Kellogg, playing football with the guys, and living in Schoolhouse 214 and Fairlawn 1023.
 
Q: What is the best part about being a student-athlete at The College of Wooster?
A: The best part is having the ability to continue playing your sport while getting a great education.
 
Q: What else were you involved with on campus besides your sport?
A: I am involved with Scot Council, the health coach partnership with Wooster Community Hospital, peer tutoring, the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, and The Hidden Opponent. I am a photography intern for the College's marketing and communications staff, and I am a student athletic trainer.
Q: Which College of Wooster faculty or staff member has made the greatest impact on you and why?
A: Nate Huston has been a great friend and mentor and has seen me grow since I was a first-year to now. He has seen me at my highest and lowest and always gives me great advice to lead me to where I need to be.
 
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: Dr. Paul Bonvallet, Dr. James West, Dr. Paul Edmiston, Coach Mason Tomblin, Dr. Jeremy Rapport, and many more have helped me so much in life. They have challenged me in so many different ways. Because of that, they have made me a better person today.
 
Q: Tell us a bit about your Independent Study project?
A: I have blood samples from the Amish population who have been diagnosed with propionic acidemia and am looking for metabolic biomarkers for dilated cardiomyopathy in their blood. Because of propionic acidemia, they will develop dilated cardiomyopathy and have heart failure. I have blood samples from kids with just propionic acidemia and others who have developed dilated cardiomyopathy.
 
Q: Tell us a bit about something cool you did as a student at The College of Wooster?
A: As a first-year, I had the opportunity to join the health coach program through the College's partnership with Wooster Community Hospital. I later was part of the program's summer internship where I had a full case load of about 25 patients I saw every week. It was a wonderful opportunity to meet so many different people while making an impact on their lives.
 
Q: Reflecting back on your time at Wooster, what advice would you give your first-year self?
A: You will have many great moments and many low moments. Never give up on your dream no matter the circumstances. Push yourself beyond your limits because you learn much more that way.
 
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