Catie and Caroline McGrath (8/24/2021) – Athlete Awards

2 – Do both of you may have any game-day rituals/superstitions?

Caroline: Each recreation day I put on the identical pair of rash guard socks with pineapples printed on them. I additionally actually take pleasure in dancing and taking part in music with my teammates earlier than each recreation.

Catie: I are likely to put on the identical rash guard socks all through the season, and I put on the identical coiffure each recreation. 

3 – What are your favourite points of being a student-athlete?

Caroline: I actually just like the student-athlete group at DeSales, the relationships that I’ve made as a result of I’m a scholar athlete are some that I’ll at all times cherish. I additionally take pleasure in how a lot I get to problem myself day by day. 

Catie: I like that I get to construct relationships with many individuals within the DeSales group and that I get a novel alternative to characterize my college in a manner many don’t get the chance to. 

4 – What was a key issue for each of you in your resolution to attend DeSales each individually and collectively?

Caroline: I actually loved all of my visits at DeSales, I beloved the group atmosphere and the gamers on the group had been at all times so pleasant and welcoming! I used to be additionally actually impressed with the science division at DeSales and thought that I might be capable of thrive academically right here as properly. It was simply total the right match for me and an important steadiness of teachers and athletics. We each made our selections to attend DeSales individually, nevertheless it wasn’t actually stunning that we ended up coming right here collectively since we like the entire similar issues and needed the identical issues in a faculty.

Catie: The most important issue for me was the steadiness between teachers, friendships, and sports activities. Group was an enormous consider my resolution, and it was laborious to discover a faculty campus that matched DeSales in group. I felt immediately at residence at every of my visits each within the classroom and with the group. Whereas we made our selections to attend the identical college individually, I’m so glad we did.

5 – Catie – What’s the smartest thing about having your sister as a teammate?  Are you able to inform me one thing nobody is aware of about Caroline?

The perfect half about having my sister as a teammate is having somebody that you’ve performed with for 10 years. Many instances you come into faculty with a bunch of women you may have by no means performed with earlier than, and it’s superior to at all times understand how she performs as a result of now we have been taking part in with one another for years. One thing that no one is aware of about Caroline is that she regularly talks in her sleep.

6 – Caroline – Identical questions – What’s the smartest thing about having your sister as a teammate?  Are you able to inform me one thing nobody is aware of about Catie?

I believe the perfect factor about having my sister as a teammate is having somebody on the group that you understand at all times has your again it doesn’t matter what occurs. We even have a very good connection on the sector and play properly collectively, which is enjoyable. One thing that nobody is aware of about Catie is that she loves the present Jeopardy and watches it commonly. 

7 – You had been each skiers competitively in highschool?  Do you continue to ski?  Who was the higher skier?  What sort of snowboarding did you race in?  Favourite place to ski?  Hardest slopes you ever skied?

Caroline: Sure, we had been each on the ski group at our highschool, though we’ve been snowboarding since we had been 5. We each nonetheless ski once we can, we wish to go on the weekends with our household and a few of our buddies (and we even taught a few our DSUFH teammates methods to ski final winter!) I believe that we every had our strengths with snowboarding. Catie was undoubtedly extra aggressive and took extra dangers, which brought on her to crash so much. I used to be a extra constant finisher, however I used to be extra timid. We participated in alpine snowboarding (downhill ski racing), extra particularly within the disciplines of slalom and big slalom. My private favourite place to ski is Vail Mountain out in Colorado, it was stunning and so enjoyable. I believe that Vail additionally has the toughest slopes, powder snowboarding out there may be unreal.

Catie: Sure, I used to be on the ski racing group for my highschool. We raced towards different excessive faculties in Northern New Jersey, racing each in big slalom and slalom every season. It was a very totally different athletic expertise in each points of bodily issue and group dynamic that was extraordinarily cool. Caroline is unquestionably a extra constant skier and nice with technical abilities, whereas I have a tendency to hurry by means of races however take extra dangers. I nonetheless wish to ski on weekends and it’s one thing I believe I’ll wish to do for the remainder of my life. We’ve even taught lots of our buddies right here at DeSales methods to ski which has been actually enjoyable. My favourite place to ski is in Colorado. Particularly, we skied at Vail and Breckenridge they usually had been each unreal. The toughest path I’ve ever skied down was the Again Bowls in Vail as a result of it was all powder snowboarding which may be very tough. 

8 – COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on Division III sports activities and sports activities normally throughout the nation during the last 9 months.  How have you ever guys embraced the Fall season of apply solely?  What has it meant to you guys to have the ability to be on campus, take courses in-person, and have as a lot of a faculty life as attainable through a pandemic this 12 months?

Caroline: I believe I’ve embraced the Fall season of apply solely by remembering that so many groups, this previous spring and this fall, had their sports activities taken away from them utterly, so simply figuring out that we’re fortunate to be collectively as a group and develop collectively helps encourage me. I additionally am very grateful that DeSales introduced us again to campus for this fall semester. Attending to be taught in individual and see my buddies and teammates after getting the spring semester lower quick has meant a lot to me, particularly figuring out a whole lot of faculties determined to go surfing for the autumn semester. 

Catie: I’ve felt extraordinarily fortunate each time I step onto the sector for fall apply. Though it was not what we had been anticipating and hoping for, we’re considered one of just a few faculties that had the chance to get higher day by day and work with an important group of women. I’m very appreciative that the athletics directors have labored so laborious to permit us this chance. It has actually meant the world to me to be again in school to take courses in individual with this nice group, particularly since so many different faculties in our space selected to go surfing.

9 – Each of you may have actually excelled within the classroom whereas being Full-time student-athletes. What would you inform others is the important thing to balancing each your school-work and your sport?

Caroline: I believe that prioritizing what’s necessary is essential. It’s not at all times straightforward to steadiness college, sports activities, and all different points of faculty life, however placing college at first else has helped me excel within the classroom. As a student-athlete, you’re undoubtedly actually busy, so scheduling time to check and ensuring that your schoolwork is completed is so necessary. I additionally assume that taking examine breaks commonly is necessary so that you just don’t get burnt out.

Catie: The important thing to steadiness is to acknowledge time for college and time for sports activities. It’s so necessary to acknowledge that there must be a steadiness and to prioritize what’s necessary. As necessary as it’s to allot time for learning, overdoing it can trigger you to burn out. The identical will be mentioned about sports activities, the place spending an excessive amount of time worrying about it might additionally trigger you to burnout. Taking small breaks from college may allow you to to keep away from burnout, and personally I love to do 45 min learning coupled with a 15 minute break.

10 – What’s one piece of recommendation you’d every inform your youthful self?

Caroline: Don’t be so laborious on your self, all the pieces works out the best way it’s presupposed to ultimately.

Catie: Get pleasure from your childhood extra as a result of it’s over earlier than you understand it

 

Fast Fireplace Enjoyable Questions (each reply every of them)

1 – Favourite Style of Music?

Caroline: Nation

Catie: Pop 

2 – Favourite Music proper now?

Caroline: Nearly by Thomas Rhett

Catie: Electrical Love by Borns

3 – Favourite Trip Spot?

Caroline: Maui, Hawaii

Catie: Maui, Hawaii

4 – Coolest/Most fascinating place you’ve ever visited?

Caroline: Haleakala Nationwide Park in Maui.

Catie: Vail, CO 

 

5 – Favourite Sport to Watch (apart from Discipline Hockey)?

Caroline: Baseball! Go Purple Sox!

Catie: Baseball! We had been born and lived in Massachusetts for 4 years!

6 – Favourite Meals?

Caroline: Taylor Ham, egg, and cheese on a New Jersey bagel

Catie: Chinese language meals

7 – Favourite TV Present?

Caroline: Gray’s Anatomy

Catie: Jeopardy

8 – Favourite Film?

Caroline: Loopy Wealthy Asians

Catie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

9 – If you happen to may every ask three folks (Lifeless or alive) to have Dinner with who would they be?

Caroline: Rosalind Franklin, Mikaela Shiffrin, and Patrick Dempsey

Catie: Neil Armstrong, Thomas Edison, and Alex Trebeck