COLCHESTER, Vt. - Two dozen Saint Michael's College student-athletes studied away from campus in various corners of the world this summer and during the 2023-24 school year, thanks in large part due to coordination from Director of Study Abroad
Peggy Imai and the College's Study Abroad Office.
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While six spent full spring and summer terms away, seven more enrolled in two-week classes this summer, as
"Shakespeare In Performance" (England), "Coastal Biology of Ireland" and
"Liberation, Leadership & Revolution" (South Africa) were offered between May and June. Men's soccer rising sophomore
Aliou Cisse (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) also completed a two-month internship program in Paris, France.
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The Freeman Foundation supported two additional two-month internships. Sixteen Saint Michael's students - including seven student-athletes - finished professional internships in business, educational, medical and other non-profit settings in South Korea and Vietnam through grants from the Freeman Foundation, which supports intercultural understanding between the United States and Asia.
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Men's Cross Country
- Rising senior Pat McGloine (Schuylerville, N.Y./Schuylerville) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (summer) - regular scorer last fall, claiming team's seventh position at final five meets
Women's Cross Country
- Rising junior Erin Boyd (Islip, N.Y./Saint Anthony's), also women's lacrosse - England class (summer) - placed seventh among Purple Knight harriers at three fall races before contributing 17 ground balls, 12 draw controls and nine caused turnovers out of the midfield in the spring
Field Hockey
- Rising senior Morgan Cathcart (Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (summer) - scored two goals and assisted three more in 18 games
- Rising junior Kathleen Dean (Auburn, Maine/Saint Dominic Academy) - England class (summer) - appeared in 14 games, drawing five starts
- Rising senior Chloe Sapienza (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Seoul, South Korea (summer) - turned in one goal and two assists in 18 games
- Rising sophomore Rebecca Wallace-West (South Hadley, Mass./Frontier Regional) - Ireland class (summer) - saw time in four contests
Women's Lacrosse
- Erin Boyd, see women's cross country
- Rising senior Abby Roman (Falmouth, Mass./Falmouth) - Bocas del Toro, Panama (summer) - recorded four caused turnovers and three ground balls while appearing in 11 games on defense, making seven starts
Alpine Skiing
- Rising senior Sofie Gjetsund (Oslo, Norway/Persbråten VGS) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (summer) - regular scorer last winter, posting season-best 22nd-place finish at Harvard University giant slalom on Feb. 4
- May graduate Teegan Lowe (Monroe, Wash./Monroe) - Rhotia, Tanzania (fall) - appeared in four races, turning in season-high 46th-place finish at Feb. 18 NCAA-qualifier slalom
- Rising senior Moa Lundén (Stockholm, Sweden/Jämtlands Gymnasium Åre) - Auckland, New Zealand (fall) - regular scorer last winter, recording season-high 27th-place performance at Williams College slalom on Feb. 17
Men's Soccer
- Rising sophomore Aliou Cisse (Ithaca, N.Y./Ithaca) - Paris Internship Program in France (summer) - appeared in five games
- Rising senior Sawyer Pierpont (Salisbury, Vt./Bridgton Academy) - Ireland class (summer) - did not make any appearances
Women's Soccer
- Rising senior Christina Cummings (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) - Kyoto, Japan (summer) - appeared in 17 games on defense, making 16 starts
Softball
- Rising junior Brooke Edgerly (Morley, Mich./Morley Stanwood) - England class (summer) - batted .245 with 14 runs and five stolen bases while starting all 36 games as the Purple Knights' regular center fielder
Men's Swimming & Diving
- Rising sophomore Hunter Daily (Amherst, N.H./Souhegan) - Ireland class (summer) - 12th in 200-yard freestyle at Northeast-10 Conference Championship
Women's Swimming & Diving
- Rising senior Kaylan Conliffe (Windsor, Conn./Windsor) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Seoul, South Korea (summer) - swam for seventh-place 200-yard medley relay squad at Northeast-10 Conference Championship
- Rising senior Katie Dzambo (Windermere, Fla./Bishop Moore) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (summer) - won eight races, including seven as part of a relay, and aided a 400-yard freestyle relay school record
- May graduate Emily McLane (Morrisonville, N.Y./Peru) - South Africa class (summer) - won five events, including four as part of a relay, and aided a 400-yard freestyle relay school record
- Rising sophomore Ashley Meade (Belle Harbor, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) - Athens, Greece (summer) - won 19 events, including setting a school record with 15 relay triumphs, and aided a 400-yard freestyle relay school record
- Rising junior Ashley Silveira (Seekonk, Mass./Seekonk) - Freeman Foundation International Internship in Seoul, South Korea (summer) - won four events on the diving boards
- Rising senior Margaret Wilk (Hardyston, N.J./Pope John XXIII Regional) - Kraków, Poland (spring) - won 18 events, including eight solo, during seven first-semester meets
