The NSU women’s and men’s basketball teams will each lose five seniors when they graduate in May. Ross Allsop, John Brooks, Lemar Dyer, Alex Gynes, and Max Papendieck will leave the men’s team. Meloney Fosburgh, Lauren Marshall, Priscilla Perez, Stephanie Sarosi and Abbie Tepe will leave the women’s basketball team. The seniors reflected on their time at NSU and their plans for the future.
Meloney Fosburgh
Major: Biology and Psychology
Post-Graduation Plans: Attend Physician’s Assistant School (specialize in Pediatrics)
“I’ve learned a lot about life. I’ve grown a lot as a person. I’ve learned responsibility and time management and perseverance through hard times. I think it’s been more of a life lesson than [about] basketball,” said Fosburgh.
Lauren Marshall
Major: Secondary Education
Post-Graduation Plans: Marshall plans to go to Michigan to do her student teaching (internship) in the fall.
“I plan on moving somewhere in the Midwest to teach high school math and eventually be a basketball coach,” she said.
Marshall also said basketball has helped her “get ready for the real world.”
Priscilla Perez
Major: Athletic Training
Post-Graduation Plans: Attend Physician’s Assistant school to become an Orthopedic physician’s assistant.
“Most of the experiences that I’ve had [at NSU] have made me into the person that I am today,” said Perez.
Major: Biology
Post-Graduation Plans: Attend Optometry School and get married
June 2012
Sarosi said basketball at NSU helped prepare her for the future.
“I’m ready for the next step in my life,” she said.
Abbie Tepe
Major: Sports Management
Post-Graduation Plans: Play basketball overseas
“I have become more independent. [I have] become a leader. Basketball helped with that,” said Tepe.
Major: Business Management
Post-Graduation Plans: Play basketball in Europe
“I’ve become a smarter player. Personally [I’ve] just had a great time as well as with a whole bunch of great guys,” said Allsop.
John Brooks
Major: Finance
Post-Graduation Plans: Graduate school
Brooks said he learned perseverance through his experiences at NSU.
“[I was] going through a lot with not only basketball and with school, but dealing with family being so far away. I just want to accomplish this goal and get my degree. I’m almost there,” he said.
Major: Business Administration
Post-Graduation Plans: Pursue a Master’s in Business Administration
Dyer learned responsibility while playing basketball.
“You have to do things on your own,” he said.
Alex Gynes
Major: Business Management
Post-Graduation Plans: Play basketball professionally in his hometown of Australia.
Gynes said playing basketball taught him patience.
Major: Business Administration
Post-Graduation Plans: To go “wherever [his] best opportunities are.”
Papendieck said he learned time management and organization during his time at NSU.
