Senior Spotlight: Rebecca Fuehrer, Penn State Lehigh Valley
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Name: Rebecca Fuehrer
Campus: Lehigh Valley
Primary Sport: Volleyball
Primary Position(s): Middle Blocker
Hometown: Allentown, PA
High School: Bethlehem Catholic
Major: Psychology
Academic Achievements: Dean’s List every semester
How did your Penn State education prepare you for life after graduation? It taught me a lot of time management & resourcefulness.
How do you hope to be remembered by teammates and coaches? Feisty yet willing to help anyone who needed it.
What is your favorite memory from playing your sport at Penn State? Joining the volleyball team my junior year & immediately being accepted even though I had never played before. The bus rides home were always my favorite, only after a win though.
What is the best advice you ever received from a coach or teammate that you would share with other student-athletes? To let sports be my stress release. Practice and games were a few hours out of my week that I could turn my mind off for a bit & just play & have fun.
What are you most looking forward to post graduation? Or in your transition to University Park (or other campus) to finish your degree? Grad school. I want to go on and earn my doctorate of psychology.
What are some of the tools or skills that you learned through all the years of playing your sport that you plan to instill once you enter the workforce? Team work gets all the work done a whole lot faster than doing it by yourself.
Please use this space to thank anyone you wish to acknowledge for their support during your academic and athletic career. I would like to thank all my coaches (basketball and volleyball included). My parents, my teammates, & all my awesome professors at Penn State LV. Everyone was always very supportive & understanding. I am beyond thankful for PSULV.