Freshmen to Watch

For Arthur Hall ‘24, golf has always been a way for him to spend time with his grandfather. He is in northern Minnesota many summers, living with his grandparents and playing golf.  “My grandpa taught me how to play golf when I was around six or seven. It was just a really common game,” Hall said. “I like to spend time with my grandpa, and play golf with him. It’s just competitive and f...

From tennis to basketball to soccer, track, and even cross country, Kalea Seaton ‘24 tried a lot of sports until she finally settled on swimming. “All my life I've done sports and just quit them,” Seaton said. “I would always be trying new sports and, I guess, swimming just stuck.” Seaton started swimming competitively in fifth grade and is now in the Junior Elite training group as p...

Early morning practice, jumping into the cold water before he is fully awake and swimming laps, only to get out and go to school afterwards, is a common occurrence for Joe Polyak ‘24. “[I like that] it's only you, that matters [in swimming],” Polyak said. “There's no one else that can affect your outcome.” Polyak started swimming competitively at the Gators Swim Club in Florida at the age...

When people store things away, they often put them out of sight, where they remain forgotten until they or someone else finds them again. Erika Ernst, who had played volleyball in high school, had a volleyball in her closet, where her daughter stumbled across it around the age of six. “I just found a volleyball in [my mom’s] closet one day and I was like, ‘Can we pepper?’” Claire Ernst �...