Meghan Schnur

So somehow I was surfing the internet and found some interesting stories on former UConn Women's Soccer player Meghan Schnur.

http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid7068.aspx


http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid6720.aspx

Schnur is one of a handful of athletes that I never actually saw play in a meaningful game at UConn. I regret that I never saw her or Shannon Burke play. I'd say almost the same thing about Julius James. I did see a couple of men's soccer games that he was in but I had no idea who he was and didn't pay much attention to him. In Burke's case I saw her score a goal in the lacrosse alumni game. I skipped Lip-Sync to catch a glimpse of that and then head over to the women's soccer game. (Yes I LOVE SPORTS that MUCH) In Schnur's case, I never saw her play.

I saw Schnur a couple of times around campus this year, (This year I could identify her from a hole in a wall) She was studying once by the co-op and I think she was wearing soccer gear too. I was impressed, I past by there a couple times in an hour and she was still studying. I also remember seeing her run around campus in the rain when the women's soccer team was traveling and was a little surprised to see her because I knew she was an assistant coach for them. (Because she isn't an "official assistant coach" I don't think she traveled with the team. Not exactly sure on that one though) Seeing her go for a run in the rain impressed me. I like work ethic like that, and I like having proof that I'm not the only crazy person on this earth. I also remember being impressed that she was running around campus with soccer cleats and a soccer ball on either a cold or rainy day or both, I just remember that it was a bad day weather wise. I have no idea where she was coming from though. She was headed towards Gampel from Fairfield Way. Maybe she played around the Hawley Armory (Which I believe was the first home for UConn Huskies Basketball) I love people who put in that much effort into their craft. A person with that kind of work ethic is someone that I enjoy rooting for and will regret not being able to see her play.

One of the articles that I posted links to talks about her practicing in the rain for the WPS (Womens Professional Soccer) combine. I hope Schnur makes it and I hope I do get a chance to watch her play. She's won a lot of accolades at UConn, it's too bad I never saw why. I think those two articles are pretty good and worth the read. The Lord also knows that Graham Hays is a much better writer than I am.

I have to say that most people don't take the time to appreciate the sports other than basketball and football at UConn and I think that's a shame. I don't think I realized that until four things happened, my roommate Errol Watson was on the track team, Lauren Lamberti and Rebecca Murray added me on facebook, so I watched some Volleyball; my roommate Josh Kanter got me to watch Men's Soccer and Ryan Grace has got me to watch a lot of different sports. I will be forever grateful to them for getting me to watch and care about sports other than Football, Basketball and Baseball. (Don't get me wrong those 3 Sports are sports that Ryan and I deeply care about. It's just that we care about other ones too) Without those people I would not be writing about Meghan Schnur right now. I never would have known who Micah Truax, Dominique Thibault, Pierre LePage or Jennifer Kleinhans were. Worst of all without Ryan Grace I probably would never have seen Cory Bildstein's amazing goal or know that there are great athletes on this campus like Meghan Cunningham. (I wrote about her and 3 other two sport athletes. Cunningham also participated in a women's soccer league over the summer too) I must say that most UConn students are really missing out on a lot. Senior Day should be a big deal for every team and everyone on campus because every year amazing people play their final games for UConn.

I hope to watch all UConn teams play before I graduate. I think I have 6 or 8 teams left. I know that Golf will be tough, but maybe seeing them in Bradley Airport before I went to North Carolina in late March last year is good enough. And Let's be honest there aren't too many people that know that Dave Pezzino is the Head Golf Coach at UConn.