Rebecca Packer is having an incredible rookie season for the women's tennis team. She won nine of her first 10 singles matches and won seven doubles contests, with five of them being in the #1 position. Was named the Skyline Conference Rookie of the Week on September 12.
Name (First and Last) |
Rebecca Packer |
Major |
Undecided |
What is your career ambition? |
Sports Physical Therapy |
| What is your favorite thing about Yeshiva University? |
Being able to continue on with my schooling in an environment I am comfortable with while being with friends
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What is your favorite thing
about being a student-athlete at Yeshiva University? |
Being able to be part of a athletic team without having to compromise or sacrifice religious values. |
| What Yeshiva University class have you found most beneficial? |
Intro to Psychology
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What was your greatest
memory as a Yeshiva student-athlete? |
Being in the deciding match against Farmingdale. After I lost the first set, I came back to win the next two sets making the entire team win 5-4. |
Who was the most influential
person to you as a child? |
My mother, she's always there if I need her. |
What is your favorite food? |
Chicken and chocolate, I can't choose.
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In high school, what clubs were you involved with? |
I was on the tennis and basketball teams. |
If you can have dinner with any celebrity, who would you choose? |
Amar'e Stoudemire |
Favorite sport to play (besides your sport)? |
Basketball |
What is your favorite sports team? |
New York Knicks
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What would people you know now find surprising about you when you were younger? |
I only started playing tennis when I was 14 years old when my friend made me go with her to tennis camp. |
