{"id":18709,"date":"2021-05-25T09:22:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T09:22:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/?p=18709"},"modified":"2021-05-25T12:37:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:37:37","slug":"university-spotlight-st-thomas-aquinas-college-stac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamstox.com\/en\/in-the-spotlight-english\/university-spotlight-st-thomas-aquinas-college-stac\/","title":{"rendered":"University Spotlight: St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
An extra special university spotlight this week, because we are going to talk about the (future) university of five of our slamstox student-athletes! St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) is the university we are talking about. The university is located in Sparkill, New York and has a group of student-athletes called the ‘Spartans’. Two Slamstox tennis players and a hockey player are now part of this group of student-athletes and one of our hockey players and one of our track and field athletes will join this year! First a little more about them below ..<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slamstox tennis player Eliza Mulder obtained her VWO diploma in 2019, that meant the beginning of her adventure in the USA as a student-athlete. In the Netherlands she worked hard on the tennis court, so she took that experience with her to America. There she works hard on the tennis court and in school: she is also studying Biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before Eliza left for the USA, she did an interview with the AD, in which she said, among other things, the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In America you go to the lecture hall in the morning and you are on the tennis court in the afternoon. That means at least 15 hours a week of tennis, excluding a match day at the weekend. For every away game in that immense country you get on a plane. Tennis matches in Dallas, Miami, Alabama, you name it. Of course I like to experience something like that! The university team consists of eight players. So I will have to fight for my place in the team, but that is fine for me. “<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n