The Next Chapter - Erin Conroy

These past four years have come and gone faster than I can say “Lady Hawks”. On May 22, 2011, six of us graduated and began new chapters of our lives. Sadly enough we all seem to be heading in different directions; whether it is continuing our education in Graduate School, beginning a career in nursing or accounting, or heading out to a fashion forward place of California, we all have our roads paved out in front of us. For me, my path does not stray too far from where I already am. Beginning next week I start my classes for my Master’s degree in Education Leadership from yet again, Quincy University. While taking these classes, I will be the new graduate assistant for the Quincy University Athletic Department in which I will be able to learn the “behind the scenes” events and doings of what makes a success athletic department and program. However, I am not through with our soccer program yet. I plan to also assist Dave and Katie and try to help the Lady Hawks along their road to a GLVC Championship and a National Championship.

Now being a college graduate I have set new goals for my life and want to accomplish many things, but I will never forget the times that I have spent with my former teammates, roommates, and best friends.

Erin Conroy
2011 QU Lady Hawk Graduate

Catching Up With Alumni - Rachel Poepsel Grohmann

Hometown: Wentzville, MO

High School: St. Dominic

Position: Midfielder and Forward

Graduation Year: 2007

Major: Marketing

Awards: First Team All-GLVC

What was your favorite game at QU and why?
There are so many memorable games but my favorite was against Northern Kentucky my senior year. It was a Friday night under the lights and tied 0-0 until late in the second half. In less than 1 minute we scored 3 times and ended up winning 3-0. Everyone was so excited after each goal and the momentum was awesome!

What was your favorite memory as a QU Lady Hawk?
My favorite memory as a QU Lady Hawk was finding out we were going to the NCAA tournament my senior year. The whole team worked so hard all year so it was really rewarding to have the opportunity and extend our season even longer.

Being an attacker, what was your most memorable goal at QU?
My most memorable goal was against Rockhurst my senior year. It was the first round of the GLVC conference tournament and we were losing 1-0 with less than 2 minutes in the game. I scored off a pass from Becky Fleming to tie the game 1-1. We ended up winning in OT which advanced us in the tournament. It was so exciting!

What is special about being a QU Lady Hawk?
I loved being a QU Lady Hawk! I liked how all of the teams supported each other. Since QU is a small school you get to know the athletes on the other teams. We would go to a lot of basketball, baseball, volleyball, and football games and they would come to our soccer games. Most Division II teams don’t have the same support.

What was your favorite pregame activity?
The music and dancing in our locker room before home games!

Who was your Hawk-Mate…any thoughts?
Jenna Boyko (a.k.a. Deer) was an awesome Hawk-Mate! We went to high school together so it was really neat to play with her again! DOMINATORS!!!

What are you doing now four years after QU?
I can’t believe it has been four years since graduation! I graduated with a Marketing degree and I currently work in the Finance department at The Boeing Company in St. Louis. A business degree from QU helped open the door for me at Boeing. I graduated with my M.B.A. from Missouri Baptist in 2009.

QU Women's Soccer Alumni Game Video (Click The Picture To Watch)

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Summer Days Ahead

As we enter finals week, our Lady Hawks are focusing on finishing the Spring Semester on a positive note by achieving good grades. Our women’s soccer program was very fortunate to win the Team Academic Achievement Award at the Mart Heinen Awards Banquet for the third straight year. This award is given to the women’s program at QU with the best Team GPA. We had an outstanding 3.56 Team GPA. Congrats to our players for managing their time, working hard, and producing in the classroom just as they do on the field.

Our players are heading home next week with their summer workout programs. Our players are doing various activities such as playing club soccer, WPSL, involved in personal workout programs, and also following our H.A.W.K. Summer Program. This is a 12 week program divided into 4 phases set up to prepare our ladies for the fall. It involves cardio, strength, ball work, agility, speed work, playing, etc. Training and preparation is now up to the players by attacking each day with the “Fit For Life” attitude. Every year I’ve been at QU our players have always reported to preseason super fit, focused, and hungry for success. It’s key for our players to report fit so we can use that limited time to shape our team quicker focusing more on team tactics.

We will have more blog updates soon so please keep checking. We are in the process of posting our Alumni Game Day Video (which is awesome!!!), but we are having difficulties with this blogspot site. We will post videos, interviews of our newcomers, and other updates from players throughout the summer. Thank you for following and supporting our Quincy Lady Hawk Program.

- Dave Musso

2011 Alumni Game Photo

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The Quincy University Lady Hawk Alumni Game Saturday April 30 was a huge success. A big thank you to the 25 Alumni Hawks that came back to enjoy the event. We are currently putting together a very neat alumni game video which will be coming soon. Please check back later.