Freshmen Spotlights: Part One

These are the athletes who will help define the coming seasons of UR Athletics. They each come ready to dominate the fields — or greens — on which they play. Here are the first eight of the fall sports season.

Zarah Quinn
High School: Rush-Henrietta Senior High School
Hometown: Rush, N.Y.
Major: English
What do you miss most about home: Hanging with my sisters
Favorite other sport: Badminton — that’s a sport, right?
Favorite food: All
Favorite TV show: “Cash Cab”
Favorite movie: “American Beauty”
Favorite book: “Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte
Secret celebrity crush: Old-school Jimmy Stewart
Favorite athletic memory: My high school cross country team qualifying for New York State Championships
Weirdest thing you’ve seen on campus: A guy staring up at the library doors for five minutes. It was a spectacle.
 

Bailey Gripshover
High School: Wissahickon
Hometown: Blue Bell, Pa.
Major: Brain and cognitive sciences
What do you miss most about home: Wawa!
Plans after college: Music cognition research
Favorite other sport: Badminton
Favorite food: Freeze pops
Favorite TV show: “Law and Order SVU”
Favorite movie: “10 Things I Hate About You”
Favorite book: Anything by Dr. Seuss
Secret celebrity crush: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Favorite athletic memory: Making the all-time best list at my high school
Favorite UR tradition: Fill Fauver events
Weirdest thing you’ve seen on campus: The New York version of a philly cheesesteak
Expectations for the season: Getting personal bests and having fun!
 

Sean Coyne
High School: Walsh Jesuit High School
Hometown: Hudson, Ohio
Major: Economics
What do you miss most about home: Friends and
family
Plans after college: Get a house with some of my soccer friends on the ocean
Favorite food: Chocolate covered pretzels
Favorite TV show: “The Office”
Favorite movie: 300
Favorite book: “Holes” by Louis Sachar
Secret celebrity crush: Michael Cera
Favorite athletic memory: Playing in the National Championship game with my club team
Favorite UR tradition: Fill Fauver
Weirdest thing you’ve seen on campus: Joe Osborn’s “funny face”
Expectations for the season: Win the UAA and have a successful run deep into the playoffs
 

Max Eberhardt
Class: 2012 (red shirt freshman)
Sport: Soccer
High School: McQuaid Jesuit
Hometown: Pittsford, N.Y.
Major: Biology
What do you miss most about home: My puppy
Favorite other sport: Ski racing
Favorite food: Steak
Favorite TV show: “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Favorite movie: “The Departed”
Favorite book: “Angels and Demons” by Dan Brown
Secret celebrity crush: Jessica Alba or Megan Fox (can’t go wrong with either)
Favorite athletic memory: Winning Sectionals in 2 OT
Favorite UR tradition: Celebrating big wins with the team (singing)
Expectations for the season: A UAA Championship and a deep run into the NCAA tourney
 

Jacob Findlay
High School:  Fabius-Pompey High School
Hometown:  Fabius, N.Y.
Major: Chemical engineering
What do I miss most about home: Hanging out with my close friends
Favorite Food: Chicken wings
Favorite TV show: “How I Met Your Mother”
Favorite movie: “Remember the Titans”
Weirdest thing I’ve seen on campus:
Expectations for the season: As a team, win Nationals.

Marc Youngentob
High School:
Winston Churchill High School
Hometown:  Potomac, Md.
Major: Undecided
What do you miss most about home: The car
Favorite food: Chicken burrito from Chipotle
Favorite TV show: “Entourage”
Favorite movie: “Animal House”
Favorite book:  “Bringing Down the House” by Ben Mezrich
Favorite athletic memory: Winning the gold medal at the 2009 Maccabiah Games
Favorite UR tradition: The garbage plate run
Weirdest thing you’ve seen on campus: The dirt buggy driving around
Expectations for the season: Make it to NCAAs

Bridget Kehm
High School: Aquinas Institute
Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
Major: Biology or political science
What do you miss most about home: Technically, I’m still home.
Favorite food: Chicken French
Favorite TV show: “Scrubs”
Favorite movie: “National Treasure”
Favorite book: “The Time Traveler’s Wife”  by Audrey Niffenegge
Secret celebrity crush: James Franco
Favorite athletic memory: Winning states in high school
Weirdest thing you’ve seen on campus: High speed bumps
Expectations for the season: Advance into the NCAA tournament
 

Bridget Lang
High School: The Peddie School
Hometown: Chesterfield, N.J.
Major: Biology
What do you miss most about home: Family, friends, Wawa and Ritas Water Ice
Favorite other sport: Lacrosse
Favorite food: Steak and mashed potatoes
Favorite TV show: “Grey’s Anatomy”
Favorite movie: “P.S. I love you”
Favorite book: “My Sister’s Keeper”
by Jodie Picoult
Secret celebrity crush: Patrick Dempsey
Favorite athletic memory: Junior year in high school for lacrosse, we were down 7-1 against our rival school at halftime and came back to win 8-7 in the last 40 seconds of the game.
Favorite UR tradition: I hear D-Day is great.
Expectations for the season: The team is great and we definitely have a chance at winning the UAA and going far in the tournament.