Getting to Know Cara

• Why did you choose to attend Mount Holyoke? - I liked the atmosphere and the campus. It seemed pretty peachy to me.
• What do you like best about Mount Holyoke? - We are all a bunch of weirdos and accept and encourage it in one another. There is a great mix of personalities on campus!
• Favorite Sports Movie - Miracle
• Best Sporting Event Ever Attended - Head of the Charles...it is basically rowing Mecca
• Favorite Pro Sports Team - Cleveland Indians    
• Favorite Athlete(s) - Megan Rapinoe
• Childhood Idol - Jim Thome
• Hobbies - I'm sure I have some
• Person You'd Like to Have Dinner With - Rachel Maddow               
• Place You'd Like to Visit - The Land Down Under and New Zealand
• First Memory of Your Sport - For my first race my coach accidentally entered us into the college frosh 8 race. One of my teammates caught about 16 crabs and we still got 2nd (out of 2)
• Most Memorable Moment in College Athletics - Any time we beat Smith you know it is going to be great.
• Pre-Game Rituals - Pumped-up tunes, probably being late or having the wrong shirt on at the boat huddle...oops, and having fun on the way up to the start line
• Best Advice From a Coach - Sit up!
• If You Had $1 Billion Dollars You Would - Keep a little, help a lot
• Career Aspirations - Something inspiring, challenging, keeps me active, not too repetitive day-in, day-out, lots of free time for adventuring, in a great location, and if they are needed, good spinny chairs.