Student-Athlete Spotlight... 
Kimberly Eaton
For our first student-athlete spotlight, we interviewed Kimberly Eaton of the Wellesley golf team. Kimberly is a first year from Shepherdstown, WV who is already making an impact for the Blue. In her first collegiate tournament, Eaton took ninth place shooting rounds of 76 and 81. She followed up her debut with a third place finish at the Mount Holyoke Invitational and then, the next weekend, earned medalist honors in a tri-match against Endicott and Mount Holyoke. Capping off the fall season, Eaton won the individual title at the Wellesley Invitational and helped lead Wellesley to the team title.
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The Basics...
Sport: Golf
Year: First year
- Hometown: Shepherdstown, WV
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Major: Pre-med
In-Depth...
- One word that best describes you: Competitive
- Role model?: My mom
- Favorite aspect about your team: We complement each other well. When someone falters, someone else always does well.
- Pre-Competition Routine: I hit balls on the range for 45 minutes and then I practice chipping and putting for about half an hour. I then work on suppressing my first tee jitters.
What is your dream job?: MD/Veterinarian
If you could play any sport that you have never played before, what would it be? Crew
Goals for your team: Go to the NCAA National Championship!
What are your plans when you graduate?: To go to vet school or possibly med school
Who is your favorite professional athlete?: Tiger Woods
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?: Working as either a vet or a doctor.
What do you want to know about the future?: If human beings will ever live on a planet other than Earth.
What does success mean to you?: By the time I die, I would like to know that the things I did in my life made a difference in
the world.
What does it mean to be a student-athlete at Wellesley?: It means that you have an opportunity to represent your school to other schools and to the outside world. For me, it has also provided a connection to Wellesley, so that I feel I am a contributing member of the strong and talented Wellesley community.
Something about you that would surprise people: It may be that I will never learn how to parallel park.
Nobody knows how much I like… Mufa Pup (my dog)!!!!!
Interview questions prepared by: Megan Wood '10
Missed one? Check out the archive: 2007-08 Student-Athlete Spotlights
