{"id":93528,"date":"2023-03-21T12:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-21T16:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=93528"},"modified":"2023-03-21T13:29:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:29:16","slug":"nothing-but-net-bright-future-awaits-for-umw-scholar-athlete-karissa-highlander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2023\/03\/21\/nothing-but-net-bright-future-awaits-for-umw-scholar-athlete-karissa-highlander\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing but Net: Bright Future Awaits for UMW Scholar-Athlete Karissa Highlander"},"content":{"rendered":"

For senior biomedical sciences major Karissa Highlander, the University of Mary Washington has been the ideal place to be an athlete and a scholar.<\/p>\n

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Karissa Highlander is majoring in biomedical sciences with a minor in chemistry. She plays center on the Eagles women\u2019s basketball team.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Highlander has pursued a research-intensive undergraduate science career while also starting at center on a women\u2019s basketball team that this year soared to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division III Tournament.<\/p>\n

Recruited from Osbourn Park High School in Manassas by Coach Deena Applebury, Highlander visited campus and soaked in the basketball program\u2019s close-knit atmosphere. But what sealed the deal was the chance to participate in UMW\u2019s Jepson Scholars Program<\/a>, allowing her to do chemistry and microbiology research on alternative treatments for antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis.<\/p>\n

And she\u2019s found something else at UMW \u2013 a bonus family. When a military transfer moved her parents to California halfway through Highlander\u2019s college career, people from both her athletic and academic spheres helped fill the void.<\/p>\n

Distance made it impossible for her parents to be in the stands most game nights, though they did travel east in February to attend Highlander\u2019s last home game. Other times, teammates\u2019 parents stepped up to cheer for her in addition to their own daughters. Professor of Biology Dianne Baker, who is co-director of the Jepson Scholars program, has attended home games. So have Professor of Chemistry Kelli Slunt and Associate Professor of Chemistry Davis Oldham.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always have some family around,\u201d Highlander said, \u201cjust not always my own family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Highlander is pictured during the Summer Science Institute in her junior year. The institute lets students conduct hands-on research with professors and peers. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Highlander is poised to shoot en route to a UMW win over DeSales University in the NCAA Tournament. (Photo by Stephanie Graffin, DeSales.) <\/div> <\/div>
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Highlander soaks up a bit of team energy before a game. The UMW women recorded a 24-7 season and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Division III Tournament. (Photo by Steve Miller.) <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Highlander and fellow team seniors Ashley Martin, Molly Sharman and Bri Harper have connected since freshman year. Assistant coaches Alley Odell and Rebecca Harvey have been a support, Highlander said, and Coach Applebury has encouraged players in all they do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love my coach \u2013 she pushes me to be the best I can,\u201d Highlander said. \u201cIt\u2019s more than just basketball. She\u2019s always trying to prepare us to be the best possible versions of ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

After two pandemic-disrupted seasons, the Eagles women and came back stronger than ever this year, roaring through a 24-7 season and playing in the D-III NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen for only the fifth time in program history. The Eagles men also received a bid this year, marking the first time both teams have advanced to the NCAA Tournament in the same season.<\/p>\n

With basketball season over, Highlander is looking back on a UMW experience that included two summers of scientific research funded by the Jepson Scholars program \u2013 one with Professor of Biology and Biological Sciences Chair Lynn Lewis, and one with Oldham.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have enjoyed watching her grow as a scientist over the past four years,\u201d Oldham said of Highlander. \u201cShe is a very versatile scientist, having done well in organic chemistry, medicinal chemistry and microbiology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now Highlander is pondering a bright future that\u2019s likely to include graduate study in the sciences \u2013 and cheering on the Eagles from wherever she may be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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