Lueger is majoring in Electrical Engineering
BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an unbelievable quantity of laborious work and dedication to excel each within the classroom and on the sphere.
On this Scholar-Athlete Highlight, we’re that includes Panther volleyball participant Lexi Lueger, a sophomore who’s majoring in Electrical Engineering.
An outdoor hitter from Seneca, Kansas, Lexi transferred to Florida Tech final summer time from Johnson County Group School and helped present an instantaneous influence. Lueger recorded 104 kills and 21 complete blocks in 22 matches in 2022 as Florida Tech had its highest win complete in seven years.
Following the season, Lexi was named to the State Convention Commissioner’s and Florida Tech Athletic Director’s Honor Roll with a 4.0 GPA!
With Lexi’s first 12 months at Florida Tech winding down, we sat down together with her to speak together with her about what made her select Tech and what she’s trying ahead to each on and off the court docket within the coming 12 months.
■ What’s your main at Florida Tech, and why did you select this? Is it one thing that you simply’ve all the time wished to do?
My main is chemical engineering, I initially wished to be a health care provider and I used to be a biology pre-med main, however then I took my one and a half years of biology lessons and determined biology is simply not for me. It’s an excessive amount of memorization and chemistry and math, it’s extra like understanding and truly making use of that data, so I made a decision on that.
■ What was it about Florida Tech that made you wish to be right here?
I knew I wished a level in chemical engineering, I wished heat climate (laughs) and I additionally wished Division II volleyball. So, I made a listing of all the faculties which have these issues, and went on a few visits, however once I visited right here, I knew that it was the one.
■ How do you intend to make use of your diploma after commencement?
It’s nonetheless TBD but it surely’s a extremely numerous trade, so if I don’t take pleasure in the very first thing that I select, there’s all the time one thing utterly completely different within the discipline.
■ What are a number of the thrilling tasks that you simply’ve been in a position to work on in lessons right here?
I actually haven’t accomplished quite a lot of tasks but, as a result of I’m nonetheless a little bit early in my diploma. I’m solely about two years in however we’ve accomplished some analysis on chemical energy crops and issues like that and that was attention-grabbing.
■ Volleyball season begins virtually as quickly as college students return to campus for the autumn and there may be a lot that goes in these three months of the season. How do you retain every part balanced with a lot to do?
Nicely, I undoubtedly attempt to set time away for myself. Do one good factor per week no less than for myself, and that I all the time make a listing and attempt to full these issues so as of highest precedence to lowest precedence.
■ How has being a collegiate athlete ready you for what you’re doing now and what do you’re taking from the court docket that you simply apply to your research?
Yeah, I actually really feel prefer it’s taught me the best way to persevere and be taught by failure. It’s okay should you fail at one thing as a result of then you possibly can attempt once more and doubtless do higher in your subsequent try.
■ What recommendation would you give to an athlete coming to Florida Tech that has an curiosity in Chemical Engineering?
I’d say undoubtedly be sure to take pleasure in chemistry and math as a result of it’s the whole ordeal of that main, but when you realize that you simply like these issues, then I’d undoubtedly say it’s price it as a result of it’s a extremely attention-grabbing discipline.
■ What was your favourite reminiscence of this previous season?
I’d say Embry-Riddle, it was only a sport that was form of a turning level for us to know that we’ve actually improved a lot from the earlier 12 months. So simply coming in and beating a rival like that simply gave us a spark.
■ What are you most enthusiastic about heading into the 2023 season?
I’m actually excited to simply be with quite a lot of the identical women once more, we actually didn’t lose an entire lot of individuals, so I’m actually excited to simply play one other 12 months with my staff and see how far we are able to get.
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