By Helena Winterbottom
Campus News
Tess Merrill is a freshman at Endicott College and a local to Greenwich, NY. A nursing major, she attended Greenwich Central High School, and many accomplishments she has achieved for rugby on a college level have garnered her much recognition. Since joining Endicott College’s Rugby team playing the Outside Center position, she has won All-American Honors from National Collegiate Rugby representing Endicott College. The team went to CCRC Championship, and finished the season going to the Collegiate Rugby All-Stars 7’s National Cup in Houston, Texas. Merrill has provided much to talk about in terms of her performance in the game, with consistently impressive performance.
Merrill was interviewed for this article. She is bright and auspicious, and the experience of talking to her is quite delightful. She has proven already that she has a lot to offer and has excelled at the sport of rugby.
Q: What are some pitfalls you experienced in your career?
A: CCRC Championship playing against Salve Regina and were down by 2 trjes 10 minutes into the game, we were able to bring ourselves up, won by 40 points, that was a pitfall but we came back from it.
Q: What win have you had that’s felt your most victorious?
A: The Salve game. It was one of the highlights of our entire season. It brought us to nationals while we played in Syracuse. It was a very muddy tram, we stuck together and were very positive and won the first game. We lost against Cortland the next day. We could not go to regionals.
Q: Why nursing?
A: Huge passion for having a career that is not only self-fulfilling but watching involves other people succeed with your help. I want to change the world, but by helping.
Q: Who in your life makes you feel most inspired?
A: My parents are a huge part of my support system; have been with me every step of the way and have given me a passion for sports all my life. Growing up having my coaches have been really involved with the game and have been pushing me to my fullest potential.
Tess conveyed this information to me while contemplating her future in the sport of rugby, and her desire to advance in the realm of the sport. She is very inspired by the motivation granted to her by her parents and her coaches, who she says make her feel inspired to be better at both the sport and at her general athletic pursuits in general. Tess has a lot of promise and potential in regards to her personal ambitions when it comes to the sport of rugby and in her generally livelihood, believing in herself to an extent that feels inspiring. Tess is excited to bring her team to greater ambitions and goals before graduation, because she believes she has the capacity to achieve such things without pushing her teammates to the brink of stress and without confusion of knowing who is in charge of the goals themselves.
Tess has shown more promise as an individual athlete than most people in her league and that is saying a lot. Her prominence in context of the team and their most recent season has highlighted her as a key player when considering who will take Endicott’s team on to greater success. Tess has been able to prove her abilities as a leader through her ambition and drive through her abilities as an athlete and a teammate. Kindness and endearment permeate her attitude towards the sport and generally her approach towards the future accomplishments the team might be able to accomplish.
In regards to coming seasons, Tess hasn’t provided anything to consider for readers to observe when taking into account when and what to look forward to in regards to collegiate rugby. While we know that her abilities have been gleaning much to look forward to, we can only hope that there are good things to come as far as the trajectory of Endicott College’s success in the league.
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