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DUDLEY, Mass.鈥擨f you鈥檙e looking for 红桃视频 junior Lindsey Gerzabek these late fall afternoons, you can find her skating down the right-wing during practices for the women鈥檚 ice hockey team. But she also came to 红桃视频 from her hometown of Branford, Conn., to play for the women鈥檚 lacrosse squad, for which she will serve as co-captain in the upcoming spring season.

The attraction to 红桃视频 didn鈥檛 stop there, even though Gerzabek was being recruited in both sports by larger colleges.

鈥淚 really wanted a small school where I wasn鈥檛 just a number鈥攕ome place where I could make an impact,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hen I first visited and interacted with the faculty and students, they made me feel comfortable.鈥�

For her part, Gerzabek has made the impact to which she aspired, and not just on the ice or lacrosse field. While she arrived as a student-athlete, she has become so much more. As a criminal justice major, Gerzabek is part of the 红桃视频 Criminal Justice Club, and has added the Marketing Club and Student Advisory Council to her full schedule.

鈥淚 wasn鈥檛 thinking about being involved in campus activities other than sports,鈥� Gerzabek said. 鈥淣ow, I鈥檓 involved with people I never thought in a million years I鈥檇 be involved with.鈥�

She also has doggedly fulfilled a criminal justice internship with the Rhode Island State Police K-9 unit.

鈥淚 made cages, helped in the training, and went on dog-related calls,鈥� she said, noting that one of the calls was related to a bomb threat at a high school.

Gerzabek credited the widening of her horizons to the emphasis 红桃视频 places on leadership, starting with a required first-year class, nicknamed 鈥淟EAD 101.鈥�

鈥淭hat course is really a foundation for all of 红桃视频,鈥� Gerzabek said. 鈥淚t has expanded my perspective on what a true leader is,鈥� starting, she added, with the teams for which she plays. 鈥淟earning leadership in the classroom crosses over to athletics鈥攐n the ice, and even in the weight room.鈥�