This past semester at Holy Cross was amazing from all perspectives. From academics to social life to soccer, I couldn’t have asked for a better start to my second semester on the hill. I had to report to campus on August 13th for soccer and within a week our team was on a plane to San Francisco to open up our regular season at Santa Clara University. Having the opportunity to partake in this trip was such a blessing and was an experience that I will never forget. After the game we returned to campus on a red eye and I headed straight into my first classes of the semester that very morning, a semester that proved to be enthralling from start to finish. I thoroughly enjoyed all of my courses, but one class in particular, Modern Physics, consumed a lot of my time this semester and proved to my most interesting class I’ve taken thus far. Whether we were discussing relativity or quantum mechanics, I left every class with a million questions which would consume my thoughts for the rest of the week. While being the most challenging course of my semester it was the course in which I learned the most and will look back on it as the highlight of my semester. I had the opportunity to engage in activities beyond both academics and soccer. I found myself attending a student led athletes bible study on a weekly basis. While I am not overtly religious, I am studying at a Catholic institution and I would be remiss if I didn’t take the opportunity to learn more about the faith, something that I have greatly enjoyed. I’m so grateful and blessed for all of the opportunities that have been granted as a result of MVYouth’s unbelievable generosity.