Why Wesleyan? - West Virginia Wesleyan College

WHY WESLEYAN: FOR ATHLETICSALUMNI PROFILEAmazing ZayasFemale Athlete of the YearZayas, a senior from Ponchatoula, LA, is the returning WVIACwomen’s soccer player of the year and also a multiple-recordholder (steeplechase and indoor 4x4) on the women’s track team.She has helped lead the Lady Bobcats soccer team to three straightWVIAC conference titles and also three straight NCAA tournamentappearances. In 2009–10, she was awarded the first-ever MarvinCulpepper Female Athlete of the Year award.After capturing the conference soccer player of the year award lastyear as a junior, Zayas immediately began looking toward her seniorseason with high hopes, stating “I definitely want to win conferenceagain and my other main goal is to make it to the NCAA Final Four.”Meghan Zayas doesn’t justillustrate the phrase“student-athlete” — she alsorises above the average and setsthe bar for all student-athletesat Wesleyan.Being on the soccer team is a huge part of Zayas’s life at Wesleyan,so it only makes sense that soccer was one of the main reasons shechose to be a Bobcat. “My soccer coach went here and kept tellingme to visit, so I did and I loved it. The people are amazing and thearea is beautiful.”Assistant Coach Dereck Johnson noted that, “Two words come tomind when thinking about Meghan: humble and dexterity. Everycoach wishes they could have a player like Meghan. I have coachedmany players and she is the type of player you wish you could have11 of. She makes the game look so effortless, goes against the norm2 2 SUNDIAL SUMMER/FALL 2010