S T U D E N T I M PA C T
Breanna Studley '22
A Dream Come True Starting at a new school is always scary. Making friends and
When many students across the country were learning
adjusting to the expectations of new teachers are layered on
through computer screens last year, Breanna felt incredibly
top of the myriad challenges of navigating adolescence. As
fortunate to be immersed in a campus community. She will
Breanna Studley prepared to join Tabor’s class of 2022 last
graduate this June and hopes to play college hockey while
fall, she faced particularly daunting circumstances.
studying criminal justice in order to pursue a career in the
Coming in as a junior, she wasn’t sure how she would break into the friend groups that had coalesced over the past two
FBI. Although her time at Tabor has been short, she has made lifelong connections.
years. Social-distancing requirements would probably make
“The friendships I’ve made have been the most impactful
it harder. Complicating matters, Breanna broke her arm at
part,” Breanna says. “I’m super close with a lot of the kids
the end of summer, forcing her to arrive a month late, her
in the junior class, so leaving them will be sad. But you build
arm entombed in a massive cast. Understandably, she was
such strong relationships here. Those don’t just fade away.”
a bit apprehensive about starting. All of that dread evaporated on her first day. Her teammates on the soccer and hockey teams went out of their way to seek her out and welcome her. “It was amazing how they took me under their wing so quickly,” Breanna says. “It’s like I wasn’t new.” This was the culmination of a five-year dream. When Breanna was 11, she played in a youth hockey tournament at Tabor. “I remember watching the students, being in awe of the Fish Center and Travis Roy Rink and thinking that one day I want to be here.”
Last spring, she wrote to several of the donors whose gifts had supported her financial aid award.
wanted to say thank you. “ II just wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for them and I just hope I’ll be able to do the same thing one day. To help out the generation younger than me. My parents always say that when I’m older and have enough money, I’d better give back to Tabor for everything they’ve done for me.
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– Breanna Studley
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