ATHLETICS

Claire Frier ’22

Hometown: Lafayette, NY

Major: Criminal Justice

Claire Frier and her women’s lacrosse teammates ended last season undefeated – and on the lowest note imaginable. One day after the Pioneers defeated Morrisville State to move to 4-0, the COVID-19 crisis forced the cancellation of the season on March 12. Nine months later, Frier and the nearly 200,000 Division III studentathletes continue to wait patiently to return to competition. “We’re definitely anxious to get back out there, but we know everyone is going through the same thing right now, and so you just have to stay patient and positive,” she says. “We’re fortunate that we’re able to be together as a team this semester and having that camaraderie of doing workouts and just hanging out, even if we’re wearing masks and not doing all the things we’d normally do.”

Pioneer student-athletes set UC record for GPA

Despite COVID-19 disrupting the athletic season and academic year, UC’s student-athletes finished strong. Pioneer athletes finished the spring 2020 with a record 3.39 grade-point average. Twenty-two UC athletic teams achieved a team GPA of 3.2 or higher.