Athletic Lab is made up of a diverse group of goal-oriented and hard-working individuals. That’s why we take a moment each month to highlight one (or more) of our members in our member of the month feature. For the month of February, we’ve chosen three of our Scholastic Athletes. Ella Reaves Vaughan (ERV), Grace New, and Grace Nelson are lacrosse players at Cardinal Gibbons. Though they have spent their high school years on the same lacrosse team, and several months (or in some cases, years) training together at Athletic Lab, they will all be going off to separate schools to continue their lacrosse careers. ERV will be attending the University of Virginia, Grace New the University of Louisville, and Grace Nelson THE Ohio State University. All three have been working hard in their group private sessions as part of our Scholastic Sports Performance Program. You can check out our previous members of the month here.



Name: Ella Reaves Vaughan (ERV)

Age: 17

What sport do you participate in Lacrosse

How long have you been participating your sport 6 years

Can you tell us more about the school you’ve committed to UVA is the perfect school since it’s located in the South and is a big ACC school; I especially love the coaches and how they unite the team together to make playing lacrosse even more fun.

What is your favorite and least favorite exercise Favorite: tie between sprinting drills and K-Box / Least favorite: pushups

What do you feel have been your greatest accomplishments so far My greatest accomplishments so far have definitely been committing to UVA in October of this year, along with becoming so much stronger (thanks to our squats) and faster with the help of Coach Matt from Athletic Lab.

 

Name: Grace New

Age: 16

What sport do you participate in Lacrosse

How long have you been participating your sport 6 years

Can you tell us more about the school you’ve committed to I am committed to the University of Louisville, which is part of the ACC. I first visited there the summer after freshman year and committed December of my sophomore year

What is your favorite and least favorite exercise My favorite exercise is pull-ups and my least favorite is side planks

What do you feel have been your greatest accomplishments so far increasing my pull-ups and getting faster

What motivates you in your training Working out with Grace [Nelson] and ERV, who are so so talented, motivates me to get better!

 

Name: Grace Nelson

Age: 17

What sport do you participate in? Lacrosse

How long have you been participating your sport? 9 years, I started when I was in the 3rd grade

Can you tell us more about the school you’ve committed to? I committed to Ohio State because I think my personality fits in best with that big of a school. I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the campus, and I love my coaches and my future teammates.

What is your favorite and least favorite exercise? My favorite exercises are the change of direction sprints we do. My least favorite are by far jumping split squats and the K Box.

What do you feel have been your greatest accomplishments so far I think my greatest accomplishment is winning two State Championships with my high school team, and being announced an All-American after my junior year season.

What motivates you in your training? What motivates me is how much all my hard work pays off in the end. It’s a struggle….no doubt….but it’s all worth it. :)