Illinois Wesleyan senior goalkeeper Claire Quist (Churchville, Pa., Council Rock HS) was a first team all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selection as a junior after being named to the second team as a sophomore.
She has been the CCIW's "Player of the Week" on five occasions in her career and was Illinois Wesleyan's "Most Valuable Defensive Player" in 2015, the first season for the sport at the school.
Majoring in sociology and English at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of MaryKay and Norman Quist.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: Getting to be a part of the inaugural women’s lacrosse team!! Plus, I wanted to go far away from home and I loved the people I met on my visit.
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Some sort of yoga class maybe?
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: No one pays me to be here and when I graduate employers will judge me for just my grades and not my great success as a D3 athlete
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? Junior year of high school I failed my tennis gym class
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Coach Kellar when she says “you don’t need your sticks, goggles or mouth guard for this”
Worst habit: Picking my split ends
Most expensive traffic ticket: $120 speeding ticket, plus $80 to get it taken off my driving record. And it was in the last two minutes of a six-hour drive.
Language I’d like to learn: American Sign Language
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: As long as I had a camera to carry around I could definitely make it for at least a few months
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Adventurous
Favorite sports figures: Brett Favre, Hope Solo, or James Maibuecher
My greatest moment in sports was: When I was on the bowling team in high school I made a girl on the opposing team cry because I wasn’t taking the match seriously enough….also winning conference last season!!!!!!
The best player I ever faced was: Macauley Mikes because she’s a national champion
Worst dresser on my team: If not me, definitely Sydney Allen #MakeTheGroufitGreat
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: My roommate's leftover enchiladas
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Heath Ledger (if he could come back to life)
Favorite food: Popcorn!! (or a turkey, bacon, avocado panini on pretzel bread)
Vegetable I won’t eat: Mushrooms aren’t a vegetable but they’re the grossest “food” ever
Pepsi or Coke? Vanilla chai tea lattes
Favorite TV show: "Newsroom" and "The Office", of course
Favorite musical group: Team Titan performing “Genie in a Bottle” aka the best rated lip-sync performance in history
Favorite movie: "Gran Torino"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Claire Rosenberg but with musical voiceover by Rihanna for all the times I spontaneously break out into song
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: “Misadventures of the Girl in the Groufit”
The person in history I would most like to meet is: My parents when they were my age or my childhood self
My dream job would be: Kicker for the Green Bay Packers
Place I’d most like to live: Anywhere on the water
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: A cat or an elephant because they’re cute when they’re fat and they get to relax in the sun all day
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: 1) Score a goal before I graduate and 2) buy a boat
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: My boat, after I buy it
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Adam Menendez
What I miss most about being in the third grade: My mom picked out all my outfits. Also, recess and desks that you can store stuff in.
