Today on the Dishin & Swishin podcast, we take a look at the “student” part of student-athlete. The guests on the podcast, Connecticut senior center Heather Buck and Duke junior forward Haley Peters, have achieved team and individual success on the basketball court, but they are really excelling of the court as well.
Buck is a nursing student at UConn, juggling practices, games, and basketball related travel with class time and hospital rotations. She is focusing on pediatric and emergency care in a hospital setting, and our interview was actually conducted during her lunch break while on her shift at the prestigious Connecticut Children’s Hospital.
Of course we also talked some on court goodies with the young ladies.
Buck faces senior night this weekend, and we discussed facing those emotions and her role as a Husky, and the thoughts of her family as well, plus the recent game against Baylor and what that means going forward.
