{"id":10078,"date":"2022-03-21T14:58:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T18:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=10078"},"modified":"2022-03-28T16:46:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T20:46:17","slug":"womens-history-month-title-ix-profiles-kaileigh-nuessgen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2022\/03\/21\/womens-history-month-title-ix-profiles-kaileigh-nuessgen\/","title":{"rendered":"Women\u2019s History Month\/Title IX profiles: Kaileigh Nuessgen"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Women'sTo honor Women\u2019s History Month, University of Detroit Mercy\u2019s Office of Marketing & Communications spoke to Titan student-athletes and coaches about their experiences in sports, which Title IX made possible. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of the landmark legislation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what women\u2019s lacrosse student-athlete Kaileigh Nuessgen <\/span>had to say:<\/span><\/p>\n

Kaileigh Nuessgen<\/strong>
\nYear:<\/strong> Sophomore
\nHometown:<\/strong> Beavercreek, Ohio<\/span>\u202f<\/span>
\nMajor\/Minor:<\/strong> Criminal Justice (accelerated 5-year)\/Leadership and Literature<\/span>\u202f<\/span>
\nExpected graduation year:<\/strong> 2025<\/span>\u202f<\/span>
\nSport:<\/strong> Women\u2019s lacrosse<\/span>\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why did you choose Detroit Mercy?<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/strong>
\nThe academic and athletic opportunities that were available here, and then the environment. It was something I wanted to be a part of, a growing city.<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

How did you get involved in sports? How old were you? What sports did you play?<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/strong>
\nMy older brother was always in sports and my family was just really big into sports. As soon as I could walk, I was doing something. It started with soccer and then I started wrestling in first grade and picked up lacrosse my freshman year of high school.<\/span><\/p>\n

What has your experience as a student-athlete at Detroit Mercy been like?<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/strong>
\nI\u2019d say very positive. Obviously last year with COVID and coming in as a freshman, it was definitely an adjustment to be made. But we did the best we could with what we had and what we could do. There\u2019s obviously a lot of growing to be done everywhere, but I definitely enjoy the environment of college athletics.<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

How has participating in sports shaped your life experiences?<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/strong>
\nI think it taught me a lot about discipline and hard work. Especially with wrestling, I definitely faced a lot of difficulty being a female in a male-dominated sport. There were a lot of times where I was younger, people wouldn\u2019t want to wrestle me because I was a girl. Just learning to work through that and continue to be underestimated in every match you step out on. It taught me a lot about pushing through that.<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

There weren\u2019t a lot of girls to wrestle my freshman, sophomore or junior year, I didn\u2019t really run into many. But my senior year, Ohio actually started the Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association state tournament for women\u2019s wrestling, so I was able to, my senior year, compete in that against other females. I did a lot of girls tournaments when I was younger, but in high school, there weren\u2019t a lot. It was co-ed. I was the only girl on my team, but I wrestled against guys all four years.<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

Who is a role model that you\u2019ve had in sports?<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/strong>
\nThat\u2019s a good question. I can\u2019t really think of a specific athlete because I kind of switch it up, but all the U.S. Women\u2019s National Soccer Team players were pretty big growing up, because I was really big into soccer when I was younger. So just seeing them fight through a lot of adversity and stuff like that, that\u2019s very inspiring. And there\u2019s a couple female wrestlers that are cool to watch and cheer on in the Olympics.<\/span>\u202f<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out our other profiles on our women student-athletes and coaches: <\/span>Women\u2019s soccer student-athlete Hannah Alexis<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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