What's Next for the Class of 2016

7/12/2016 10:00:00 AM | Baseball, Football, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming and Diving, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country & Track, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Women's Fencing

By: Mallory Majcher

With graduation behind us, NUSports.com sat down with several graduating seniors to get an inside look at their plans after college.

BASEBALL
"I will be working for American Axle & Manufacturing in Detroit, Michigan."
– Evan Schreiber

"I plan to continue my career in baseball until I'm told to stop. And then I will use my invaluable engineering degree to start a career in chemical engineering."
– Jake Stolley, Baseball

MEN'S BASKETBALL
"I plan to take my talents overseas and compete at a professional level."
– Alexandru Olah

"I am extremely thankful for my four years as a Wildcat. I am beyond excited for another year of eligibility and the opportunity to begin my master's in sports administration here at Northwestern."
– Sanjay Lumpkin

FOOTBALL
"I will be moving to Dallas, Texas, to pursue a career as a client relations associate with Epic Health Services Inc."
– Stephen Buckley, Football

"Next year, I will be taking advantage of my fifth year of NCAA eligibility on the football team while pursuing a master's in Management Studies from the Kellogg School of Management. Additionally, I will be on volunteer staff with the Northwestern branch of Athletes in Action."
– Austin Carr

"I will begin my career with Aldi as a district manager."
– Terrance Brown

"I plan to continue my education through the School of Professional Studies with a master's in Public Policy and a concentration in Public Administration."
– Connor Mahoney

"I will be completing a post-baccalaureate certificate in the School of Professional Studies while finishing my final season of football at Northwestern University. I will also be moving on to the next stage of my life as I become a father in September/November."
– Joseph Jones, Football

MEN'S GOLF
"I will start my career at a sport's agency in the fall after a summer in Evanston."
– Joshua Jamieson

MEN'S SOCCER
"I plan on applying to graduate schools this summer to pursue a doctorate degree in Physical Therapy."
– Nati Schnitman

MEN'S SWIMMING AND DIVING
"Next year I will be attending Law school in England."
– Grant Halsall

MEN'S TENNIS
"This summer I am taking a Euro trip, where I'm going to six different cities before I go home to Oslo for a few weeks. I will be back early August to start working for a hedge fund in Evanston."
– Fedor Baev

"I will be moving to New York City to work at AQR Capital following a seven-city tour of Europe with my former teammate, Fedor Baev."
– Mihir Kumar

WRESTLING
"Next year I will be at Stanford, beginning a PhD program in genetics."
– Robert Coukos

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
"I am going to play professional basketball overseas."
– Maggie Lyon

"I am going to pursue a professional basketball career in Greece."
– Tessa Haldes

"I will be returning to Northwestern for a fifth year of eligibility and pursue a master's degree."
– Lauren Douglas

WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY
"I will pursue my dream of being an on-air sports reporter. My journey begins in July and I will be working as a sideline reporter for Fox College Sports."
– Megan O'Brien

"I will be working with Green Corps for a year as an organizer for environmental campaigns."
– Renee Wellman

"I am commencing my post-bacc for pre-med classes in the Chicago area and applying for med school afterwards! I am also entered to run in my first marathon this coming fall at the Chicago Marathon."
– Camille Blackman

"I will spend the summer finding a team of ministry partners to support me as a one-year intern with Athletes in Action, a college Christian ministry, at Northwestern. The long-term plans are a bit fluid, but I will likely either be pursuing my law degree or a career in national security policy in Washington, D.C. "
– Erica Grubbs

"I will be working at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington D.C., doing research on rule of law as part of their Junior Fellows program."
– Elena Barham

"This summer I will be moving to New York and joining AQR Capital Management as a business development analyst."
– Allison Jacobsen

WOMEN'S FENCING
"I plan to pursue a career in sales and marketing in the collegiate sports industry after graduation."
– Courtney Dumas

WOMEN'S GOLF
"My current plan is to move back to Thailand and pursue a professional golf career in Asia. Ultimately, I would love to come back here and play on the LPGA tour in the near future!"
– Suchaya Tangkamolprasert

WOMEN'S SOCCER
"I'll be working as a medical assistant in Lincoln Park then attending Physician Assistant school next fall."
– Suzanne Malherbe, Women's Soccer

"After traveling this summer, in August I will be starting my position as a business analyst for A.T. Kearney out of the Chicago office."
– Jennifer Korn

"My long-term plan is to attend medical school. Before that, I am taking a gap year, working for a sports medicine physician at the Rehab Institute of Chicago."
– Rachel Bergman

WOMEN'S LACROSSE
"I will be working as a research assistant in the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Lab at Northwestern. We conduct family studies in order to gain information about the genetics behind autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders."
– Nancy Dunbar

"Starting July 27th, I will be training for William Blair's investment banking analyst position that I will start full time in August. I will live in Boston but will be back in Chicago on a regular basis because it is where William Blair's HQ are located."
– Hadley Brooke

"I plan to continue my lacrosse career for a fifth year while beginning the Northwestern sports administration graduate program!"
– Christina Esposito

"I've had an incredible experience at Northwestern and I am so excited to stay in Chicago for the Kellogg School of Management, Russell Fellows MSMS program."
– Spring Sanders

WOMEN'S TENNIS
"I plan to continue my tennis career by training back home in England and travelling around the world playing professionally."
– Alicia Barnett

FIELD HOCKEY
"I am excited to be joining LinkedIn in San Francisco."
– Lisa McCarthy

"After graduation I will be working as a district manager for ALDI."
– Kirsten Ward

SOFTBALL
"I am so excited to move to the city and begin my professional life as a district manager for Aldi. I am even more excited to get my alumni football tickets!"
– Aubrie May

"I will be joining Aldi's management team. Starting in July I will participate in a rigorous training program in order to become a district manager in the Chicagoland area."
– Brianna Lebeau

WOMEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING
"I'll be moving to downtown Chicago to work at Cortland Capital Market Services LLC as a client services associate in fund administration."
– Chelsea Soderholm

"I am moving to India to work for an organization that evaluates poverty reduction programs."
– Ellen Anderson

"I will be applying to medical schools and continuing research in Northwestern's audiology lab."
– Julianne Kurke

VOLLEYBALL
"I am planning to complete a pre-medicine post baccalaureate and go to medical school to become a pediatric oncologist."
– Abigayle Kraus