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Passion
liz Asaro-biggar 92 Kelly Gorman rakowski 91
Confdence. Pride. Dedication. Respect. Working hard and playing hard Kelly Gorman
Commitment. These are just some of the things Rakowski 91 learned how to do both while at
Rochester Athletics gave Liz Asaro-Biggar 92. Rochester. As an economics major with a minor
in health and society, she focused on sports,
Rochester Athletics from the coaching to
academics, and work during her experience at
the camaraderie to the competition hugely
Rochester. Kelly went from the soccer feld to
shaped who I am, says Liz, whose frst
the classroom to a work-study program at the
impressions of Rochester came from being a
University of Rochester Medical Center.
soccer player. She adds, It was a near perfect
experience from the get-go. I always felt Athletics gave Kelly the opportunity to learn
valued we all felt that way. about leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship,
and the pursuit of excellenceall skills she
Coaching was a big part of this. Our coach,
transferred to the classroom and into her life
Terry Gurnett, did thingsand didn t do
today as a partner in a health care consulting frm.
things on purpose, so we could learn on our
own, she says. That was such a gift, one that Athletics were such a big part of my campus
spilled over from the feld and into every part life, Kelly says. I am grateful for the lifelong
of me. It s a recipe that Rochester s coaches are friendships with teammates and classmates; for
still using today. the opportunities the University provided; and
for the support and leadership that came from
Now, as a mother of three young children, Liz
my coaches, professors, and mentors there.
strives to instill in them the confdence that
grew from her Rochester experience. I want Kelly gives to the Annual Fund to support
them and everyone to fnd what they student-athletes and create opportunities for
love, be it sports or music or whatever, Liz them. There s great pride in me when I tell
says. She and her husband, Stephen Biggar 92, people I went to the University of Rochester,
contribute to the Annual Fund to support, as Kelly says. I want to do what I can to help
she says, the kind of passion that helps you build the talent here, grow the University s
believe that nothing can stop you, no matter reputation, and help young people be
what you might be doing. successful, on and of the feld.
