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Meet The Owls: Kirstin Colwell of SCSU Volleyball

4/13/2020 1:00:00 PM

Southern Connecticut Athletic Communications will be featuring student-athletes from various teams throughout the remainder of the spring semester and into the summer months. Next up is SCSU junior Kirstin Colwell (Coconut Creek, Fla.), who appeared in 11 games and a total of 19 sets for the Owls this season, while contributing 23 kills. Colwell was also a supporting factor in the Owls' first Northeast 10 Championship in program history in 2018 and two back-to-back NCAA Regional appearances during the 2017 and 2018 seasons.

Meet SCSU Volleyball's Kirstin Colwell

Nickname. What do your teammates call you? 

KC

What is your favorite tv show?

Criminal Minds

What is your favorite movie?

Divergent Series

If someone made a movie about you, who would play your character? Why?

Lilly Collins, she is very sweet and young and good in all of her movie roles

What professional athlete inspires you? Why?

Tim Tebow, he was not afraid to share and show his religion on the field

Why did you choose Southern Connecticut? What set it apart from the other schools you visited?

I loved the team and it had a great education program

What's your favorite course that you've taken at Southern Connecticut and why?

EDU 200: I loved the professor and the class was very hands on. We were also able to go out into the field and observe a classroom.

What does wearing the SCSU logo mean to you?

That I represent something bigger than myself, an entire community

Who is your funniest teammate and why?

Jen, she tells a lot of funny stories and is clumsy and goofy

What's your favorite inspirational quote?

"The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle" Michael Jordan

What is your favorite cereal?

Blueberry frosted mini wheats

What's the strangest talent you have?

My thumbs can twist really far

What are three things on your bucket list?

Go out of the country or study abroad, swim in the Great Barrier Reef, learn to surf

If you could have any one superpower, which would you choose?

Invisibility

If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why?

A giraffe, they are tall and graceful

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