{"id":10076,"date":"2023-05-27T15:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T15:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=10076"},"modified":"2023-05-27T15:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T15:59:56","slug":"student-spotlight-abbie-hoffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2023\/05\/27\/student-spotlight-abbie-hoffer\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight: Abbie Hoffer<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Chloe Price \u201924, special contributor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduating senior Abbie Hoffer is leaving LVC after four years of pursuing her bachelor\u2019s degree in English and creative writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI always knew I was going to be an English major,\u201d Hoffer said. \u201cThe only thing I\u2019ve consistently pursued and enjoyed in my life is telling stories. My goal was to find a way to make my fiction writing better while at the same time learning the skills needed to pursue a job writing or doing something creative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoffer came to LVC from Harrisburg, PA, graduating from Central Dauphin High School in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I was looking to transfer schools after my freshman year, [LVC] was one of the schools I toured again,\u201d Hoffer mentioned. \u201cI wanted something a little closer to home since I\u2019d just been sent home from school to quarantine, and LVC provided me with the best scholarship of the places I had applied.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within the LVC campus, Hoffer is diversely involved\u2013\u2013an author in the 2023 edition of \u201cGreen Blotter,\u201d featured in the student-published collection \u201cBestiary,\u201d an intern in LVC\u2019s Marketing and Communication department and a teammate of the LVC women\u2019s tennis team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennis became a part of Hoffer\u2019s life after her my mom signed me up for tennis when I was 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had recently quit gymnastics, and she told me I wasn\u2019t allowed to just sit at home during the winters,\u201d Hoffer recalled. \u201cSo, I started taking lessons during my off seasons, and when I stopped playing softball, tennis became my main sport. I made the team in high school and played all four years, and decided I wanted to try to play in college.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hoffer\u2019s favorite part of tennis is the psychology of the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of strategy involved that requires you to think on your feet, and if you have a good mental game, you can achieve amazing things on the court. I have beaten people who were better players than me because I can keep a cool head even when the score isn\u2019t in my favor. It\u2019s fun getting to adapt and analyze in real-time in order to play the best possible game.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, Hoffer has a least favorite part of being a student-athlete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTrying to juggle everything I have going on,\u201d Hoffer shared. \u201cEspecially senior year, I had to be very conscious of my time so I could split it between school, tennis, my internship and job searching while still managing to have time to socialize.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, Hoffer recalls, \u201c\u2026I\u2019ve had a pretty positive experience on the LVC team, my game has improved significantly, and I\u2019ve been a part of an incredible team of people.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team won the MAC championship for the second straight year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This was also our last chance to win the MAC since we\u2019re changing conferences, so it\u2019s nice to go out on top.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far as advice to future LVC tennis players, Abby has that too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome to practice every day ready to work. It doesn\u2019t matter what the rest of your day has been like or what you have to do that week,\u201d Hoffer suggested. \u201cJust step out onto the court and give it your all. Not every practice is going to be stellar for anyone but give it your all regardless.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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