Behind The ARCC: Catching up with Alum Mary Dunn (c/o 2011)

We caught up with Mount St. Mary’s University Alum Mary Dunn the other day and asked her all about her experiences as a student-athlete at The Mount. Mary Dunn, Class of 2011, was a four year starter for the women’s basketball program from 2007-2011. She came to the Mount from Whippany, NJ, where she attended Morris Catholic High School. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications, she played professionally in Puerto Rico for Mets de Guaynabo. Dunn is currently a graduate assistant for the Bethune-Cookman Women’s Basketball Program, working on her masters in Transformative Leadership.

· My experience attending the Mount was probably typical for most student-athletes. Who could ever forget 6 am weights, running hills with our strength coach, or two-a-days at the start of the season? Being a student-athlete at the Mount was definitely a challenge, but no matter how tough it got, we knew we would get through it together - as a family.

I had a great 4 years at the Mount as a member of the Women’s Basketball team, and from the second I left Emmitsburg, I knew it wasn’t about the wins or losses, but the relationships that blossomed over my career. I can truly say that I left the Mount with life-long friends, and memories that I will never forget. The Mount gave me the opportunity to meet amazing teammates who turned into my best friends, whom I continue to lean on and learn from to this day.

My coaches, professors and administration during my time at the Mount have all influenced who I am today in my life and career. It is a tight-knit community that always went out of their way to get to know me as a person, and was always willing to help. They have become my frame of reference moving forward in my life because of the respect that I have for them and all that they have done for me.

I will always look back on my time at the Mount as a student-athlete, and be thankful for the opportunity that I was given to succeed and grow to my full potential. I will always be proud to be a member of the Mount family, and look forward to every chance I get to go back and visit my alma mater.