Alumna Reflection: Tara Lonergan

Tara Longergan graduated from the Mount in May 2013 with a degree in History as a four-year letterwinner in women's basketball. Behind the ARCC recently caught up with the former forward to see what she has been up to since graduation.

            Since graduating from The Mount last year, I have become a full-time nanny for a two- and four-year-old who live in the same town as me. It’s tiring and stressful at times, but mostly it is a blast to get to hang out with two kids all day that love to laugh and play. I also work once a week at ValeU Group, which is an unclaimed property and asset recovery agency, as an asset investigator. Here, we find people's and company’s lost money that was recovered and never claimed by the individual. My boss is extremely laid back, and I’m just learning the in's and out's of the business for now.
 
          After playing basketball for four years away at school, I missed out on a lot of my other siblings’ sporting events. It was awesome getting to watch my sister play college basketball at Molloy for the first time (She’s a junior.) and along with a former teammate of mine. I was also able to watch my younger brother play on the JV basketball team for his high school and be the first team to go undefeated. I also tried out coaching for the first time and coached my sister’s 8^th grade town team, which was definitely an experience in itself.



Tara with two of her siblings, Paul and Paige.

            Looking back at my time at The Mount I would have to say I miss my teammates the most. I am still very close to many of my former teammates, but its different when you don’t get to see and play with them everyday. Living in New York, I was able to attend some of the games up here this past season, and I missed the team atmosphere that took place during the game. My favorite memory would have to be beating Seton Hall, which was the first time The Mount ever beat a BCS school, and beat Monmouth in the first round of playoffs during my senior year. I had my up's and down's while being at The Mount and after looking back at it this past year, I would definitely do it all over again.


Tara with (L to R) fellow 2013 alumna Selina Mann, 2014 grad Jessie Kaufman and current junior Jody Chickey.