30 | LEHIGH ALUMNI BULLETIN | FROM THE NEST months I’m going to be missing all of it. I’m just trying to spend as much time as I can with my teammates and coaches because the time’s limited, and it feels more real now. What is your dream job? I'm actually going back to school for another two years to become a speech language pathologist, so that would definitely be my dream job. I also would love to coach lacrosse too. You ran cross country and track and field in high school. What other sports have you played? Growing up, I also played basketball, soccer, and I danced. When did you start playing lacrosse? I started in first grade. I’ve been playing for a really long time. My dad coached me when I was little and all my best friends from my hometown. We all started on the same lacrosse team. What’s the most challenging thing about lacrosse? Definitely the mental aspect. It’s a pretty long season. We play in the Patriot League, so it’s a very tough conference. We play teams like Army and Navy and Loyola, which are all extremely physical and intense games, and I put a lot of pressure on myself and hold our team to a high standard. It’s definitely hard to get out of slumps when we’re not performing at the level that I think we should be. So that’s something I’m definitely trying to focus on this year, just trying to stay positive and have a “next play” mentality and not get too caught up in my mistakes because I think that’s definitely the hardest part of the sport. You had quite a week last April. You became Lehigh’s all-time assists leader and then three days later scored your 100th career goal. What was that week like for you? A graduate student who has already surpassed 100 career goals and set the all-time school record for assists in 2023, Gabby Schneider ’23 ’24G helped Lehigh to the Patriot League Championship game in 2021 and back-to-back semifinal appearances the past two seasons. With a year of NCAA eligibility left due to the 2020 COVID-shortened season, Schneider is hoping to help her teammates do something they haven’t been able to do the past three seasons— beat Loyola in the Patriot League Tournament. Major: Psychology Master’s program: Education and behavior analysis Is there a difference playing a varsity sport as a grad student? Yes, there is. I definitely am trying to cherish every moment. I obviously did that all four years undergrad, but now I know I only have one season left. I’m embracing all the small things, like early morning lifts. I’m trying to view everything as a positive because I know in a few All-Time Assist A three-time first team All-Patriot League honoree, Gabby Schneider ’23 ’24G is No. 1 all-time in assists and entered the spring fifth on Lehigh's all-time point list. STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILE CHRISTA NEU
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