Baltimore, Md. – This Senior Spotlight is dedicated to a dual-sport athlete from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.Jeannette Rosales-Blanco has competed in three seasons of cross country and was a part of the inaugural Track season in 2019. She will be graduating this upcoming May and successfully double-majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience and Biology.
As a cross country runner, Rosales-Blanco competed in her freshman year by running in all seven races for the Gators. She additionally earned third place for Notre Dame in five races. During this season, she posted a season best, 32:31.3 at the Hood Invitational. In the Track program's first year of competition, she competed in the 1500M with a personal best at the Twilight Invitational.
While being a student-athlete at NDMU, Rosales-Blanco has made extensive strides in the classroom seen by double majoring and holding a GPA of 3.3. She has been participating in the cross country and track programs, and in this time has also held the Dean's List, and earned the Colonial States Athletic Conference All-Academic Team for both Cross Country and Track seasons. As a senior, she was a CSAC Honor Roll recipient during the 2019 cross country season. In addition to her academics, involvement in the community at NDMU is very important to her as she is a member of many clubs and societies. Rosales-Blanco is a member of the Hispanic Cultural Society Society as well as the Vice President. She is the Track Club Treasurer, the Class of 2020 Secretary, and involved in Ti Beta. She has completed four years of research on campus studying the ocular neuron activity in the Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach. Furthermore, Rosales-Blanco has an ongoing Internship at Johns Hopkins Hospital working to extract clinical data to improve patient safety and surgery outcomes through an assessment of sleep apnea clinical impression. In her free time she has learned to play the piano this past year as well as participating in an internship for Susan G. Komen, focusing on community engagement.
In the future, Rosales-Blanco hopes to further her education by pursuing a Master's Degree in the Baltimore area.
Why did you choose to become a Gator?
I chose to attend NDMU because it afforded me the opportunity to advance my post-secondary education in a community that challenges one to strive for intellectual and professional excellence.
What is your favorite memory at NDMU?
My favorite memory at Notre Dame was hosting a jousting event on campus to fundraise for the track and field club.
What is your favorite memory with your team?
My favorite memory with the cross country team is the chant we would recite before every race - "Chomp, chomp, gators came to stop, stop (x2) Goooo Gators!"
What is one lesson or take away you will have from being a student-athlete at Notre Dame?
My biggest take away from being a student-athlete at Notre Dame has been commitment. When committing to a sport, you owe it to your university, team, coaches, and yourself to be determined to be the best at anything and everything you do.
Describe the community here at NDMU.
NDMU shapes and cultivates women to be leaders, and since attending NMDU, I have learned to be a fearless leader. Part of being a fearless leader is focusing on growth, forward momentum, and action while also embracing failure and learning from it.
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