Editor’s note: Throughout the week, we’re posting profiles of the 10 members of the 2010 Penn State Homecoming Court: Daniel Cartwright, Danielle DaSilva, Dan Florencio, Marina Johnson, Katherine Larimer,Curran McCready, Jared McKnight, Jessica Pelliciotta, Katy Poole and Justin Ross. Check back as we continue to publish more and more profiles. And click on our Homecoming page for a full listing of the week’s Homecoming events. Penn State students can cast ballots for Homecoming king and queen online here:https://homecoming.psu.edu.
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Unlike many of her high school classmates, Katy Poole wasn’t dying to flee immediately after graduation. Even though she looked elsewhere, Poole always knew Penn State was the place for her.
A kinesiology major focusing in athletic training, Poole is also a student in the Schreyer Honors College. In 2008, she received the Lockheed Martin Design Excellence Award, given to the top senior design project in bioengineering.
On campus she’s president of the Athletic Training Club; off-campus she is a youth group leader for the State College Presbyterian Church. Poole is also a member of Springfield THON, a special interest independent THON organization. Next year, she’ll represent Springfield as a dancer for THON.
Poole is a bit of a football fanatic. In what she calls her most embarrassing moment during her undergraduate career, she spotted Franco Harris downtown and started shrieking, causing a bit of a scene. Poole’s love of football extends to the entire show; her dream date with a Penn State celebrity would be—“without a doubt”—the new Blue Sapphire Matt Freeman.
Poole is looking forward to participating in Homecoming, an “organization with such great tradition.”
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