Senior Jocelyn Riordan (Lake Forest Park, Wash.) is an iconic Logger. I was especially excited to interview Jocelyn because, as the basketball manager, I was lucky enough to see her as a role model on and off the court. Since her sophomore year, she has been chosen for an All-NWC selection, along with being a NWC student athlete of the week for basketball. This season, in a game against Whitworth, Riordan became the seventh-highest scorer in school history.
“It was really nice to be able to have milestones and show what I’ve done over the last 4 years, because I’ve definitely put in a lot of time and work to be a part of this program,” Riordan said. “What I got most out of my basketball career are the friendships I’ve made and the relationships I’ll have for the future, and I learned a lot about myself. It’s nice to know I’ll be remembered in this program.”
Riordan is a starting guard, and has made the starting lineup in every game of her career at Puget Sound.
“By my junior [year] I was captain, and I like to think the team looks up to me as a role model, not just as an athlete, but as a student as well,” Riordan said.
She did not come to Puget Sound expecting to play basketball, however. She was initially recruited to play soccer in the fall and track in the spring, but ended up playing basketball instead. Basketball is the sport with the longest season at Puget Sound, encompassing both the fall and spring semesters.
Riordan is spending her last semester with the track team, participating in the javelin and shot-put and discus events.
“It’s great to still be part of a team, and I still get to compete and wear Puget Sound across my jersey,” Riordan said.
Off the court and the field, Riordan is a valuable member of the Puget Sound community. She is very involved in Greek Life and Logger Nation. Her first priority as a student-athlete, however, has always been academics. She is currently finishing her thesis and will be presenting at the upcoming symposium. Following her thesis, Jocelyn will be heading to San Francisco to present at the National American College of Sport Medicine Conference.
Jocelyn Riordan is a senior who has encompassed every value of what being a Logger truly is and all of her hard work and dedication has made her a Logger that won’t be forgotten.
