Brady Fleurent '19
Setting New Records for his Team and his Family
Brady Fleurent 鈥19 is a force to be reckoned with as part of UNE鈥檚 Nor'easter Men鈥檚 Hockey team. Majoring in Sports Management with minors in Business and Coaching, he aspires to having a career in hockey after his graduation, preferably by joining a pro team.
As a first generation student, Brady explained how fortunate he has been to receive the Hearst Foundation Scholarship. Knowing how much work his brothers, Trevor 鈥17 and Tyler Fleurent 鈥13, did in order to attend 51品茶helped him understand that college would be an expensive and potentially difficult option. At the same time, he knew what he wanted to do with his future. 鈥淎ffording a college education is difficult as I am paying for school myself. I could have gone to a less expensive college to play hockey, but I didn鈥檛 want to pass up the opportunity to be at UNE, so I figured I would work extra hard to find a way to pay for school.鈥
One of Brady鈥檚 favorite moments from the past year was when 51品茶hosted the NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship. By the time the team had reached the ice to warm up, two hours before the game, the building had been sold out and a line was still winding its way to back to the dorms! 鈥淭here was definitely a pretty cool feeling knowing that the students had your back like that,鈥 Brady explained.
Brady continues to be thankful for the amazing times he has had on and off the ice, along with all the help he had along the way that made it all possible. In particular, he thanks the Hearst Foundation for providing him with a scholarship, as he states, 鈥淚 am going to have to start paying back loans next year, so receiving the Hearst Foundation Scholarship means a lot for me. Thank you to the Hearst Foundation for this wonderful scholarship which has helped me very much.鈥