Keyera Wynn came into Maryland knowing with full certainty she wanted to be on the pre-health track—but that didn’t mean there weren’t times that first year where she was fearful it wouldn’t work.
Balancing the normal adjustment period that every freshman goes through with being a contributing member of the women’s soccer team from day one was no small task. Add in the fact that Wynn was on arguably the most difficult academic path in pre-med and the challenge became even more daunting.
Fortunately for Wynn, her then-teammate Darby Moore, who was a fifth-year senior when Wynn was a freshman in 2019, was also a pre-med student. Moore was actually the one who put the Pre-Health Terps organization in motion and she was there for Wynn when she needed an ear about her experiences as a pre-med student-athlete.
The program was fully up and running during Wynn’s sophomore year, but because of COVID-19 restrictions, everything was virtual and Wynn didn’t get the complete experience due to some timing overlaps with her other responsibilities. By the time her junior year rolled around, however, she was able to fully commit and immediately fell in love with the program.
“The organization is really great because athletes may sometimes be hesitant to go into health professions or they may struggle with it, but athletes actually make really good candidates to be health care professionals because of our ability to manage different things,” Wynn said. “We also have to keep our bodies healthy in order to perform, so there’s a background there.”
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