Meet our First Year Spartans--Carrie Orcutt

Hi. My name is Carrie Orcutt (pictured on far left) and I am 18 years old. I have lived in a small town in Florida for my whole life. Making the decision of which college I was going to attend was definitely the hardest decision that I have made so far in my life. My mom and I visited over twenty different campuses, but somehow, Case just felt different.

Everyone was so nice to me while I was on campus. I could see myself spending the next four years of my life in Cleveland. I was looking for an excellent academic school that was located in a big city. Case was everything I could ask for. I knew right then I would probably end up at Case for my college career, but I ended up drawing my decision out to the very last minute.

Most of my friends did not want to leave the warm Florida weather, but I had different plans. I wanted to experience winter weather, instead of 80 degrees on Christmas day and over 100 degrees in the summer. When someone would ask me why I wanted to go to Cleveland, the answer for me was simple. I had an opportunity to get a great education and still be able to play basketball. If that meant coming to Cleveland, then that was what I was going to do. Coach Reimer was so helpful throughout the whole process and that just made my decision so much easier. She didn’t just want to know how interested I was, but also cared enough to ask what I was doing with myself and how our season was going. Knowing that I would be able to learn from someone like that was an amazing feeling.

This coming fall, I will probably be majoring in biology, with possible minors in music and sports medicine. I am very excited to start school and leave behind the hot weather of Florida. Hopefully I will not freeze in the winter!!!