This post is to recognize another academic achievement by a Whitman tennis player. You may know Elise Otto for becoming the first singles All-American at Whitman since 1988, for being a two time all NWC selection, for being named Whitman's most outstanding performer as a sophomore. But to those of us in Walla Walla, Twitchy is so much more than a tennis player.
I could list the multiple activities and accomplishments she has off the court, but I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that after a summer doing field and lab research this year, Elise is presenting that research at the annual Geological Society of America this weekend in Portland, OR. Her work involved going out into the summer heat in Eastern Washignton to collect samples which then had to be taken back to the lab for chemical analysis followed by statistics. She really got to know microsoft excel this summer and here is her abstract which you can find at
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_165041.htm
Great work Elise!
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