Nov. 16, 2007
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Known as the team comedian, senior midfielder Meredith Kohn has a knack for keeping the Commodores loose during the season. In addition to having an upbeat and colorful personality, the Alpharetta, Ga., native has provided the Commodores with much more than just a laugh in her career. A staple of Vanderbilt’s starting lineup, she will graduate in May, 2008 with a degree in psychology.
On being known as the comedian on the team… It is fun. When things are going bad, I try to stay upbeat and crack a joke when everyone is tense. For me, I’d rather be laughing even when things are hard because it is so much easier if you are at least having fun.
On describing her personality… I’d say I am pretty outgoing and easygoing. I just don’t let a lot bother me.
On how she came to be known as the comedian on the team… The more comfortable I got with the team, the more I opened up. That is just the way my personality is.
On her favorite comedy… “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” is my favorite comedy. It is pretty cheesy, but I think it is hilarious.
On her favorite comedian… I love Will Ferrell. I probably quote “Anchorman” more than any other movie. It is the movie our team quotes all the time, and I feel like we quote the entire movie.
On the importance of keeping an upbeat personality… I think it is extremely important because a lot of times when games are tough and practices are tough, there’s really not much else that is going to get you through except trying to stay positive and upbeat. Sometimes you have to laugh about it or make jokes about it to kind of keep things in perspective.
On being a leader on the team… I love it. I feel like our team is so close and there is no difference between the freshmen and the seniors. We all hang out together and there is really no division in age, so it makes it really easy because I look up to everyone on our team for different reasons.
On playing for coach Coveleskie… It has been good. She is very intense and she wants the team to do well, and I think we all work very hard because we all want to ultimately achieve the same goal.
On her career aspirations after soccer… I’d really like to work in the pro sports world either doing public relations or broadcasting. I’m not exactly sure what, but I love sports, so I’d definitely really love to work for a sports team.
On her favorite off day activity… I love to go shopping and I like to go out to eat and hang out with my friends.
On how she got into playing soccer… I joined a local recreational league when I was young and just really liked it. I liked working on it and going out and practicing and working hard, so it kind of evolved from there.
On living with fellow senior teammates Amy Baumann and Sarah Dennis for the past three years… It is awesome. After living with each other for so long, we just know each other’s little quirks and funny things that no one else would know unless you live with somebody for so long. We all have such different personalities, but for some reason everything works for us. We balance each other out.
On the hardest part about living with roommates… It is funny because even sometimes when we are like, `I just want to be alone,’ we will go somewhere together. There are very few people that I feel like I can spend that much time with and they are definitely two of the top ones.
On growing up in Alpharetta, Ga… I love it, and I love living in the South. Everyone is a lot nicer, and I just love the Southern culture. I’d definitely like to stay in the South once I graduate.
On going to school at Vanderbilt… I love Vanderbilt and having a smaller campus. It is tough being an athlete at Vanderbilt because of our workload. The courses are difficult and we still have to balance playing, practice and traveling. It is tough, but I think it is definitely worth it.
On going to school in a big city like Nashville… If I had to do it over again, I would definitely pick a school in a big city because there is just so much to do. There is always something going on. n
