UNCW Women’s Soccer player Audrey Harding shares what is in her bookbag
December 4, 2021
Soccer player Audrey Harding gave The Seahawk a tour of her bookbags. Find out why Harding carries two bags and what the soundtrack to her study sessions are below.
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Two Bookbags.
Harding does not regularly carry two bags around campus. They were present, “because I have to stay on campus for a pick-up game later. I make one [bookbag] for school more and one for soccer to separate them.”
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Pencil Pouch.
“My students and my teacher all gave me going away, end of my internship gifts, so I got this pencil pouch and a note from one of the students.” Harding was interning with a class of first graders as a part of her major in elementary education.
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“Social Development” by Amanda J. Rose, Ross D. Parke and Glenn I. Roisman.
A textbook for psychology which focuses on children’s development looking at the influence of biology and the environment upon the way children view themselves and mature over time.
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Water bottle.
A Gatorade water bottle coined the student athlete bottle. “Keep hydrated! That’s what my coach always says.”
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Laptop.
Harding has a minimalist approach to decoration, with stickers sporting the names of local coffee shops. “I like Sunday’s view, but I love Social’s coffee. I like to keep it simple, just the four stickers.”
Harding has a superstition when it comes to drinking coffee during the soccer season. “I can’t drink coffee before a game, or the day of. Because I’ve never done it and if I did well with it, I would have to keep that tradition.”
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Air Pods.
“I usually listen to music if I’m walking to class or studying. My favorite [country singer] is Thomas Rhett. For homework I usually do country or chill music, something easy to focus on like lo-fi.”
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Clif Bar.
“After practices I usually try and have a snack before I try to do more stuff. Clif is the go-to brand, they’re pretty filling and a good bar to eat before studying or working out.”
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Cleats.
Harding’s cleats factor into her ritual before each soccer game. “I basically wear my old ones for the first few days of preseason and switch to new ones during practices. I only wear my new cleats once a week, or so, just the day before a game. To keep them clean and fresh.”