Student Athlete of the Week – Brady Towner

BY HEIDI ZENEFSKI
Sports Correspondent

Brady Towner started playing basketball eight years ago. “The basketball coach saw me in gym class and asked me to play,” he said about his start with the game.

He fell in love with the sport and continues to play as a senior at Susquehanna. Towner is the Independent’s Student Athlete of the Week.

“I like the team aspect, it’s not an individual sport, everything one person does affects the entire team.” says Towner.

The Sabers haven’t had a lot of success on the court this season, but that doesn’t mean the players on the team aren’t enjoying playing and developing their skills. Towner reports that the season has started out “better than last year’s – the team is very fundamentally sound.”

Towner keeps busy all year round by playing football and baseball for the Sabers and is also a weightlifter. Outside of sports, he donates his time and talents as a mentor and tutor for a seventh grade student at Susquehanna.

Towner has some big plans for the future. “I plan on attending Pittsburgh University for Architectural Engineering. I plan on entering into the Air Force as an officer after college.”

He is the son of Rodney Towner and Nickie Shimer of Thompson.