MEDIA, Pa. — For Julie Foeldes and Alexa Anderson, returning to Penn State Brandywine for the celebration of the softball team’s 10th anniversary was a reminder of how academics and athletics influenced them both personally and professionally. After graduating from Penn State and completing graduate degrees, they are now working in their chosen fields.
Foeldes spent four years at Brandywine, completing her degree in psychology with a minor in human development and family studies in 2018. She then earned a doctorate in school psychology from Rutgers University.
After two years at Brandywine, Anderson transitioned to University Park and graduated in 2020 with a degree in communication sciences and disorders and a minor in human development and family studies. She then earned a master’s degree in speech language pathology from the University of Delaware.
The two New Jersey natives were both outstanding athletes as well as students. In four years at Brandywine, Foeldes started all 148 games as catcher and is one of nine players to have 100 career hits. Before transitioning to University Park, Anderson held the single-season record for hits (55), home runs (9) and RBIs (59), and she became the only player to hit for the cycle in a United States Collegiate Athletic Association World Series game.
In addition to softball, they each were active in other campus activities as well. Foeldes was a teaching assistant, an athletic department employee and completed undergraduate research. Anderson was a Lion Ambassador and a dancer for THON; she continued her THON involvement at University Park.