#SeniorSpotlight

Mar 10
4 min

Senior Spotlight: Cheyenne Cavanaugh grows with the game

Around the mound she runs, stealing plates in the shade of the game. Although she is a 2022 Ohio Valley Conference Player to Watch, softball’s Cheyenne Cavanaugh might pass by unnoticed. The fifth-year senior outfielder brings a lefty swing, a right hand throw and endless humility to the diamond. You won’t hear her making a fuss about recording seven triples in the 2021 season, crowning her the conference leader in the category. “It’s nice to be recognized, but I think that I

Senior Spotlight: Tyra Finkeldey continues to raise the bar for Belmont track and field

AJ Wuest

Feb 22
4 min

Senior Spotlight: Tyra Finkeldey continues to raise the bar for Belmont track and field

With a concentrated glare of grit and determination, she laser-focuses at the runway ahead of her. Her task: to catapult over the horizontal bar looming roughly 13 feet above the ground. Her tool: a 17-foot-long pole. The well-trained 5’ 8’’ athlete zooms down the runway on strong legs. Planting her pole in the box, she swings herself over the elevated bar before free-falling onto a cushioned pad below. She’s cleared it. This is what senior pole vaulter Tyra Finkeldey works f

Senior Spotlight: Nick Muszynski passes his way to prestige

Camden Morris

Jan 21
3 min

Senior Spotlight: Nick Muszynski passes his way to prestige

Men’s basketball’s last season in the Ohio Valley Conference is underway with high stakes and heavy expectations on the Bruins’ shoulders. A pair of shoulders that stand out in most crowds belongs to center Nick “Moose” Muszynski. The senior and his 6’ 11” frame have been a valuable asset to the team since he started playing for Belmont as a redshirt freshman in 2018. Over his four years at Belmont, the campus has become his home and the team his family. Muszynski is living t

Senior Spotlight: Jamilyn Kinney is sticking with her sport to the end

Jessica Mattsson

Dec 9, 2021
4 min

Senior Spotlight: Jamilyn Kinney is sticking with her sport to the end

Jamilyn Kinney’s past, present and future is basketball. And her lifelong dedication to the sport is taking her places. Collecting All-Ohio Valley Conference honors since her sophomore year with the Belmont Bruins and playing a crucial role through the women’s basketball team’s road to the 2019 and 2021 NCAA Tournaments, the senior guard has achieved a lot throughout her athletic career. “Looking back at it now, it’s like, how the heck did I get here?” Kinney said. In Van Bu

Senior Spotlight: Volleyball co-captains Carly Mason and Peyton Kelley

Camden Morris

Nov 9, 2021
3 min

Senior Spotlight: Volleyball co-captains Carly Mason and Peyton Kelley

Carly Mason and Peyton Kelley go way back. Making their way to Belmont from Illini Elite Volleyball Club in Bloomington, Illinois, where they were teammates, the players continue to support each other on the court as co-captains of the 2021-22 volleyball squad. “Obviously any time you have players that have a previous history and relationship, it helps. Both of them took the opportunity here at Belmont to find other friend groups and also to build meaningful relationships wit

Senior Spotlight: Cameron Fish breaks down life lessons from the golf course

Chloe Collins

Nov 2, 2021
3 min

Senior Spotlight: Cameron Fish breaks down life lessons from the golf course

Laser-focused over the golf ball, Cameron Fish focuses on putting with just the right amount of momentum to send it down the green. A hushed tone falls over her teammates as they watch with bated breath. All eyes are on the golf ball as it rolls toward the hole — and it’s a clean shot. Fish has made a name for herself in Belmont golf. This year, she led the Bruins to a team win at the Butler Invitational Tournament, took a title for herself after a win at the Town and Country

Senior Spotlight: Soccer’s JP Armbruster belongs at Belmont

Jessica Mattsson

Oct 12, 2021
3 min

Senior Spotlight: Soccer’s JP Armbruster belongs at Belmont

Taking to the field as squad co-captain and a Belmont graduate student, JP Armbruster started his soccer story at the age of 3. “I brought the ball everywhere with me,” Armbruster said. “I remember I would take it when I would go to Costco with my mom.” A third-generation player with the game in his veins, Armbruster is in the middle of his third season as a Bruin. The defensive midfielder logged over 2,000 minutes on the field his first two seasons in his Belmont kit. This 2

Senior Spotlight: Sydney Cason on tough breaks and total sacrifice

Reily Chestnut

Sep 29, 2021
4 min

Senior Spotlight: Sydney Cason on tough breaks and total sacrifice

Over the past three years, Sydney Cason has broken her arm, her hand and her thumb, but she never let that keep her from playing soccer. “It still hits me some days like ‘I can’t believe I broke my arm that intensely,’” Cason said. The injury left her with a 12-inch metal plate and 11 screws in her body, as well as a new mindset. The day her arm broke, Aug. 9, 2018, was less than a year after Cason made her first big collegiate impression as a freshman out of Hendersonville H