Get to know Laura Lundy
Haley Gregg
Issue date: 3/4/10 Section: Sports
A student-athlete, an actress, and a piano player are just a few of the attributes Laura Lundy embodies. She is a senior tennis player at Jacksonville State University and will be graduating this spring with a degree in drama and a minor in English.
Lundy was born and raised in the "Skydiving Capital of the South," also known as Cedartown, Ga. She has three younger brothers, two of which are twins.
Lundy was homeschooled from 7th-12th grade. This allowed her more time to become the multifaceted individual she is today. She started playing tennis early on for the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and at her local country club. At age 14, she enrolled in an acting class at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Ga. According to Lundy, this was when she fell in love, for the second time, with acting (tennis being her first). Soon after the class ended Lundy started auditioning for plays around Georgia and landed her first role in "The Scarlet Letter" shortly after.
"My parents wanted to expose me to as many different fields as they could," said Lundy.
She chose to come to JSU, because it is close to home and she can't remember a time when the university wasn't a part of her life. Her father, mother, grandfather, aunts and uncles all attended JSU.
Lundy accredits her drive and ambition to her grandfather, who passed away when she was 13, because he was a hard worker and always pushed her to be the very best she could be. This drive carried over into her family.
"I don't know what it's like to not be busy," said Lundy. "I've always been involved in so many things and I thoroughly love and have a passion for tennis and theatre, and when you love something you're going to make time for it and do the things necessary in order for you to continue."
She has her share of superstitions, as most athletes and performers do. In tennis, if she wins a point she has to play with the ball she won the point with. In theatre, she has to say her first 10 lines in her head before she walks on stage, because of her fear of going out in front of the audience and completely going blank.
Unfortunately, Lundy's tennis season has been cut short due to a stress fracture in her foot she obtained in October. It has been slow to heal and has knocked her out of her senior year, but don't expect to see her head down.
After graduation she plans on attending law school. She hopes to attend either, Cumberland School of Law or Vanderbilt University. She will find out about her admittance in the coming weeks. She would eventually like to become a trial lawyer.
"I think law combines tennis and theatre," said Lundy. "Tennis is the competition aspect of law and theatre comes into play when you present your case."
She will follow in her father's footstep, who is a lawyer in Georgia, but she does not plan on leaving acting or tennis behind. She plans on auditioning for plays and musicals after graduation and maybe even Broadway - yes she can sing too.
Lundy was born and raised in the "Skydiving Capital of the South," also known as Cedartown, Ga. She has three younger brothers, two of which are twins.
Lundy was homeschooled from 7th-12th grade. This allowed her more time to become the multifaceted individual she is today. She started playing tennis early on for the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and at her local country club. At age 14, she enrolled in an acting class at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, Ga. According to Lundy, this was when she fell in love, for the second time, with acting (tennis being her first). Soon after the class ended Lundy started auditioning for plays around Georgia and landed her first role in "The Scarlet Letter" shortly after.
"My parents wanted to expose me to as many different fields as they could," said Lundy.
She chose to come to JSU, because it is close to home and she can't remember a time when the university wasn't a part of her life. Her father, mother, grandfather, aunts and uncles all attended JSU.
Lundy accredits her drive and ambition to her grandfather, who passed away when she was 13, because he was a hard worker and always pushed her to be the very best she could be. This drive carried over into her family.
"I don't know what it's like to not be busy," said Lundy. "I've always been involved in so many things and I thoroughly love and have a passion for tennis and theatre, and when you love something you're going to make time for it and do the things necessary in order for you to continue."
She has her share of superstitions, as most athletes and performers do. In tennis, if she wins a point she has to play with the ball she won the point with. In theatre, she has to say her first 10 lines in her head before she walks on stage, because of her fear of going out in front of the audience and completely going blank.
Unfortunately, Lundy's tennis season has been cut short due to a stress fracture in her foot she obtained in October. It has been slow to heal and has knocked her out of her senior year, but don't expect to see her head down.
After graduation she plans on attending law school. She hopes to attend either, Cumberland School of Law or Vanderbilt University. She will find out about her admittance in the coming weeks. She would eventually like to become a trial lawyer.
"I think law combines tennis and theatre," said Lundy. "Tennis is the competition aspect of law and theatre comes into play when you present your case."
She will follow in her father's footstep, who is a lawyer in Georgia, but she does not plan on leaving acting or tennis behind. She plans on auditioning for plays and musicals after graduation and maybe even Broadway - yes she can sing too.
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