The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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inside michigan athletics Student-Athlete Of The Month Women's Track And Field Senior Kiley Tobel When Kiley Tobel first decided to come to the University Of Michigan, she had no idea that pole vaulting was in her future. As a kid, Tobel competed in gymnastics. When she got to Walled Lake Western High School in Commerce, Mich., the coach of the track and field team convinced her to use that agility and flexibility to give pole vaulting a try. Although she still holds the KLAA conference record with a jump of 11-3, Tobel never thought it was anything more than a fun hobby she did after school. Upon graduation, Tobel chose to attend Michigan for its strong academic reputation. "I always knew I wanted to Tobel, who is set to graduate with a degree in brain go to Michigan, because I behavior, cognition and cognitive neuroscience, has set wanted to get the best edu- school pole vault records in indoor (13-10½) and outcation I could," Tobel said. door (13-11¼) competition. photo courtesy michigan athletic media relations Tobel came to Michigan with the hope of doing something in "I knew I wanted to eventually go to the medical field. Five years later, she is physician's assistant school, so I was set to graduate with a degree in brain looking for a major that would get me behavior, cognition and cognitive neu- there. roscience with the goal of attending "I took a few cognitive classes, and I graduate school to become a physi- found them so interesting. We study cian's assistant. the brain and its functions, but because "I started to look into my possibili- we're in the School of Psychology we ties when I got here," Tobel explained. also look at why we behave the way we