Kinesiology graduate student Ashton McCorry is a forward for the UTRGV Womenโs Basketball Team. McCorry is from Wichita, Kansas, and graduated from Bishop Carroll Catholic.
Q: What movies or shows do you like?
A: โMy favorite TV show is โPrison Break,โ and now Iโm trying to finish the new seasons. My favorite movie is โThe Game Plan.โ I love [Dwayne] โThe Rockโ [Johnson]. Thatโs my guy.โ
Q: What kind of music do you like?
A: โI listen to everything, but I like more of the older genres. Iโm trying to put on all my teammates on some country. I like Luke Combs, Parker McCollum. … Country throwbacks, you know, โSummer of โ69,โ thatโs a good song. My dad taught me all the old ones.โ
Q: Who is one of your role models?
A: โMy role model is my mom. Itโs kind of cliche, but that woman does, like, everything. Sheโs always been such a strong influence in my life. No matter whatโs going on, like, just carry on and push through to find a way to get stuff done. Sheโs just nice to everybody. Sheโll talk to you โฆ and be your best friend.โ
Q: What motivates you?
A: โA bunch of the little kids. When I was growing up I was around athletes. I was a coachโs kid, so just seeing how they interacted with me makes me want to interact the same way. When I was a freshman in college, and a freshman in high school, all the seniors took care of me. I feel like thatโs my role, to take care of the younger kids and help them grow into athletes, if they want to be.โ
Q: What are your career goals?
A: โAfter I graduate I either want to coach college basketball or I want to go to [physician assistant] school and work with, like, a neurologist because I have many experiences with concussions, personally. I would love to figure out how to fix it, because they are annoying.โ
–Compiled by Jose Medina
