{"id":106003,"date":"2015-11-20T09:13:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T14:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=106003"},"modified":"2015-12-10T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T18:33:19","slug":"student-athlete-strong-istvan-kanyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2015\/11\/student-athlete-strong-istvan-kanyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Student-Athlete Strong: Istvan Kanyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

UConn\u2019s student-athletes are often lauded for their on-field achievements, but there\u2019s an equally important \u2013 often unseen \u2013 dimension to the student-athlete. UConn Today is publishing a series of profiles to highlight the academic prowess of these student-athletes. Follow along as we profile two athletes each month, and provide an inside look at the academic pursuits of these high-achieving student-athletes.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Student-athlete<\/a>
Student-athlete Istvan Kanyo, who plays center defense on the men’s soccer team, in a molecular and cell biology class taught by assistant professor-in-residence David Daggett. (Sean Flynn\/UConn Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Istvan Kanyo<\/a> ’15 (CLAS)
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Hometown: <\/strong>North Haven<\/p>\n

Sport:<\/strong> Men’s Soccer<\/p>\n

Major:<\/strong> Double major in Chemistry and Biological Sciences (Honors Program)<\/p>\n

Anticipated graduation:<\/strong> December 2015<\/p>\n

What position do you play?<\/strong> I play center defense on the men’s soccer team.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite class?\u00a0<\/strong>My favorite class was EEB 2202, human evolution and diversity. We talked about evolution in humans and the role of culture as a force for change.<\/p>\n

How do you balance the demands of your sport as well as a full class load? <\/strong><\/p>\n

I balanced the demands of sports and school by going to CPIA [the Counseling Program for Intercollegiate Athletes<\/a>] after practice and doing at least a couple hours of work a day in my first few semesters. I became more comfortable with school demands and now I will study for my exams a few days in advance.<\/p>\n

During the season, I usually have classes until about 1 p.m., then will eat and go to training until about 5 p.m., all said and done. After dinner, I will either do homework or hang out with my teammates.<\/p>\n

Describe someone you\u2019ve met here who has already impacted your future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Matthew Hall<\/a>, who works at UConn Health, has already helped by allowing me to shadow him over the summer. He has reinforced my desire to become a physician.<\/p>\n

What does it mean to you to be a Husky? <\/strong><\/p>\n

To me, being a Husky means taking pride in all aspects of my life. I want to be a great student, great teammate, and competitive player. I\u2019ve learned here that being competitive is one of the biggest steps you can take to be successful.<\/p>\n

Where are you headed after graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

After graduation, I will apply to medical school to become an orthopedist.<\/p>\n

Istvan has a sister, Emese, who is also an Honors student and a student-athlete. She is a chemistry major, and a member of the Women’s Track team.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Istvan Kanyo, Honors student, soccer player, and aspiring orthopedist, being a Husky means taking pride in all aspects of life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":105986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1712,2226,156,2234],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[137],"class_list":["post-106003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-clas","category-profile","category-university-life","series-student-athlete-strong"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 06:56:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106003"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106009,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106003\/revisions\/106009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/105986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106003"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=106003"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=106003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}