Jennifer Stromberg was born on February 27, 1984 in the midst of a blizzard in Harvey, Illinois and she is still bitter that she missed being born on the 29th by 35 hours. She kinda figures she must have been hungry. Yes, Jennifer was born a big eater. She was certainly no athlete. She was forced to attend swim lessons against her will and had to promote herself past the breaststroke level because she still can't do that stupid kick right. It's probably because her left foot is lacking in proprioception (that's right, Jennifer is a pre-med and sometimes likes to use the big words). Eventually, at the age of 12, she was convinced to join the swim team, her first athletic endeavor! (Actually she was in running club in 4th grade, but for her it might as well have been walking club…she is still very very slow)

One day Jennifer Stromberg was entered in a swim meet, but her name didn't fit on the scoreboard. This is how Jennifer Stromberg became known as "Strombe." Strombe continued to swim on her high school team, and when they decided to start a water polo team her freshman year she was more than happy to be one of the 14 members who had NO idea what they were doing. (Once the ref actually stopped the game to tell them how to set up an offense…yikes!) They did manage to win one game that year though! (forfeits COUNT!) By senior year, the T-Bolts were actually a force to be reckoned with and Strombe had become a sports fanatic, but she decided though she would always be a South Side Sox fan at heart, she would have to head a bit further north to become a Northwestern Wildcat .

Many things changed with the move to the North Side. First, Strombe found she would have change from #11 to #14. She also found herself frequently defending her South Side roots and her baseball team from some of her new North Side acquaintances. Three years passed this way, but now Strombe is a senior and not only have the White Sox become World Series Champions, quieting all those that had once questioned her South Side pride, but she has also returned to her beloved #11. Meanwhile she finally finished her bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering while watching da Bears become NFC North Champions. With so many things going so well for Strombe, one can't help but wonder what greatness she has yet to see in her last season playing water polo in what has thus far been the best sports year of her life. Though it may be too soon to say exactly what lies ahead, she does look forward to ending her career on the highest note possible: playing in the National Collegiate Club Water Polo Championships at Northwestern University while watching the next self-proclaimed "Strombie" begin her career back at Andrew high school!

According to "Strombe", the original, "it doesn't get much better than this!!" :)

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