With the spring sports season canceled at its very beginning (or before it even started, for some Union teams) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UnionAthletics.com will spend the next few months spotlighting many of the Union seniors whose athletic careers came to a premature end. Previous senior profiles can be viewed by heading to http://www.unionathletics.com/seniorspotlights.
 
Patrick Regan is a four-year letterwinner with the Union men's lacrosse team and has been one of the team's top faceoff specialists. After winning 58.2 percent of his draws as the team's secondary faceoff man in his junior year, he moved into the primary role as a senior. He had a big outing in his final collegiate game against #12 St. John Fisher, winning 11 draws and collecting seven ground balls while scoring once and adding two assists for a career-high three points. For his career, Regan won 56.0 percent of his trips to the X and picked up 111 ground balls.
 
Off the field, the neuroscience major is a Dean's List student and two-time Liberty League All-Academic Team selection.
 
What has been your favorite moment as a student-athlete at Union?
Every moment. From the 5 a.m. wake-ups in the dead of winter to the overtime victories with the season on the line, I loved every minute and I would go through it all again in a heartbeat. If I had to pick one moment, our victory over Middlebury in the Carrier Dome during spring break my junior year comes to mind. 
 
How has being a student-athlete at Union benefited you over the last four years?
I didn't know a single person when I stepped foot on Union's campus and now it feels like I'm leaving behind a family. It's taught me life lessons, forged incredible friendships, and it gave me something to look forward to every single day.
 
What has been your most meaningful experience outside of athletics?
Joining Sigma Chi.
 
Who was/is your favorite professor at Union and why?
Professor Andrew Burkett [Associate Professor of English] from the English Department. I'm a neuroscience major and his classes gave me the opportunity to explore my interests outside of my major. Many of the books and poems I read in his classes have left a lasting impression on me and his class discussions were always intellectually stimulating. I wish I could have taken more than three classes with him.
 
What advice would you give to younger athletes about their time at Union?
Don't take a second of it for granted. Cherish everything from the team meetings that might seem pointless to the long bus trips that might seem inconvenient. It goes by way too fast and you'll miss it all when it's gone.