Green Wave swimmer plans to deliver her ardour for neighborhood to drugs

For Andrea Zeebe, being an athlete on the Green Wave Swimming and Diving workforce is inextricably linked to her success as a Tulane scholar.  

“Swimming has made me a better student,” mentioned Zeebe, who’s graduating with a level in neuroscience from the School of Science and Engineering.  

Being a student-athlete required her to handle her time, keep focus and symbolize herself and her teammates in entrance of teams of individuals – all abilities which have helped her excel in lecturers.  

As a member of the swimming and diving workforce, Zeebe was on the Academics Committee from her sophomore to her senior 12 months. The Academics Committee is one in every of 4 committees the workforce has, which operate as scholar management and decision-making teams on points equivalent to workforce spirit and neighborhood service. As a part of her position on the committee, Zeebe has served as a liaison between her fellow student-athletes and advisors and coaches, sharing considerations on matters that embody making ready for finals, balancing meets with schoolwork and different challenges student-athletes could face.    

“I think that really showed me the value of being a part of something outside yourself,” she mentioned.

Zeebe was additionally one in every of 4 swimming and diving student-athletes at Tulane named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Division I Swimming & Diving Team in 2026.  

When Zeebe just isn’t learning or within the pool, she spends her time volunteering at Manning Children’s Hospital. She is a part of Project Sunshine, a global nonprofit that brings play to hospitalized youngsters.  

“I can go into the critical or intensive care units, because the kids can’t come out of them to go to the playroom,” she mentioned. “I come with a little backpack with [another volunteer], and we hang out with them for 15 to 30 minutes. It’s awesome.”  

Whether they’re studying books, portray or simply speaking and holding sufferers firm, Zeebe and her fellow volunteers deliver much-needed pleasure to youngsters and their households.  

In the summer time of 2025, Zeebe, who grew up in Hawaii, additionally participated within the Hawaii Pacific Health’s Summer Student Research Program. She labored with the state’s main skilled on pediatric concussions, Dr. Jennifer King, to investigate youngsters and adolescents who have been handled for concussion care and in contrast the variety of handled instances to the variety of concussions reported by native faculties.  

“We were able to compare public school data to all the patients that were seen in her clinic over three years,” Zeebe mentioned. She and her advisor then analyzed disparities in who sought specialty care.  

After graduating, Zeebe needs to proceed working in drugs. She plans to attend medical faculty and change into a doctor, with the purpose of bringing the experience she positive factors again dwelling to Hawaii.  

“[Being a physician] is very rigorous, but I think being a student-athlete and having to balance my time like that will set me up to be able to handle it,” she mentioned. “Using my knowledge for the communities that I want to serve is why I think being a physician will be so fulfilling.”