In the spotlight for Penn State are two players with polar opposite personalities and playing styles.
As if bound by fate, their all-too-familiar experiences have matured them into exceptional players, leaders and co-captains of a notable collegiate tennis team.
Throughout journeys of adversity and self-discovery, the motives behind seniors Taylor Shukow and Bennett Dunn to start playing tennis and become Nittany Lions played out very differently.
However, the duo played within the very same environment beside each other, starting in U14 Floridian tournaments.
According to Shukow, at a young age, hitting the tennis ball once a week for about an hour with her dad was “just for fun,” as she preferred gymnastics.