Chase Mahurin - The New Guy

When I came to Purdue in 2016 from Terre Haute, I, like many of you, already had a passion for sports. Something about the competitive nature of them always scratched an itch that my computer science classes could never quite satisfy. I had played basketball my entire life, but being 5’9” didn’t do me any favors when it came to college scouts, so I needed a new avenue to channel my competitive instinct.

What other choice did I have but to channel every fiber of my being into Purdue sports? In my heart, I made Purdue’s success my success, and Purdue’s failures my failures. I went to every game and cheered the same blood-curdling cheers my mom cheered for me as a kid for every win, and cried…