When the Nichols School girls hockey team went to watch the Minnesota Frost host the Ottawa Charge on Wednesday, the trip had a two-fold meaning.
One, the girls got to watch a game featuring six players who helped Team USA win Olympic gold last month. Second, players from the school in Buffalo, New York, also got to catch one of the school’s alums, Frost right wing Katy Knoll, in action.
Nichols senior Lily Zhang ‘26 is a varsity golf champion and a thoracic oncology researcher. In this spotlight, Lily shares how her "next shot" mentality led her from the Augusta National Drive, Chip, and Putt finals to the labs of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. Whether she’s competing on the boys’ varsity golf team or analyzing non-small cell lung cancer data with Dr. Mark Hennon, Lily embodies the balance of academics, athletics, and the arts at Nichols.