Rebecca Keane Bio Picture

Major: Kinesiology - Sports Medicine concentration
Minor: Biochemistry and Cell Biology

I am majoring in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sports Medicine and minoring in biochemistry and cell biology. I have played soccer my whole life and have had 2 knee surgeries, which is why I was interested in the sports medicine side. Understanding how and why these injuries occur had always been of interest to me, especially when I re-tore my ACL sophomore year. I originally chose Kinesiology because I wanted to go to medical school and pursue orthopedic surgery, and the sports medicine track contained all the classes I knew I would need to have a better understanding of the body in this context. Soon after shadowing, I decided medical school wasn't for me, but I still had a big interest in learning and understanding how and why the body moves as it does. My junior year I set my heart on dental school, which I will be attending in the fall of 2021 at Texas A&M School of Dentistry.

I am also on the Women's Soccer team at Rice. I never thought I would be able to attend an academic institution like Rice, and I am so thankful that soccer gave me this opportunity. Freshman year, I was selected to the Conference USA All-freshman team and the Conference USA All-conference third team. I missed my junior season due to injury, but came back my senior season to be selected to the Conference USA All-tournament team after we won regular season and the conference tournament. The tournament win gave us a bid to the NCAA women’s soccer tournament where we made it to the sweet 16 (third round) for the first time in Rice history. I was also selected as the women’s soccer team scholar athlete, which is the athlete with the highest GPA on the team.

I am so thankful that I chose to come to Rice and major in kinesiology.  I am very excited to use the skills that I learned at this amazing school and apply them to dental school and beyond.


KINESIOLOGY DEPARTMENT

S203 Tudor Fieldhouse

(713)348-8318 (Office)
(713)348-8808 (Fax)

PHYSICAL ADDRESS

6100 Main St, MS-545 Houston, TX 77005

Our offices are located on the 2nd floor of Tudor Fieldhouse on the east side of the building. The easiest way to access our suite is to enter through the east side door that faces the intramural fields and Wiess College. You will then go up the stairway to the 2nd floor, and our suite will be through the open door ahead on the right.