What's in a name?

Bradley Eudore Wilhelmy Jr.


My name doesn't have much significance in the sense that it doesn't mean anything. I was named after my dad, hence the junior, and my/our middle name comes from my great uncle. I don't really like my middle name, it's too weird and doesn't fit me very well as I don't relate to much of my French heritage. Although I'm impartial about my name, it would be odd having to choose a new one. For Catholic conformation I had to pick a saint's name to be confirmed under and it gave me a chance to name myself, which was a lot more difficult than it sounds. I ended up choosing Luke, patron saint of doctors, because that's what I want to be in the future, and I didn't like the sound of Thomas Aquinas the patron saint of students.
A time when I have been part individual and part of something more has been lacrosse. As a defensemen, I often hear one of the best things you can do is go a whole game without someone yelling your name, because that means you didn't mess up. However, this situation translates to more than on the field. In class, I'm an individual, but also a representative of Millbrook lacrosse and often the only thing teachers have to base their opinions of our program off of. This can be troubling as I want to have a good time and mess around in class sometimes, but have to remember that I'm always representing a whole team, whether I want to be or not. Even further, this applies to outside of school when I wear something Millbrook lacrosse related. Our coaches tell us we're being ambassadors of our program when we're doing this, and our individual actions reflect our entire team to the outside world.