Megan St. Pierre is a 26-year-old military veteran from New Hampshire who is a first-year member of the Wildcat softball program. She struggled with substance abuse throughout high school and decided to join the Army.

“In the beginning, the military was my way of fleeing the dysfunction and unhealthy environment I found myself in,” said St. Pierre. “The process of how I got to where I am today looks drastically different than I originally envisioned.”

Seven years into her journey, St. Pierre decided to seek help for her struggle and ended up in a substance abuse program in Seattle, Washington. That is when she connected with an IWU alum where the Gospel was spoken to her in a unique way. She discovered she could find true life and refuge outside of the areas of abuse she was dealing with.

“It was there that God was revealed to me in a way that He actually wanted a relationship with me, and my life has a different purpose then what I thought,” said St. Pierre.

That shift is when she changed her focus from becoming an aircraft mechanic to becoming someone who could influence the Kingdom through mentorship with the specific goal of becoming a psychologist. That passion to go back to school prompted the IWU alum in Seattle to recommend Indiana Wesleyan as an option. “When I checked out Indiana Wesleyan I instantly could see it was a University that is actively searching for Christ and I knew that was what I wanted,” said St. Pierre. “I then saw the softball team was having a recruit weekend so I reached out to Coach Babinski. We had an hour-long conversation and I saw the passion and excitement to use softball to grow and transform lives and I knew that was something I wanted to be a part of.”

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This story was first published in the Spring 2019 Triangle magazine. For the complete issue click HERE.