This week's INTRODUCING ... feature highlights Marymount University junior Lori Renner, a three-year standout on both the Saints' volleyball and women's lacrosse teams.

What is your background in the sport you play?  I have played volleyball for the past seven years and lacrosse for the past six years.

What is your favorite spot on campus?   I really enjoy hanging out in my room with my door open, people always stop in and say hey, it's just a really relaxing place to be.

Other than your team, what organization (s) do you participate in (on campus or off campus)?  I am an RA, to help the students get as much out of Marymount as I have and I am also a SAAC representative for my teammates and fellow athletes.

What is the most important societal issue facing college students?  The peer pressure to drink and party. There are a lot of students who think in order to have a good time you have to drink and that is not the case. I feel like there are plenty of opportunities, especially around D.C., that are more than enough fun without alcohol. I just wish that other students realized that you don't have to be drunk to have a good time.

What is your major in college, and what is the most important thing you learned in that discipline?   I'm majoring in communications with a minor in psychology and the most important thing that I have learned is the process of communication. How quickly it spreads and how powerful it can be, communication is the key to success.

Other than your family members, who was the most influential person in your life?  I would have to say my high school volleyball coach, Chris Akers. He served as both my mentor and my coach all four years in high school. I really looked up to him as a volleyball player and as a person. He was the one who believed in me when I told him that I wanted to play collegiate volleyball and supported my decision to come to Marymount. I would not be at Marymount experiencing the time of my life if it were not for his support.

If you could give one piece of advice to elementary school children, what would that advice be?  I would tell them to learn from their mistakes. I would encourage them to try new things and take risks but if something were to go array then take that experience and learn from it. I think that we go through life to sheltered and scared of mistakes. I know that I learned best from my mistakes and taking risks.

What is your favorite form of entertainment?  I really enjoy reading romance novels, it has turned into my guilty pleasure.

Outside of the Capital Athletic Conference, who or what is your favorite sports person or team?  I have never really had a specific person or team that I could call my favorite. I honestly just enjoying watching good and competitive games.

Name three (3) people, real or fictional, living or dead, that you'd like to have dinner with?    I would throughly enjoy having dinner with Heath Ledger, because he would be so nice to look at and admire, George Washington, to ask him how he felt knowing that he did so many things right in shaping our nation, and Seth Green because I have always wanted to meet him.