“I am Noah Moodey, I am a senior at Northwood School, and I’m on the soccer team. I started playing soccer when I was about 4 years old at my local public school in Massachusetts and then continued to play at both the school and club levels until I ended up here at Northwood, where, obviously, those 2 levels combine. Northwood has been quite an amazing experience for me. I have met so many people from around the world, and I have become close to people from every culture, which has greatly improved me as a person. Every day and every weekend, traveling to various showcases and playing with teammates really builds a bond much closer than if we had just gone to school together or played on the same club team, like before I was at Northwood. And it left me with a band of brothers I will not forget.
“Next year, I am going to Holy Cross to play soccer, and Northwood really played into that decision. I recognize it as similar to Northwood in that, on the college scale of things, it’s pretty small. It is just around 3000 students, and I felt like the community was important there, just like it is here at Northwood. I felt like it wouldn’t be a big change for me.
“Off the field, I would say my main hobbies are swimming, driving around, and just traveling. I have traveled a lot since I was young, and that has also really shaped who I am. It is something I really like to do, whether with my friends, family, or by myself.
“What has helped me most in my development as a person and the soccer player here at Northwood are the people and the staff. Everyone is so dedicated to your individual case, and the environment helps you improve as a person. Everyone is always focused on you, and it is just the perfect environment for someone like me to go through their teen years, and it really helped develop me as a person.”
As told to Josh Baker ’28. Photo by Mr. Michael Aldridge
