NSU Staff Member Sings National Anthem at Marlins Game

Physician assistant students, faculty, staff, and family members on the ball field

The Department of Physician Assistant (PA) and the PA new faculty and staff, traveled recently to several different retreats together. During the department’s members gathering, they listened and learned quite interesting facts of their new attending members.

Staff member Trish Gennodie sings the national anthem.

One of department’s new staff Trish Gennodie, is one of the PA clinical support team. They listened and learned that she currently of her unknown talent, the passionate to sing and had started a YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVwHjRkdvjc. She continued to say, that one of her countless desires in her life is to perform in-front of a large crowd.

Therefore, the PA department wanted to make her dream real and reached out to the Florida Marlins. They sent to the Florida Marlins team coordinator’s one of Gennodie videos; in addition, they asked if she may perform in one of their upcoming game’s U.S. National Anthem renditions. Surprisingly soon after that, the Florida Marlins game coordinator, contacted the PA department and said, that they would be excited to have her perform in one of their upcoming game, Miami Marlins vs. Kansas City Royals on June 7 at 6:30 p.m.

PA student Olivia Castallanos delivers the lineup card to the head umpire with Florida Marlins manager, Skip Schumaker.

The Department of Physician Assistant members pitch-in and rallied the PA students, faculty and staff members, and families. There was over 100 that attended and supported Gennodie and the Florida Marlins team. 

What a performance she gave the audience! 

In addition to, the PA faculty members, were able to get a few of the PA group members down on the field to snap a picture for the group members along with one PA second-year student, Olivia Castallanos, to deliver the lineup card to the head umpire with Florida Marlins manager, Skip Schumaker. 

Posted 07/16/23