Episode Ten of <i>What Wouldn't Woody Do?</i> is on Facebook

June 14, 2010

EVANSTON, Ill. -- On the football field there isn't much that senior superback Mark Woodsum wouldn't do to help the 'Cats win. Now Woodsum is taking his passion for Northwestern off the gridiron to make his final year at Northwestern a winner as well. In a new video series called "What Wouldn't Woody Do?," Woodsum will be taking part in other campus activities as a way to get more involved before he enters the real world in June.

"I haven't had much time to get involved in other activities besides football, so I'm looking forward to meeting new people on campus with these different groups," Woodsum said. "My teammates and I really appreciate all of our classmates who come out to support us on game days so it will be fun to spend time with them outside of Ryan Field."

This week, in the final episode of the series, Woody takes us along on a trip to Alaska where he's preparing for a summer internship with the National Parks Service. The episode is the tenth in the continuing series, which began with Woodsum learning the fight song on the cymbals and then performing the song with the Drumline in November. He has also learned to play chess with the 64 Squares student club on campus, taken part in the famous Northwestern student ritual of painting the rock, had a lesson from teammate Stephen Simmons on the art of strolling, learned the classic martial art of Jiu-Jitsu, taken lessons from the Northwestern women's swimming and diving team, been a guest on WNUR Radio and visited the Northwestern University archives. Fans don't need a Facebook account to access the video on the Northwestern Athletics page.

New episodes of "What Wouldn't Woody Do?" -- hosted by football teammates Stefan Demos and Brendan Mitchell -- will air on NUsports.com and the Northwestern Athletics Facebook page periodically. If you have suggestions for campus activities you would like to see Woody participate in, please e-mail wildcatmarketing@northwestern.edu or make your suggestion on the wall of the Northwestern Athletics Facebook page.