{"id":110377,"date":"2022-08-19T09:36:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-19T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=110377"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:45:26","slug":"some-students-spend-summer-doing-something-unusual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/some-students-spend-summer-doing-something-unusual\/","title":{"rendered":"Some students spend summer doing something unusual"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summertime and the living is easy.<\/p>\n

But not for the many 51ÁÔÆæ students who spend their summers earning money for school and acquiring new skills. Sometimes those summer jobs turn out to be both fun and interesting. Here\u2019s a look at how students spent their summer \u201cvacation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trey Meier: Elvis, the Kenosha Kingfish mascot<\/h2>\n
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Trey Meier as Elvis the Kingfish mascot (Photo courtesy of Kenosha Kingfish\/Alina Nelson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Trey Meier, a junior marketing major in the Lubar College of Business, was looking for a summer job two years ago when he saw an opening for a mascot for the Kenosha Kingfish baseball team, part of the summer collegiate Northwoods League.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love sports, and it was five minutes from my home in Kenosha. It was the perfect summer job for me,\u201d Meier said.<\/p>\n

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Trey Meier<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Elvis the Kingfish, Meier encourages fans to cheer on the team and have fun at the games. That was challenging at first, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not the most outgoing guy. I\u2019m a little reserved, so I had to come out of my shell. \u201cRunning around in the heavy costume on hot summer days isn\u2019t easy, but Meier, who is on the 51ÁÔÆæ track team, was used to handling the heat.\u00a0 And, he added, he does love entering the stadium on a zip line at the beginning of the games.<\/p>\n

In mid-July, however, he became a social media sensation<\/a> when he was tackled by Green Bay Packers running back A.J. Dillon during a celebrity softball event and his Elvis head went flying. Not losing your head is a cardinal rule of being a mascot, Meier said. (Dillon later apologized, explaining he hadn\u2019t intended to hit Meier quite so hard in the demonstration drill.)<\/p>\n

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Elvis vs. @ajdillon7<\/a> ended as expected\u2026 ? @MiLBPromos<\/a> @SportsCenter<\/a> @espn<\/a> @barstoolsports<\/a> @packers<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Z6WxYtddZS<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kenosha Kingfish (@KenoshaKingfish) July 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n