A proud student-athlete, Schaefer was the Brock University, Ontario University Athletics (OUA) and Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) Rookie of the Year in 2015. Schaefer describes her three brothers as her greatest influence, partially because they’re super supportive but mostly because she needed to hold-her-own. After a competition is complete, Schaefer takes comfort in her supportive friends and eating as much chocolate as she wants.