Not many students can say they are playing a varsity sport in college, and very few can say that they are playing two. However, Viktoria Bjork is one who can claim this title.
Bjork originally came to Lipscomb to play tennis, but with a change that was made in her high school years, she is ineligible for her first year.
“I’m not allowed to compete for my first year in tennis because I’m 20 years old, and they have a rule against that,” she explained.
Bjork plays women’s tennis and women’s golf at Lipscomb.
“I’m allowed to compete in golf because they don’t have a rule against my age. With practice I think I’ll be able to compete in that too,” she said.
Bjork was introduced to both games at a young age and loves them both.
“I’ve been playing golf since I was eight years old and I’ve been playing tennis since I was six,” she said.
Bjork said she is practicing during the week with tennis, and she practices with the golf team on Fridays and through the weekends.
However, playing two sports aren’t the only interesting thing about Bjork. She comes to Lipscomb from Sweden.
“I grew up with my family in southern Sweden with both my parents and my older brother. I’ve always been involved in a lot of sports, but growing up in southern Sweden was very different than what it’s like here,” she said.
Bjork likes being in the states and while there are no huge differences, she did discuss some of the ones that caught her attention.
“The food here is really different; we don’t have as much.” she said. “And people drive everywhere; they don’t walk as much.”
But the one thing that stood out to her most-Lipscomb University.
“Lipscomb is the total package. I like Nashville, I like our tennis coach, I like the atmosphere-people are really friendly,” she said. “There are a lot of things that made me want to come here.”
Bjork is slowly but surely adjusting to the Nashville and Lipscomb way of life. She says that she is excited to play two different sports and have two different sets of friends and teammates.
While she isn’t competing in tennis right now, she’s very eager to get out on the golf course.
“I want to keep my scores around 80. Hopefully I’ll get things together and have that steady score,” she said. “Most of all I want to be friends with everyone on the team and have fun.”