TJ Schmalzle is a current Finance and Business Analytics double major at Fairfield University and a member of the varsity baseball team. Prior to Fairfield University, TJ attended Wallenpaupack Area High-school where he was a high honors student and a three-sport varsity athlete. In relation to TJ’s professional career, he interned as a Physical Therapist Assistant at Pocono Chiropractic for 6 months. This provided him with experience in the medical field and with communicating with all types of people. TJ also spends his summers lifeguarding at Woodloch resort. This is a very high responsibility job where he interacts with guests daily and has to maintain focus at all times. TJ has shown that he is very generous, hardworking, and driven to succeed. He is currently growing his business skills at Fairfield University with the goal of finding a possible job opportunity or internship in Fairfield County for the summer of 2025.
Lifeguarding is a very high-responsibility job where I had to maintain focus at all times. I also worked at the pool bar and had to interact with guests daily, which helped me develop communication skills tremendously.
During my senior year at Wallenpaupack Area High School, I did an in-school internship at Pocono Chiropractic Clinic. This included shadowing the physical therapist for one month before I was given my own patients to work with. I created PT scripts for clients and put them through the exercises. This helped my communication and critical thinking skills tremendously, as well as gave me some great real world experience.