Muthersbaugh currently works as an emergency medical technician in Guilford County and is doing a photojournalism internship with the Burlington Times-News. He had met the Truitts when he served as Elon’s Phoenix mascot and noticed their enthusiastic cheering in the stands at football and basketball games.
“They were always at the games and were great to interact with, so one time I took off the suit between games of a double header and just walked up and introduced myself,” Muthersbaugh says. “I was immediately welcomed and I have since been “adopted” as one of their many Elon children. They are just that kind of people.”
Muthersbaugh knew the Truitts would make great subjects for his photo portfolio and began to document their connections to Elon.
“Our friendship just grew,” Dolores Truitt says. “We had an opportunity to meet his parents on a couple of occasions and attended his graduation from Elon in 2006 and the party afterwards. He is such a nice person – we feel blessed to have had him in our lives as we have with so many of the students passing through our lives here at Elon. In fact, my screen saver is a picture of John and I in our maroon hair at a football game with Scott in his Phoenix suit standing between us.”
To view Muthersbaugh’s slide show, click on the link below…