Bouchard also has answered the University's call of service to others, through her participation in such programs as Habitat for Humanity and Helping Educate through Athletic Responsibility, which teams BC student-athletes with local schoolchildren. She does not boast, nor is she self-deprecating. Cal simply uses her talents the best way she can, whether she's running on a basketball court, doing a class project, or working with schoolchildren. But she is more than happy to talk about her other major calling, accounting. I think of myself as a Type A person, very precise about what I do.
Accounting requires a lot of repetition, a lot of focus and discipline, like basketball.
For her senior honors thesis, Bouchard combined elements of these twin vocations in a project on the economics of hosting the Olympic Games, with an analysis of past and potential future sites. One would-be host included in her study was Toronto, a bidder for the 2008 games. Bouchard, whose hometown is nearby, served as a women's basketball liaison to the committee that prepared that city's bid. Bouchard's professors are quick to emphasize her ability to produce outstanding work while coping with the demands of participating in a major college basketball program. The idea you can be both still takes some getting used to, I guess, but I don't mind.