{"id":130710,"date":"2026-03-24T02:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=130710"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:18:29","slug":"match-day-marks-milestone-for-unmc-med-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/24\/match-day-marks-milestone-for-unmc-med-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Day marks milestone for UNMC med students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>UNMC\u2019s medical students marked an important milestone at Match Day 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The annual ceremony gave the UNMC College of Medicine the chance to celebrate the 124 med students matching into residency programs across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay3032326-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bradley Britigan, MD, dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, addresses med students during the Match Day ceremony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Friday\u2019s event held the tension for a moment as the UNMC students waited to open envelopes revealing each of their hosts, specialties and locations for their medical residencies following their upcoming graduation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the time arrived Friday, accomplishment and uncertainty met in a moment of resolution, complete with cheers, hugs and proud smiles around the ceremony at the Omaha Design Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf it hasn\u2019t sunk in already, you\u2019re all going to be doctors,\u201d Bradley Britigan, MD, the dean of the UNMC College of Medicine, told the students to cheers just prior to their big reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/albums\/72177720332649478\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/unmc\/albums\/72177720332649478\">See photos from UNMC Match Day 2026 in this Flickr album.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sophia Sanchez cried tears of joy as she discovered her residency assignment \u2013 HealthPartners Institute in St. Paul, Minnesota, with the emergency medicine program at Regions Hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy,\u201d she said, with her family and boyfriend surrounding her in support. \u201cIt\u2019s my first choice. It feels like home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay7032326-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Couple Keegan Schuchart and Grace Moravec hug after opening envelopes to discover their residency assignments.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>As the students crossed a stage to announce their assignment, UNMC med students and couple Keegan Schuchart and Grace Moravec walked together before reaching the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to UMass!\u201d Schuchart announced. Schuchart, who is from Lincoln, placed in emergency medicine, Moravec, of David City, Nebraska, in internal medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Med student Trevin Ball foreshadowed his assignment as he walked up to the song \u201cDanger Zone\u201d from the jet fighter movie \u201cTop Gun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ball placed in a UNMC-Offutt Air Force Base family medicine combined program, with hopes that he could someday practice in aerospace medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ball said he decided to enter medical school after being disqualified from being a pilot in the Navy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay6032326-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">UNMC med student Trevin Ball placed in a UNMC-Offutt Air Force Base family medicine combined program.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he hopes he can be a shining light to others in that circumstance, showing there are other ways to serve the military and the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really special I still have the opportunity to do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overall Match Day results highlighted the broad impact of the medical education program at UNMC. In all, the 124 matching students will be located in 30 different states \u2013 which the students pinned on a U.S. map to mark another tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 42 students matched in Nebraska \u2013 more than one-third of the matches. And more than half of the students \u2013 66, or 53% \u2013 earned residency assignments in primary care, covering specialties that include family medicine, internal medicine and pediatrics, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay4032326-900x600.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wendy Grant, MD, the college of medicine\u2019s senior associate dean of student affairs, addresses the college&#8217;s matching students in her last Match Day serving that role.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wendy Grant, MD, the college of medicine\u2019s senior associate dean of student affairs, took pride watching the students celebrating their accomplishments with their families and classmates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As they head into their residencies, Dr. Grant said, they will find their new family \u2013 their new brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a whole new beginning,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 ceremony also marked a moment of change for Dr. Grant. After 15 years as assistant and then senior associate dean, she will return to her full-time practice in transplant surgery, where she remains a professor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As she readied herself for her final Match Day ceremony as supervisor, Dr. Grant still trained her focus on the students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel really good for them,\u201d she said. \u201cFor me, I\u2019ll still come every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay5032326-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-130706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay5032326-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay5032326-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/MatchDay5032326-768x512.jpg 768w, 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