Topper Tats scours St. Edward’s University to bring you the stories behind the most creative, the most meaningful and the most what-was-I-thinking tattoos inked on our students.

For St. Edward’s University junior, Zach “Chad” Chodaniecky, his 11 tattoos range from the silly to the meaningful.

From the iconic Mighty Ducks logo to a dark sidepiece of a grandfather clock, Chodaniecky, who plays on the St. Edward’s rugby team, displays a range of messages on his body.

Chodaniecky considers each of his tattoos to be a memory of a particular time in his life.

“A tattoo is something you feel at a point in time,” Chodaniecky said. “It’s almost like a timeline across my