Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Soccer, basketball
Claim to fame/honors: Started every game in goal since freshman year; owns four school records: career shutouts, fewest goals given up in a season, lowest goals-against average in a season, career shutouts in a season; starting point guard for basketball team.
Bet you didn’t know … I used to play softball
Words you live by: Hard work pays off
Toughest opponent: Indian Hill in soccer and Alter in basketball
Biggest influence: My two older sisters
Game-day rituals: Handshakes with my “Socca Sistas” and I always hit the crossbar before the game starts
What’s on your bedroom walls? Pictures of the Chicago skyline and varsity poster pictures
When I’m bored I like to … read
Favorite movie: The Bee Movie
Person who would play you in a movie: Emma Roberts
Favorite TV show: Stranger Things
Favorite musical artist: Khalid
I can’t live without: Starbucks
I can live without: Summer assignments
Event you’d like to attend: Lollapalooza
Favorite book: All the Light We Cannot See
Favorite home-cooked meal: Fettuccini Alfredo
Favorite restaurant: Raising Cane’s
Favorite smell: Goalie gloves
Favorite cereal: Froot Loops
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Vineyard Vines
Vegetable you won’t eat: Celery
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Jamie Dimon
Whose mind would you like to read? My mom
Place where you’d love to travel? London
Talent you’d like to have? To be artistic in any shape or form
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Kris Bryant
Favorite team: Cleveland Browns
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming
Something in the world I’d like to change: Eradicate hatred and bigotry
Favorite sports moment: Beating Monroe freshman year in the regional semifinals
Favorite junk food: Ice cream
Best thing about soccer: Being able to spend time with my teammates
In 10 years, I hope to be … working and living in a big city
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