Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sports: Soccer, track
Claim to fame/honors: Academic All-Ohio for track, won districts for soccer in 2015, won districts in track and third in the region in the 400-meter dash, won SWBL in track sophomore and junior year
Bet you didn’t know … I tore my ACL the end of my sophomore year, but came back stronger then ever
Words you live by: We may encounter many defeats in life, but one must not be defeated. — Maya Angelou
Toughest opponent: Bellbrook
Biggest influence: My parents
Match-day rituals: Listening to pump-up music and getting ready in the locker room
What’s on your bedroom walls? Many pictures of me and my friends
When I’m bored I like to … watch Netflix and listen to music
Favorite movie: Crazy, Stupid, Love
Person who would play you in a movie: Emma Stone
Favorite TV show: Revenge
Favorite musical artist: Khalid
I can’t live without: Music
I can live without: Negative people
Event you’d like to attend: Lollapalooza
Favorite book: Milk and Honey
Favorite home-cooked meal: Million dollar spaghetti
Favorite restaurant: Bibibop
Favorite smell: Vanilla
Favorite cereal: Life
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Tilly’s or Lulu Lemon
Vegetable you won’t eat: Cauliflower
I’d love to trade places for a day with … the president
Whose mind would you like to read? Albert Einstein
Place where you’d love to travel? Tahiti
Talent you’d like to have? Dancing
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Megan Rapinoe
Favorite team: Ohio State
Favorite Olympic sport: Soccer
Something in the world I’d like to change: Poverty
Favorite sports moment: Winning districts in soccer my sophomore year
Favorite junk food: Carmel’s milk chocolate carmel candy bar
Best thing about soccer: The team, all the amazing people I get to play with, and the special bonds we make through wins and losses
In 10 years, I hope to be … Traveling the world
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