Grade: 2017 graduate
Age: 18
Sport: Volleyball
Claim to fame/honors: Three-year varsity player; named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association Phenom List in 2015; will play volleyball and study in the Zoo and Conservation Science program at Otterbein University.
Bet you didn’t know … I am half British
Words you live by: We have more to learn from animals than animals have to learn from us.
Toughest opponent: Mount Notre Dame
Biggest influence: My sister Kelly
Match-day rituals: Going with the team to My Favorite Muffin for a pregame meal
What’s on your bedroom walls? Animal posters
When I’m bored I like to … nap
Favorite movie: Deadpool
Person who would play you in a movie: Erin Andrews
Favorite TV show: The Amazing Race
Favorite musical artist: Florida Georgia Line
I can’t live without: My phone
I can live without: Bugs
Event you’d like to attend: The Country Music Awards
Favorite book: The Night Circus
Favorite home-cooked meal: Mom’s Swiss cheese chicken and corn on the cob
Favorite restaurant: J. Alexander’s
Favorite smell: Warm Vanilla Sugar from Bath and Body Works
Favorite cereal: Froot Loops
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Buckle
Vegetable you won’t eat: Brussels sprouts
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Jack Hanna
Whose mind would you like to read? My cat Oscar
Place where you’d love to travel? Africa
Talent you’d like to have? Cooking
Favorite school subject: Environmental science
Favorite athlete: Megan Courtney
Favorite team: University of Kentucky basketball
Favorite Olympic sport: Men’s volleyball
Something in the world I’d like to change: Pet abandonment
Favorite sports moment: CHS winning the first set ever against Mount Notre Dame last season
Favorite junk food: Nerds
Best thing about volleyball: Blocking
In 10 years, I hope to be … Working with giraffes at a zoo
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