Grade: 2018 graduate
Age: 18
Sports: Track, softball, basketball, volleyball
Claim to fame/honors: Captain last two years; 4-year varsity track and softball; 3-year for volleyball and basketball
Bet you didn’t know … I could cook too
Words you live by: Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard
Toughest opponent: Myself; I get in my head a lot
Biggest influence: My mom; she always pushes me when I get down on myself; she’s always there
Meet-day rituals: I always pray before I run or before a game; I eat something blue
What’s on your bedroom walls: Trophies and medals and posters I’ve made in art class
When I’m bored I like to … eat
Favorite movie: Any scary movie
Person who would play you in a movie: Zendaya
Favorite TV show: The Walking Dead
Favorite musical genre: R&B and old school
I can’t live without: Food
I can live without: TV
Event you’d like to attend: The Summer Olympics
Favorite book: Thirteen Reasons Why
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken pot pie
Favorite restaurant: IHOP
Favorite smell: Temptation fragrance from Victoria Secret
Favorite cereal: Honey Smacks or Waffle Crisp
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Victoria Secret or Forever 21
Vegetable you won’t eat: Spinach
I’d love to trade places for a day with … I won’t trade places with anyone for a day because you never know the truth behind their life and I think I have a good life as is
Whose mind would you like to read? LeBron James before his game
Place where you’d love to travel? Bahamas
Talent you’d like to have? I wish I could dance, but I can’t dance
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: 400 m hurdles Dalilah Muhammad
Favorite team: U.S. women’s track team
Favorite Olympic sport: Track
Something in the world I’d like to change: Violence
Favorite sports moment: Freshman year went to state
Favorite junk food: Any blue candy
Best thing about track: The adrenaline you get when you run against people, the competiveness
In 10 years, I hope to be … a dietician or a kinesiologist
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