Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Claim to fame/honors: Vandalia resident is captain of soccer and track teams; student director of school retreat; honor roll student every quarter in high school
Bet you didn’t know … I can eat a whole can of salt and vinegar Pringles in one sitting.
Words you live by: It’s hard to beat someone that never gives up.
Toughest opponent: McNicholas High School
Biggest influence: My former soccer coach Tom Lane because he encouraged me to always keep going even when times were tough, and to push through with confidence in myself as a person and a player.
Match-day rituals: I eat a sub about three hours before kickoff, listen to my pregame music, and jump three times on the field before the whistle blows
What’s on your bedroom walls? Cleveland Cavaliers posters and pictures of Paris, France
When I’m bored I like to … play my guitar.
Favorite movie: Jurassic World
Person who would play you in a movie: Selena Gomez
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite musical artist: Halsey
I can’t live without: My little sister
Event you’d like to attend: A women’s World Cup soccer game
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby
Favorite home-cooked meal: Homemade gnocchi with a Caesar salad
Favorite restaurant: Tom+Chee
Favorite smell: Lavender
Favorite cereal: Cap’n Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: lululemon
Vegetable you won’t eat: Carrots
I’d love to trade places for a day with: Santa Claus, so I can see the world in one day
Whose mind would you like to read? Stephen Hawking, even though I probably wouldn’t understand much of it.
Place where you’d love to travel? Paris
Talent you’d like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Kevin Love
Favorite team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Favorite Olympic sport: Track and field
Something in the world I’d like to change: I would like to see a clean and safe environment for future generations.
Favorite sports moment: When I had the assist to my sister’s goal in the Beavercreek game.
Favorite junk food: Golden Oreos
Best thing about soccer: Playing with my teammates every day
In 10 years, I hope to be … an engineer and youth minister
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