Grade: Junior
Age: 17
Sport: Golf
Claim to fame/honors: School record for lowest average (75.5), lowest score in a high school event (68), program record at sectionals (69), lowest two-day total at state in program history as a freshman (77, 78).
Bet you didnât know ⌠I used to dance and play soccer
Words you live by: Everything happens for a reason
Toughest opponent: Myself
Biggest influence: My big brother, Ryan, who is an aspiring professional golfer
Match-day rituals: Listening to music
Whatâs on your bedroom walls? Pictures of my friends and family
When Iâm bored I like to ⌠listen to music
Favorite movie: Mean Girls
Person who would play you in a movie: Emma Stone
Favorite TV show: Survivor
Favorite musical artist: Major Lazer
I canât live without: Golf
I can live without: Homework
Event youâd like to attend: The Masters
Favorite book: Divergent series
Favorite home-cooked meal: Steak
Favorite restaurant: Chipotle
Favorite smell: Vanilla cupcake
Favorite cereal: Cheerios
Store where youâd like a shopping spree: lululemon
Vegetable you wonât eat: Broccoli
Iâd love to trade places for a day with ⌠the Kardashians
Whose mind would you like to read? Jason Day
Place where youâd love to travel? Spain
Talent youâd like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Justin Thomas
Favorite team: My high school golf team
Favorite Olympic sport: Gymnastics
Something in the world Iâd like to change: Violence
Favorite sports moment: When Paula Creamer made a 75-foot eagle putt to win the HSBC Womenâs Champions event
Favorite junk food: Oreos
Best thing about golf: The competition it brings and the challenges I face every day with the sport.
In 10 years, I hope to be ⌠playing on the LPGA Tour
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