Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sport: Soccer
Claim to fame/honors: Four-year varsity player; GWOC first team last two years; all-district sophomore year; plans to major in early childhood education and play soccer at Defiance College next year
Bet you didn’t know … I like to paint and draw
Words you live by: All it takes is all you’ve got
Toughest opponents: Centerville and Beavercreek
Biggest influence: My mom
Match-day rituals: I wear the same head band every game
What’s on your bedroom walls? My paintings
When I’m bored I like to … play with my dogs
Favorite movie: Pretty Woman
Person who would play you in a movie: AnnaSophia Robb
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite musical artist: I listen to all types of music; depends on the day
I can’t live without: Chocolate
Event you’d like to attend: A women’s World Cup soccer match
Favorite book: The Glass Castle
Favorite home-cooked meal: Steak, mashed potatoes and corn
Favorite smell: Fresh cut grass
Favorite cereal: Cocoa Puffs
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Target
Vegetable you won’t eat: I don’t have one
Whose mind would you like to read? My dogs, Charlie, a pit bull and a boxer mix, and Norman, a pit bull and bull terrier mix
Place where you’d love to travel? Greece
Talent you’d like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: Science
Favorite athlete: Alex Morgan
Favorite team: U.S. women’s soccer team
Favorite Olympic sport: Soccer, of course, and gymnastics
Something in the world I’d like to change: The negativity
Favorite sports moment: Making varsity my freshman year
Favorite junk food: Chocolate chip cookies
Best thing about soccer: Being with my team; they make the atmosphere more than you would expect
In 10 years, I hope to be … starting my teaching job, working with special needs children and making a life for myself
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