athlete of the week Anne Whalen

Name: Anne Whalen

School: Oakwood

Grade: Junior

Age: 17

Sports: Soccer

Claim to fame/honors: First-team All-Area South and first-team All-Southwestern Buckeye League in soccer; third-year varsity player; basketball captain earned All-SWBL honorable mention as a sophomore; competed in 100, long jump and 4x100 relay to help track team win league title last two years.

Bet you didn’t know … I went to Trinidad on a mission trip last summer

Words you live by: In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different

Toughest opponent: Alter and Bellbrook in soccer and basketball

Biggest influence: Oakwood United soccer coaches Bill Sellers and Dave Klum

Game-day rituals: Team lunches on game days

What’s on your bedroom walls: Posters of One Direction from magazines

When I’m bored I like to … watch TV or sleep

Favorite movie: She’s the Man

Person who would play you in a movie: Anne Hathaway

Favorite TV show: Pretty Little Liars

Favorite musical artist: One Direction

Favorite book: Harry Potter series

Favorite home-cooked meal: Spaghetti and meatballs

Favorite restaurant: Chipotle

I’d love to trade places for a day with … Emma Watson

Whose brain would you like to pick? J.K. Rowling

Place where you’d love to travel? Italy

Talent you’d like to have? Playing a musical instrument

I can’t live without … my friends and family

Favorite school subject: Math

Favorite professional athlete: Alex Morgan

Favorite sports moment: When we beat Bellbrook last season at Bellbrook in soccer and tied for league title

Favorite junk food: Swedish fish

Best thing about soccer: being on a team with all my friends

In 10 years, I hope to be … a lawyer

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