Grade: Junior
Age: 17
Sports: Basketball, volleyball
Claim to fame/honors: Third-year varsity guard broke single-season record for 3-pointers (50); named first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference; two-year varsity outside hitter in volleyball; plays for Dayton Lady Hoopstars
Bet you didn’t know … when I first started playing basketball I played left-handed
Words you live by: Don’t be afraid of what could go wrong, just focus on what could go right.
Toughest opponent: Tipp City in basketball, Troy in volleyball
Biggest influence: My dad; he was always there to keep me going
Game-day rituals: For volleyball, I always eat Subway before games; for basketball, I listen to the same song (One Day by Drake)
What’s on your bedroom walls? A whole wall of pictures of friends and teams; on the other wall there are plaques and medals and varsity letters
When I’m bored I like to … get outside or watch movies
Favorite movie: Hotrod
Person who would play you in a movie: Jennifer Lawrence
Favorite TV show: One Tree Hill
Favorite musical artist: Ed Sheeran
I can’t live without: Strawberry milk
I can live without: Broccoli
Event you’d like to attend: NCAA basketball championship game, men or women
Favorite book: The Fault In Our Stars
Favorite home-cooked meal: My grandma’s potato soup
Favorite restaurant: Chipotle
Favorite smell: Laundry right when it comes out of the dryer
Favorite cereal: Apple Jacks
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: American Eagle
Vegetable you won’t eat: Broccoli
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Carrie Underwood
Whose mind would you like to read? My school’s basketball coach
Place where you’d love to travel? Somewhere in the Caribbean
Talent you’d like to have? Able to dance well
Favorite school subject: Spanish
Favorite athlete: Skylar Diggins
Favorite team: The Atlanta Falcons because my family is from Georgia
Favorite Olympic sport: Gymnastics
Something in the world I’d like to change: The level of positivity
Favorite sports moment: Beating Sidney on senior night in basketball
Favorite junk food: I’m a big Girl Scout cookie fan, so I’d say thin mints
Best thing about basketball: It lets me escape from everyday; I go and work as hard as I can and leave it out there
In 10 years, I hope to be … pursuing a job that I love and have a family
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