Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sport: Diving
Claim to fame/honors: Scored personal best six-dive score at Coaches Classic; won prelim site and qualified for finals; broke six-dive school record at the Centerville Relays; state qualifier as a junior; won GWOC overall last year; first-team all-conference
Bet you didn’t know … I have arthritis in my spine
Words you live by: Whatever you are, be a good one (Abraham Lincoln)
Toughest opponent: Myself because I put the most pressure on myself and the highest expectations
Biggest influence: My WTRC Dive Team coach, Patti Hickey
Meet-day rituals: I drink Airborne, a vitamin mineral substance
What’s on your bedroom walls? Polaroids of friends and adventures I’ve been on
When I’m bored I like to … go on hikes
Favorite movie: Love, Rosie
Person who would play you in a movie: Julianne Hough
Favorite TV show: Untold Stories of the ER
Favorite musical artist: John Mayer
I can’t live without: Coffee
I can live without: Homework
Event you’d like to attend: Olympic diving
Favorite book: Beloved
Favorite home-cooked meal: Grilled peanut butter, chicken and asparagus
Favorite restaurant: Fusion
Favorite smell: Chlorine
Favorite cereal: Raison Bran
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: The World Market
Vegetable you won’t eat: Mushrooms
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Nobody
Whose mind would you like to read? Donald Trump
Place where you’d love to travel? Paris
Talent you’d like to have? Predict the future
Favorite school subject: Anatomy
Favorite athlete: Nastia Liukin
Favorite team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Favorite Olympic sport: Diving
Something in the world I’d like to change: People’s perspectives
Favorite sports moment: Setting the school record
Favorite junk food: Ice cream
Best thing about diving: Mastering a dive
In 10 years, I hope to be … a nurse practitioner
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