“My favorite part of school has been volleyball. Volleyball plays a big part in my happiness. I'm very interested in it, and I get excited every day that we have practices where I get to see everyone....
“My favorite thing to do outside of school is cheer. [I love] the community that it builds. With stunting, you have to trust each other, and if you don't have that trust, it can go bad quickly. Recently,...
“[I wanted to quit] baseball, I wasn't really in a good mindset, I was doubting myself. I was flipping out on everything, bringing my anger onto my teammates, my coaches, and the field. My dad told me...
 In elementary school, when I just started to understand how school works, I would crawl around the library under the shelves and stuff. I wasn't super loud. I understood the requirements. I just didn't...
“I play volleyball on the freshmen team. I’m a defensive specialist. I don’t have a particular reason why I like volleyball so much, it’s just really fun to play. It’s always a good time with...
“I wanted to play varsity so bad that over the summer between my freshman and sophomore years, I gained 50 pounds. I was hoping that I was big enough to play varsity. As soon as I found out, I went home...
“Two years ago, we were assigned several group projects. In one of them, I was partnered with a kid who [initially] contributed very little to the project. However, I didn't really want to make it seem...
“My dad [is my biggest influence] because he's been my coach [my whole life]. [He’s] always there even when I [don’t] think I can't do it. One time we were in this big tournament, State Cup, and...
“I'm motivated to be the best version of myself. I've done gymnastics for seven years, and I've done cheer for two years. [I cheer] six days a week [for the] Ice All Stars Frozen 4. Tumbling [makes me...
“[On] Halloween night, we were all hanging out in a parking lot. We had candy from trick-or-treating, and the police came over to us. I think they were just doing a regular patrol, but it was just strange....
