Athlete of the Week Mechanicsburg High School

Grade: 12

Age: 17

Sports: Bowling

Claim to fame/honors: 2nd Team All OHC (junior and senior year), Varsity bowler (junior and senior year), Academic All-Ohio Bowler Award, Scholar Athlete Award, National Honor Society member, dean's list for CCP classes, high honor roll every year of high school

Words you live by: "The only time you should ever look back is to see how far you've come."

Toughest opponent: Myself

Biggest influence: My mom and my bowling coach, Dave Bush

Game-day rituals: I always listen to a playlist of my favorite songs to get myself excited and ready for a match.

What's on your bedroom walls: Pictures of friends, family and myself

When I'm bored I like to … Read and listen to music

Favorite movie: The Greatest Showman

Person who would play you in a movie: Julia Roberts

Favorite TV show: This Is Us

Favorite musical artist: BTS

Favorite book: The Caraval Series by Stephanie Garber

Favorite home-cooked meal: Fried chicken

Favorite restaurant: Texas Roadhouse

Whose mind would you like to read: My parents'

Place where you'd love to travel: Europe

Talent you'd like to have: I'd love to be able to dance well.

Favorite school subject: Psychology

Favorite athlete: My younger brother and sister

Favorite team: The Mechanicsburg girls bowling team

Something in the world I'd like to change: I would love to eliminate racial and gender inequality.

Favorite sports moment: Winning the OHC title my junior year and getting 2nd Team All OHC my junior and senior year

Favorite junk food: Macaroni and cheese

Best thing about your favorite sport: I love the feeling I get in bowling when I get a strike or pick up a hard split.