PREPS OF THE WEEK: April 29 edition
Published 5:50 pm Friday, April 29, 2011
IAN BUCKLES, Kentridge
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Baseball.
Accomplishment: Buckles went 2-for-4 with a home run and picked up the win on the mound last week in a 4-3 victory over Kentlake in a South Puget Sound League North Division game.
Favorite class: Sports Medicine.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: My dad, and I would eat spaghetti and meatballs while watching the Mariners in the playoffs. If that ever happens. Greatest athletic moment: Throwing a complete game to beat reigning state champion Kentwood in the first game of the season.
Most recent book read/author: “Ethan Frome” by Edith Wharton. Currently playing on your iPod: Green Day.
Favorite movie: The Three Amigos. In 10 years, I will be …: Finished with my Doctorate in physical therapy.
ASHLEY CONRADI, Kentridge
Grade: Junior. Sport: Fastpitch.
Accomplishment: Conradi went 4-for-4 with four RBIs in a 14-1 win over Kent-Meridian last week.
Favorite class: Graphic Arts.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Taylor Swift. She seems really sweet and I bump her music in my car daily. I would bring along some of my delicious orange chicken.
Greatest athletic moment: Being named MVP and best offensive player last year on (junior varsity).
Currently playing on your iPod: “Erase Me” by Kid Cudi. Favorite movie: The Breakfast Club. In 10 years, I will be …: Hopefully a successful graphic designer.
HANNAH FEIST, Kentwood
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Fastpitch.
Accomplishment: Feist went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, six RBIs and a pair of triples in a 20-3 victory over Auburn last week.
Favorite class: Leadership. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (I would invite) James Franco, (and I would serve) spaghetti and meatballs so we can live our “Lady and the Tramp” moment.
Greatest athletic moment: Me and Bailey Marshall’s first double play this season.
Most recent book read/author: “The Catcher in the Rye,” by J.D. Salinger. Currently playing on your iPod: “Look at me now,” by Chris Brown. Favorite movie: Miracle.
In 10 years, I will be …: A firefighter.
KARA IKEDA, Kentlake
Grade: Junior.
Sport: Tennis.
Accomplishment: Ikeda worked over Mount Rainier’s Jelena Stevanovic 6-4, 6-1 in a No. 1 singles match last week.
Favorite class: AP Biology. If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite the cast of “How I met your mother” and serve soup, salad, and breadsticks from the Olive Garden.
Greatest athletic moment: I have an undefeated record of 4-0 so far. Most recent book read/author: “Will Grayson, Will Grayson,” by John Green.
Currently playing on your iPod: Zee Avi.
Favorite movie: Despicable Me. In 10 years, I will be …: A billionaire living in a castle.
ABU KAMARA, Kent-Meridian
Grade: Sophomore.
Sport: Track.
Accomplishment: Kamara won the 110 hurdles, the 300 hurdles and anchored Kent-Meridian’s victorious 4 x 100 relay team in a 79-65.5 win over Tahoma last week. Kamara’s time in the 110 hurdles (14.77) is the third-fastest performance in the state this year while his mark in the 300 hurdles (40.34) is the fourth-fastest in the state.
Favorite class: Math.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: David Oliver and I would serve spaghetti and meatballs with chicken Caesar salad.
Greatest athletic moment: Starting on the varsity basketball team this past season.
Favorite movie: Step Brothers.
Most recent book read/author: “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck.
Currently playing on your iPod: “Power” by Kanye West. In 10 years, I will be …: Studying to become a psychiatrist.
