Preps of the Week: April 1 edition

Preps of the Week | The Kent Reporter

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  • Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:44am
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KYLE LEADY, Kentridge

Grade: Senior.

Sport: Baseball.  

Accomplishment: There wasn’t a hotter player than Leady last week. He went 7-for-11 with three doubles, one home run and eight RBIs, lifting Kentridge past Kentwood, Kentlake and Thomas Jefferson.

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Charlie Sheen and we would eat chicken teriyaki because that’s just amazing.

Greatest athletic moment: Hitting for the cycle last summer. Most recent book read/author: Any golf magazine.

Currently playing on your iPod: “My Name Is” by Eminem.  

In 10 years, I will be …: Enjoying my life to the fullest. Also: Leady, who sports a 3.37 GPA, aspires to play baseball in college.

 

BRITTANY STYGER, Kentlake

Grade: Senior.

Sport: Fastpitch.  

Accomplishment: Styger collected three hits, two runs and two RBIs, leading the Falcons past Kentridge 15-5.

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Russel Brandt and Erika. I would serve crepes that she made in creative cooking.

Favorite class: AP Government. Greatest athletic moment: Hitting a home run at state last year.

Favorite movie: Anchorman.

Most recent book read/author: “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer.

Currently playing on your iPod: “Bad” by Rihanna.  

In 10 years, I will be …: Hopefully a head chef at a nice restaurant.

 

RYNE SHELTON, Kentlake

Grade: Junior.

Sport: Baseball.  

Accomplishment: Shelton struck out eight batters in five scoreless innings, leading the Falcons past Thomas Jefferson 9-0.

Favorite class: Pre-calculus.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Katlyn Shelton. I would serve peanut butter and jelly (sandwiches), a glass of two-percent milk with a side of shrimp scampy.

Greatest athletic moment: Looking back at all the hard work I put in this last winter.
Favorite movie: Requiem for a Dream.

Currently playing on your iPod: Frontline.  

In 10 years, I will be …: Content.

 

JENNA CRAIN, Kent-Meridian

Grade: Senior.

Sport: Track.  

Accomplishment: It didn’t take Crain long to leap to the head of the class in SPSL North pole vault race as she uncorked a mark of 11-feet in the season opener against Kentlake.

Favorite class: Student Leadership.

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Olympic gymnast Nastia Liukin and we would go to Salty’s at Alki.

Greatest athletic moment: Jumping my personal best of 12 feet at the Pasco Invitational.

Favorite movie: Sweet Home Alabama. Most recent book read/author: “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen.

Currently playing on your iPod: “Little Lion Man” by Mumford and Sons.

Also: Crain, who is also one of the best gymnasts in the area, also is part of Young Life and National Honor Society. She is planning on attending, Eastern Washington University, Washington State University or the University of Washington.

 

STEFAN BANGSUND, Kentwood

Grade: Junior.

Sport: Soccer.                  

Accomplishment: Bangsund, a returning second-team all-leaguer, scored a pair of goals in Kentwood’s 7-2 victory over Kentridge last week.

Favorite class: Marketing

If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: My friend Ike Crook.  We would have cheese pizza with stuffed crust with a box of doughnuts.

Greatest Athletic moment:  Winning 4 state championships and making the Seattle Sounders Academy team.

Favorite movie:  Step Brothers

Most recent book read/author: “Dew Sweepers” by James Dodson

In 10 years I will be … :  Hopefully playing in the MLS or in Europe.

Also noted:  Bangsund is currently team captain for the Kentwood soccer team, recently committed to Seattle University where he will play on scholarship next year. In addition, he is currently playing for Seattle Sounders Academy.   

Submissions for the Kent Reporter’s Prep of the Week segment can be e-mailed to staff writer Erick Walker at ewalker@kentreporter.com


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