Oct. 12, 2001

This is the first in a series installments of Up Close and Personal with the Maryland women's soccer team. Continue to check umterps.com under the features section for more player interviews.

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Pretty Women

Q: Who is your favorite actor?
A: Ben Affleck

Q: What is the CD one would most frequently find in your CD player?
A: Janet Jackson's "Velvet Rope"

Q: What is your favorite food?
A: Asparagus

Q: Where is your favorite place to hang out in the D.C./Baltimore area?
A: Great Falls, Virginia

Q: What is your favorite class here at Maryland?
A: Anatomy

Q: What is your favorite book?
A: A Walk to Remember

Q: What is your favorite vacation spot?
A: Nags Head, North Carolina

Q: What is the most important lesson you have learned at Maryland?
A: That family and friends are the most essential elements in living a happy life

Q: What is your greatest athletic accomplishment?
A: Winning Nationals with my club team, The Zephers, the summer of my freshman year (1998)

Q: Who is your biggest role model?
A: My parents

Q: Who is your favorite athletic team?
A: Besides the UMD women's soccer team, I would have to say the famous Terps Men's Basketball team

Q: Who is your favorite athlete at Maryland?
A: Tahj Holden

Q: What is the funniest thing that has ever happened to you while playing soccer here at Maryland?
A: We, the goalkeepers, were doing a tipping drill where we would go out and touch the ball in Kerry's hand then drop step to the goal line as she tried to chip us. I had two more saves to make. I then dropped a step and tipped the ball over the crossbar as I started running at Kerry for the last save. I ate it! My feet had gotten tangled in the net from the last save. So there I am lying face down with the grass surely in my teeth. I slowly look up to see Jen Boyd, Steve, and Shannon rolling on the ground in hysterics.

Q: Why did you come to Maryland?
A: I came here for the large, diverse school. It is part of a winning sports program that consists of great people.

Q: What is the best thing about Maryland?
A: Maryland Soccer!!!

Q: What are a few words that describe you on the field?
A: talkative and demanding

Q: Who is the UMD soccer player that will surprise the school this year?
A: Valerie Lawrence

Q: If you could have dinner with any three people, who would they be?
A: Jesus, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Oprah Winfrey

Q: What do you want to accomplish this season?
A: A national championship!

Q: What is your pre-game ritual?
A: I always sprint to my goal after they play The National Anthem.

Q: What teammate inspires you?
A: Jen Boyd. Through all of her mishaps she will not give up. She will always find a way to make light of a tough situation.