I started playing lacrosse in 2nd grade when I was 8, and it quickly became my favorite sport, edging out over basketball. I picked up a pole and began playing defense in 4th grade, and continue to play this as my primary position. I feel that my strength in defense is off-ball, being able to take up space and cover lanes with my size and length. However, I started playing attack freshman year for my high school team, and this year totaled 85 points with 57 G and 28 A. I was also named a US Lacrosse Academic All American and Team MVP this year. I enjoy the creativity in finishing and feeding around the goal in attack, skills that I take time to sharpen at home and in box lacrosse. I also feel that playing attack has aided my mindset as a defenseman by helping understand how offenses flow. Outside of lacrosse, I continue to play basketball in high school as my other sport, and I play as my team's center. I take pride in my work in the classroom and strive to maintain great grades. I am interested in engineering as a career, especially in developing new environmentally safe technologies, like eco-friendly cars and renewable energies. I am part of my school's ecology club and intern at the Naval Postgraduate School Rocket Propulsion Laboratory. I plan on volunteering at my local SPCA once I turn 18.