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| EDUCATION: | Shenendehowa High School, Regents
Honors Diploma Skidmore College, Ceramics I Hudson Valley Community College, Associates of Arts Degree, May 2001, 4.0 average Transfer at University at Albany | |
| ADDITIONAL
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES: |
Summer Six art classes, Skidmore
College, summers of ‘96, ‘97 AP art class final exam; portfolio grade: 3 Sage Junior College, Live model drawing club | |
| ACADEMIC AWARDS/HONORS: | National Honor Society Team Spirit award, Varsity field hockey, 1997 High honor roll consistently ninth through twelfth grade Respect Festival, second place, art award Regents Honors diploma 1998 Suburban council allstar team-honorable mention (only played the first half of the season because of mono) Scholar Athlete Award, 1996-1998 Phi Theta Kappa member Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges, 2001 National Presidential Dean's List 2001 Olympic Torchbearer, December 30, 2001 International English Honor Society | |
| FUTURE EDUCATIONAL PLANS: | Undergraduate degree at University at Albany with English major, journalism minor. Certicicate program at NYU for cinematography. | |
| CAREER PLANS: | Sports photographer, professional athlete(US Women’s National skeleton team), journalist and/or professional feature writer. | |
| HOBBIES: | Mountain / Cross-country biking Snowboarding Art related activities and photography Traveling Percussionist Hiking the Adirondacks Bobsledding/skeleton Skydiving Soaring Kayaking | |
| SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: | Year book, ‘94/’95, ‘95/’96 School newspaper club, ‘95/’96 Drama club, speaking part in Great Expectations, 1996 Builders Club, worked with student council to direct food drive, 1996 Builders Club, assisted parents at Open House, 1996 Built sets for Little Shop of Horrors, 1997 Homeroom representative for class council, 1996/1997 Ski club, winter, 1997, 1998 Leo Club, 1997/1998 Lab Assistant, Photography classes Photographer for Special Education class, photographed signs for the class | |
| COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES: | Equinox, Thanksgiving Dinner cleanup,
11/97 Cafe Lena, washed dishes, made cookies, sold tickets, 05/97-09/97 Abram Lansing Elementary School, participated in reading program as Curious George and Martha (the hippopotamus) in classrooms and assemblies, 09/96, 06/97 Food Drive, 10/96 Assisted in Marist College’s “Adoption” of Abram Lansing Elementary School, 01/97 Northeast Children’s Home, volunteer, 1998 Assistant coach to Mr. VanDyck at Abram Lansing Elementary school for the Friehoffer's Run for Women and Bruger's Bagel run for 4th and 5th graders | |
| ATHLETICS: | Freshman field hockey, 1995 Junior Varsity field hockey, 1996 Varsity field hockey, 1997, 1998 Shaker winter field hockey league, 1993-present Charbanneau winter field hockey league, 1997/1998 Summer Shaker field hockey league, 1997, 1998 Summer field hockey camp at Union College, 1995, 1996 Smith College field hockey camp, 1997 SUNY Albany Indoor field hockey camp, 1997 Springfield College All-Star field hockey camp, summer 1998 Winter LAX league, Shaker, 1996 Winter LAX camp, Union College, 1996 Summer LAX, Union College, 1996 Manager, Shenendehowa Junior Varsity LAX team, 1996 Junior Olympic track meet, 1996, 400m Indoor track, 12/96-02/97: 4X4 relay, 800m, 1000m Crew, spring, 1997, stroke position Crew, spring, 1998 High Peaks 24-hour mountain bike race, September 19-20, 1998, September 25-26 1999 Saranac Lake cross country mountain bike race October 17, 1998 Bobsledding: Junior USA Bobsled (and luge) Camp, winter, 1998, summer 1999 Junior USA Bronze and Silver (bobsled and luge) Camp, winter, 1998 Junior USA Bobsled Federation driving school, Park City ,Utah, January 1999 Utah Winter Games, bobsled, 1999 Empire State Games, Gold medal womens and overall, Feb. 1999(bobsled) Empire State Games, Gold medal, womens heavyweight Junior National Push Championship, women’s champion Feb. 1999 Team Extreme, second and third place, Feb. 1999 (bobsled) Received license to drive from half mile start in Lake Placid (bobsled 1998) Invited and attended US Women’s National Bobsled camp, June 4-12 1999, August 13-20 1999, August 2000 US Women’s National Driver’s Push Championship, August 1999 Fourth place, August 2000 USA Luge Official , Nov. 2000-present (officiating for Master’s Race, World Cup and Empire State Games 2001) US Skeleton Nationals, 9th place, 2002 2002 Lake Placid Skeleton Rookie of the Year | |
| EMPLOYMENT: | Baby sitting Food (chicken) concession, Newport Jazz Festival, 1997 Photographer, Captain fund raiser, family Christmas photographs Official photographer Captain volunteer awards banquet | |
| PERSONAL STRENGTHS: | Natural leadership ability, confident, energetic, willing to take chances, willing to learn and improve | |
| COACHES: | Mr. Ken Delong and Mr. Bill
Napier-junior national bobsled coaches Mr. Don Hass-Program Director Bob King-sprint coach Trevor Christie-National skeleton team caoch | |
| TRAINERS: | Ara and Edie Baronian- strength
training with Frappier Acceleration Program at Acceleration Hamilton,
NJ Frappier Acceleration Program- invited to train at Corporate headquarters in North Dakota, Spring 2001 | |
| NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS: | Parade magazine, Fresh Voices,
1996 Jump magazine, Grand Prize poetry contest winner, “Ode to a Snowboard”, March 2000 Shape magazine, April 2000 | |
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