MALE
Brooks Bailey, Hauser senior baseball player
Bailey had three doubles and four runs scored in the Jets’ 10-4 win against Milan. On Saturday, he went 3 for 4 with a triple in a 7-6 first-game win against Trinity Lutheran and 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs in a 10-0 second-game victory.
His performance last week:
“My teammates have done a lot to help me be able do my job to help the team win.”
Do you do anything special to prepare?
“I do soft toss and take some cuts. I work at every swing like it’s going to be a game swing.”
Favorite drink:
“Sweet tea”
Favorite food:
“Chicken”
Favorite music group:
“Garth Brooks”
Favorite book:
“The Josh Hamilton biography”
Favorite class:
“History”
Role model:
“My dad (Eric Bailey).”
Best advice:
“To do everything the best you can to your full potential.”
Athletics goal:
“I hope to play baseball in college.”
If you could travel anywhere:
“I’d travel back to Texas because I used to live in Texas, and I really liked it there.”
FEMALE
Emily Brady, Brown County senior track athlete
Brady broke the school’s 21-year-old long jump record with a leap of 16 feet, 6¼ inches and also won the pole vault and finished second in the 100-meter hurdles in a tri-meet at Bloomington South. She also won the pole vault and 100 hurdles and finished second in the long jump in a tri-meet win at Martinsville.
Her performance last week:
“I was definitely happy with my long jump performance because last year, I was going for the record all season. Coach Wrightsman has been helping me with the long jump. Hurdles was not as good as I thought I could do because I need to be three-stepping, and I was four-stepping.”
Do you do anything special to prepare?
“The night before, I usually have some sort of pasta dinner. I drink lots of water during the season, and I have a lot of mental preparation that whole day.”
Favorite drink:
“Vitamin water”
Favorite food:
“My mom’s homemade soup”
Favorite music group:
“Hunter Hayes”
Favorite book:
“The Harry Potter Series”
Favorite class:
“AP psychology”
Role model:
“Kylie Hutson”
Best advice:
“Hard work goes a really, really long way, and failure does not determine anything. Real strength is to be able to start over and do better than you did before.”
Athletics goal:
“In college, my goal is to be an All-American, but this year, it would definitely be to get to state in at least two events and to place in at least one.”
If you could travel anywhere:
“Spain, for a couple of reasons. I took Spanish for three years, and Spain is really cultural, and I would be able to broaden my culture around the world.”
