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Name: Eleanor Monyek Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you know you wanted to pursue basketball? My whole life I've kind of been pursuing the sport. I had two older brothers... — Updated 12/1/2021

Name: Lauren Borhani Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing volleyball? I started playing in the fourth grade at New Wave and I've been playing ever since. A... — Updated 10/28/2021

Name: Abhi Reddy Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start running? Beginning of sophomore year. I had a good two mile in soccer for tryouts, so I decided to try out... — Updated 10/13/2021

Name: Kayla Teuscher Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start diving? I started diving about 6 years ago, but I didn't really become competitive until a few years ago. I... — Updated 10/6/2021

Name: Emma Biegansky Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start playing tennis? I started playing tennis when I was around 7, pretty young. My older brother Ryan... — Updated 10/6/2021

Name: Jack Inabnit Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did you start playing golf? I've been playing in golf tournaments since I was probably 8 or 9. A lot of the guys that... — Updated 9/22/2021

Name: Isabella Terry Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start running? I first started running in middle school, but then I did not end up going out for the cross country... — Updated 9/15/2021

Name: Libby Larson Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing golf? Golf has always been in my life since a very young age because both my brother and father loved... — Updated 9/8/2021

Name: Josh Narcisse Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did you first start playing football? I actually started playing my freshman year in high school. My brother first... — Updated 9/1/2021

Name: Cayden Torsberg Year: graduated senior Hometown: Hinsdale How long have you played lacrosse? I started playing lacrosse when I was in sixth grade and I played for IGLA. It... — Updated 6/23/2021

Name: Tim Song Year: graduated senior Hometown: Willowbrook How does it feel to be a high school graduate? It feels good. It's a relief. When did you get into wrestling? I started... — Updated 6/16/2021

Name: Jake Adams Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing baseball? I started playing when I was about 5. My mom coached our T-ball team. What do you enjoy most... — Updated 6/9/2021

Name: Franny Schiavitti Year: graduated senior Hometown: Hinsdale How difficult was the cancellation of last year's soccer season? It was pretty tough without anything, but I was... — Updated 6/2/2021

Name: Mary Grant Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did you first start playing softball? First grade. My sister played and my dad coached, so I grew up watching it. What... — Updated 5/26/2021

Name: Kathleen Tobia Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you join the track team? My sophomore year. My brothers had always done track and cross country, so I always knew of it... — Updated 5/12/2021

Name: Ansh Shah Year: senior Hometown: Oak Brook When did you first start playing tennis? At 10 years old. I was playing a couple of sports when I was younger. I kind of just... — Updated 5/12/2021

Name: Jack Salerno Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you start playing lacrosse? I started in third grade with the Western Springs lacrosse program. My older brother played... — Updated 5/5/2021

Name: AJ Hood Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What's your earliest memory of playing volleyball? I played at Hinsdale Middle School and we had fun, but it wasn't great volleyball. T... — Updated 5/5/2021

Name: Johnny Taylor Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start playing water polo? Freshman year. A friend, actually from Fenwick, we were in seventh grade or so, and... — Updated 4/28/2021

Name: Lindsey Theoharous Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale What's your earliest memory of playing water polo? I stater playing for my country club team when I was around 12 because I... — Updated 4/28/2021

Name: Koby Turrentine Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did you start in gymnastics? I did it for a little while when I was 5 or 6. But I started really doing gymnastics... — Updated 4/21/2021

Name: Luke Gatewood Year: senior Hometown: Hinsdale When did you first start playing football? My freshman year. Coach (Tom) Dodd, the freshman coach, recruited me and a bunch of... — Updated 4/14/2021

Name: Jacob Marquez Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills How is it playing soccer in the spring? It's definitely different. I think the majority sentiment on the team is that... — Updated 4/7/2021

Name: Brooke Cooper Year: senior Hometown: Burr Ridge When did you first start playing volleyball? I started playing volleyball when I was in third grade, but I never really got... — Updated 3/31/2021

Name: Olivia Widtfeldt Year: senior Hometown: Clarendon Hills When did you first start gymnastics? I think I probably started doing the little mom and tot classes around 2 or 3. I... — Updated 3/17/2021