{"id":4526,"date":"2010-04-05T17:33:39","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T00:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/preps-of-the-week-march-22-29\/"},"modified":"2016-10-22T13:00:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T20:00:41","slug":"preps-of-the-week-march-22-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/sports\/preps-of-the-week-march-22-29\/","title":{"rendered":"PREPS OF THE WEEK: March 22-29"},"content":{"rendered":"
AUSTIN VOTH<\/b><\/p>\n
Kentwood<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sport: Baseball.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accomplishment: Voth was absolutely dominant, striking out 10 and allowing just one hit, leading Kentwood past Federal Way last week 9-1. Voth followed up the effort with three hits and three RBIs in a win over Kent-Meridian.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Favorite class: Chemistry.<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite (New York Yankees pitcher) A.J. Burnett and (Boston Red Sox pitcher) Josh Beckett. We would eat ravioli.<\/p>\n
\u2022 What is your greatest athletic moment: Throwing a no-hitter in a state championship game.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most recent book read\/author:\t“Splinter Cell Conviction” by Tom Clancy.<\/p>\n
\u2022 What’s on your iPod?:\t“Over” by Drake.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Also noted: Voth will pitch at the University of Washington next season.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
STETSON OLSON<\/b><\/p>\n
Kentridge<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sport: Baseball.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accomplishment: Olson, who will play at WSU next year, went 2-for-2 with 4 RBIs in a win over K-M, then added a hit and two RBIs in a 6-4 victory over Auburn Riverside.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Favorite class: Sports Medicine.<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Ken Griffey Jr. and I’d serve steak. I would rack his brain for information and advice. He’s the greatest player ever in my book.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Greatest Athletic Moment: Receiving a baseball scholarship to WSU.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most recent book read\/author:\t“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.<\/p>\n
\u2022 What’s on your iPod?:\tLed Zeppelin.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Also noted: Olson is just as strong in the classroom, where he sports a 3.68 grade-point average, as he is on the diamond.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
DANIELLE ORVELLA<\/b><\/p>\n
Kentridge<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sport: Fastpitch.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accomplishment: Orvella pitched the Chargers to victory against K-M, then went 3-for-4 with four runs scored and 1 RBI in a victory over Auburn Riverside.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Favorite class: Commercial Art 4.<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: If I could invite anyone to dinner I would invite Josh Gracin because he is one of my favorite artists and he is very attractive.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Greatest Athletic Moment: The game I played against the California Raiders in Huntington Beach, where I pitched the game of my life.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most recent book read\/author:\t“Three Cups of Tea” by Greg Mortenson.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Also noted: Orvella is a “Running Start” student at Green River Community College and sports a 3.7 grade-point average. She hopes to continue her fastpitch career in college.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
ABU KAMARA<\/b><\/p>\n
Kent-Meridian<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Grade: Freshman.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sport: Track.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accomplishment: Kamara showed his versatility last wee in a win over Tahoma, securing victories in the 300 hurdles (42.42), the 110 high hurdles (16.21) and was a member of K-M’s winning 4 x 400 relay team.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Favorite class: French.<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (NBA star) LeBron James. Fried rice and chicken wings.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Greatest Athletic Moment: My first dunk in basketball.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most recent book read\/author:\t“Taking Sides” by Gary Soto.<\/p>\n
\u2022 What’s on your iPod?:\tBeamer, Benz or Bentley.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Also noted: Kamara was born in Sierra Leone, West Africa. He moved to the United States in February of 2006.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
NIKOLE WEBER<\/b><\/p>\n
Kentlake<\/b><\/p>\n
\u2022 Grade: Senior.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Sport: Fastpitch.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Accomplishment: Weber served up a complete-game gem, leading the Falcons past previously unbeaten Kentridge, 9-2.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Favorite class: Ceramics.<\/p>\n
\u2022 If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite my boyfriend to dinner and serve Italian food and chocolate milk. Teammate Erika Smyth would probably join us unexpectedly and bring tacos.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Favorite movie: House Bunny.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Most recent book read\/author:\t“Crime and Punishment” by Fyodor Dostoevsky.<\/p>\n
\u2022 What’s on your iPod?:\t“Ridin’ Solo” by Jason Derulo.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Also noted: Weber also is part of Kentlake’s ASB, where she is senior vice president. She will be attending Chapman University (Calif.) next year and will be playing fastpitch.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kentwood’s AUSTIN VOTH, Kentridge’s STETSON OLSON, Kentridge’s DANIELLE ORVELLA, Kent-Meridian’s ABU KAMARA, Kentlake’s NIKOLE WEBER<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-4526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4526"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4526\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4526"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=4526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}