Congratulations to Jessica Hoeft, Brennan Thomas and Alison LaLance on being named Siegel’s Scholar Athletes of the Month for September 2020.
Jessica is a Junior on the Golf team. She is Siegel’s #1 girls golfer. She helped guide her team to the 2019 District Championship while finishing as the Individual District Champion. Jessica has a 4.0 GPA.
Brennan is a Junior on the Cross Country team. He helped the Cross Country team win the 2019 State Championship. His favorite ice cream flavor is cotton candy. Brennan has a 3.0 GPA.
Alison is a Junior on the Soccer team. She is a defensive midfielder. She helped guide her team to the 2019 District Championship and competed in the 2019 State Championship. Alison has a 4.0 GPA.
| Name: | Jessica Hoeft | Brennan Thomas | Alison LaLance |
| Sport(s): | Golf | Cross Country and Track | Soccer |
| Position(s) Played | #1 spot on girls varsity | Cross Country | Attacking and defensive midfield |
| Current Grade: | 11th | 11th | 11th grade |
| GPA: | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 |
| Athletic Accomplishments: | District champions as a team and individual district champion in 2019 | I have won a state title in 2019 with the team | Travel soccer: 2 time D1 state champion, 2 time D1 State finalist, regional tournament semi-finalist high school: freshman year 2nd team all-district sophomore year won district and went to state |
| Academic Accomplishments: | Maintained a 4.0 through Junior year so far with taking ap classes, got ap United States History student of the year 2019-2020 | I am an above average study with dyslexia | Principals list, Duke TIP, Integrated Math Award, all A’s |
| Three Words to Describe Yourself | Kind, Caring, Adventurous | Kind, Respectful and Caring | Fun, Competitive, Caring |
| Whose Your Toughest Opponent: | Central Magnet | Franklin or Brentwood | In the district it is either Oakland or Stewart’s Creek |
| What are you working to improve on?: | My swing and getting it more vertical. Also working on my mental game during my rounds | To be as best as a teammate as possible and to always get faster | I try to always keep improving every part of my game |
| What inspires you to keep training and competing? | To make it to state and be the best I can be at my sport. I also want to play in college | My teammates | I always want to win, get better, and be the best player I can be |
| Your Best Sports Memory | Last year we won districts as a team and I was the lowest individual out of the whole county for the girls | Winning a State Championship | Travel soccer: winning state after double overtime and pk’s high school soccer: winning the district tournament against Stewart’s Creek last year |
| What are your plans after you graduate from Siegel? | Go to college in either South Carolina or Florida and pursue college golf and my major | To go to college and run and have a great career at wherever I go | College, College soccer, maybe be a lawyer or occupational therapist |
| Your Favorite Food? | Mac and Cheese | Pizza | Southern food |
| Your Favorite Ice Cream? | Birthday Cake | Cotton Candy | Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough |
| What’s on Your Playlist? | All of Big Time Rush’s songs (my childhood) | A lot of Luke Combs and other country stars | Country music |
| What’s the Most Embarrassing Thing on Your Playlist? | Country, pop, Christian, a little bit of everything | Strip It Down by Luke Bryan | 2017 songs on my pregame playlist |
| If You had one wish, what would it be? | To travel the world with my best friends | Go to Europe | If it was a one wish for this soccer season, it would be to win state |
| What most people don’t know about you? | I’ve played soccer for half my life (more than I have played golf) | I love hockey I play it a lot | I’m good at ping pong |
| Your Favorite Class? | Film and TV Appreciation | History | Math |
| If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? | Iceland (to see the different culture and the northern lights) | Europe | Maldives or Bahamas |
| Your Hero? | My mother | Roman Reigns | My parents |
| Social Media you are on? | Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter | Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook | |
| If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would that be? | Lionel Messi | Roman Reigns | Jesus |
| If you could have any superpower, what would you have? | The power of invisibility | To be invisible | Be able to fly |
| Your house is burning down and you can only take one thing out, what do you take? | My cat | My dog | My dogs |
