Congratulations to Samantha Whitwell and Dylan Taylor on being named Siegel’s Scholar Athletes of the Month for March 2021.
Samantha is a Senior on the Softball team. She is the starting at first base and is currently batting .412. She plans to attend the Blue Mountain State to play softball. Samantha has a 3.96 GPA.
Dylan is a Senior on the Baseball team. He plays first base and is currently batting .323. He plans on attending Middle Tennessee State University. Dylan has a 3.8 GPA.
| Name: | Samantha Whitwell | Dylan Taylor | |
| Sport(s): | Softball | Baseball | |
| Position(s) Played | Catcher, first base, and third base | First base | |
| Current Grade: | 12 | 12 | |
| GPA: | 3.96 | 3.8 | |
| Athletic Accomplishments: | “-Blue Mountain College softball scholarship-Starting varsity junior and senior years “ | Starting since my sophomore year and always being competitive. | |
| Academic Accomplishments: | All honors classes every year | Being on honor roll for about every year. | |
| Three Words to Describe Yourself | Aggressive, Authoritative, and Passionate | Determined, Tough, Hardworking | |
| Whose Your Toughest Opponent: | Myself | My toughest opponent is myself mental challenges have set me back and overcoming those are my toughest opponents | |
| What are you working to improve on? | Hitting the ball backside more often | My fielding and finding the right time to hit each pitch. | |
| What inspires you to keep training and competing? | My teammates and the quest for a state championship | I don’t like being average and want people to think of me as more than just your average player. | |
| Your Best Sports Memory | Going to state sophomore year | I was playing in summer ball and we were playing against a team who has been talking smack all tournament. I was up tying run on third and I hit the ball burning the center fielder and then stole third and scored on an overthrow winning us the game. | |
| What are your plans after you graduate from Siegel? | Going to college and playing softball | After I graduate, I will be attending MTSU | |
| Your Favorite Food? | Blacken chicken pasta | My favorite food is pepperoni pizza from Papa Johns. | |
| Your Favorite Ice Cream? | Chocolate | Chocolate | |
| What’s on Your Playlist? | A variety of different genres, mostly country music and Christian rap | Country and rap. | |
| What’s the Most Embarrassing Thing on Your Playlist? | Hannah Montana | Probably Rolex which was my walk-up song 8th grade. | |
| If You had one wish, what would it be? | To be taller | To ask for more wishes. | |
| What most people don’t know about you? | I’ve been hit in the eye three times with a softball | I’m a very relaxed guy and it takes a lot to get under my skin. | |
| Your Favorite Class? | Vet science | Math | |
| If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? | Bora-Bora | Canada or Antarctica | |
| Your Hero? | My dad | My dad | |
| Social Media you are on? | Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat | Snapchat Twitter and Instagram | |
| If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive, who would that be? | Yadier Molina | My grandpa one last time. | |
| If you could have any superpower, what would you have? | Super-Speed | To be able to freeze time | |
| Your house is burning down and you can only take one thing out, what do you take? |
